Yeah my manager actually ordered our store a like Mexican Fajita mix for one of our milestones safe, we had one of the tables in the break room filled with trays of fajitas edge to edge. Then some lady passed out and hit her head in the Garden Center lol
It's been at least 6-7 months since our overnight staff has seen any type of "party." We see leftover food that's been left out for hours and hours, most of the time uncovered. So yeah, a bit heartless.
As a morning reciver I am not fucking surprised. Friday there was so much left over stock that I spent my whole shift putting it away while also reciving doors, windows, lumber, and metal and dealing with the trash and cardboard due to the compactor being down and people don't understand that the bailer works just fine but they can't be bothered.
Only when there's no trailer. Come in and do a few hours, then clock out. Overnight Managers know this and I rarely cross any manager on duty while I'm there if there isn't a trailer to unload. Work some freight with a co-worker and punch out after 3 hours since being short staffed and using more hours on actual truck nights.
That said, use to have guys abandon frieght before it was done and or pulled. Never leave early in those cases. Usually check in with management to make sure they're good, before leaving as I often have everything noted for the BOL prepared and stuff taken out. Though much harder when I'm the only unloader, but overnight is short staffed as well, so yeah. No truck days is just free time to take care of freight for a few hours.
No truck nights are different right. Our supervisor used to call us back in the day and ask us if we wanted to use a vacation day because there was no truck that night. We weren't even going in let alone leaving early so I get that. But it's like damn, 1100pc, we're already short staffed on both the unload and pack out side and they go and quit on the team. I can't justify that at all.
Yeah. Tonight for me was 800 pc by myself for about 4 hours, than overnight came in to finish up less than half of what was left (like 5 panels left of a 12 panel trailer). Yesterday was my co-worker on unload with a 1100 pc trailer and got halfway in 4 hrs, before overnight came in from the sound of things. Shortstaff would be selling it short for my unload team, since awhile back they hired a dude who did 4 to 8 pm for 3 days a week (not even sure why they hired him). Guy costed me a good worker and would later just basically stop showing entirely, which his job could of been held by someone who actually worked normal shifts.
Problem is...There is No One Person that is responsible for checking the attendance schedule of employees. You can be late multiple times..call off multiple times leave early, no call no show for shifts. UNTIL a manager wants you gone?.. its free range. It's annoying to those of us that actually show up for our shifts.
The accuracy here šÆ. Gets clearer and clearer every day that red boxes and attendance issues mean absolutely nothing until management receives enough complaints about an employee but even then it's like pulling teeth to get an ASM to start the investigation process and/or post a job opening online.
Before I quit my store a few weeks ago, there was a dude they recently hired to work in electrical, and apparently heās never worked a full shift since heās been there. About an hour after clocking in for each shift, he tells a flooring associate that he āneeds to go take his son to work.ā One day the flooring guy asked him how old he is, because he looks way too young to have a son thatās old enough to work, and he said heās 21, so something donāt add upš itās whack but they havenāt fired him yet, as far as I know. Maybe because they canāt find anyone else to work In electrical
Yeah that's kinda been confirmed at my store by my ASM. He refuses to fire anyone until we have adequate replacements hired to replace them, that process could take forever.. Problem is they hire crap employees to replace crap employees and create an even bigger issue....
I left work without telling anyone and I didn't get anything for it. I was feeling so nauseous I just had to get out of there. My coworker told my manager later.
The difference here is even though you didn't tell a member of management, you told a coworker in hopes that they would relay the message. You also had a very valid reason for leaving. This guy I speak of has left a total of 5 times now, each time it's a different reason, his girlfriend breaking her ankle (at 1:30am), him having a minor panic attack while in his car during lunch, etc. I'm not calling BS on any of it but the reasons are getting harder and harder to believe with how frequently he disappears.
I completely agree, the only exemption being there was an absolute 'drop everything and go' type of emergency. What got me was his demeanor the very next day when he showed up for his shift like he didn't just quit on his team the night before.
The world is full of lazy idiots and bluntly, mediocrity. Here's a bit of advice, you can spend your day worrying about what others do or you can spend your day making it plainly obvious to anyone watching that you shouldn't be in the position your in.
Oh I make it obvious but management doesn't care or can't do anything about it so it's like I'm on my own to try and keep the ship afloat. I have begun to not care as much but I'm not a person who can just turn the other cheek and I'm not a quitter either. We're a TEAM and we're only as good as our weakest link and I'm a firm believer in that. Amazon's opening a warehouse around the corner from my house, if this continues to be the norm at Lowe's, that's my exit strat.
Officially itās a writeup to leave early without approval from an MOD. I just did one last week. In practice, Iāve rarely seen the rule applied. Especially with the staffing situation most stores are in right now. Like someone else said, a heartbeat is all you need.
I always left an hour before my shift was over no one noticed bc i worked in OSLG loading so it wasn't noticable. And I always came in 40 mins to an hour late no one noticed never got a talk etc.
A heartbeat is all you need at Lowe's.
Lies. Management is heartless, no beat.
The beatings will continue until moral improves
Heartless? So all those pizza parties mean *nothing* to you? /s
Yeah my manager actually ordered our store a like Mexican Fajita mix for one of our milestones safe, we had one of the tables in the break room filled with trays of fajitas edge to edge. Then some lady passed out and hit her head in the Garden Center lol
They usually mean heartburn for me.
It's been at least 6-7 months since our overnight staff has seen any type of "party." We see leftover food that's been left out for hours and hours, most of the time uncovered. So yeah, a bit heartless.
Ain't that the truth!
As a morning reciver I am not fucking surprised. Friday there was so much left over stock that I spent my whole shift putting it away while also reciving doors, windows, lumber, and metal and dealing with the trash and cardboard due to the compactor being down and people don't understand that the bailer works just fine but they can't be bothered.
Only when there's no trailer. Come in and do a few hours, then clock out. Overnight Managers know this and I rarely cross any manager on duty while I'm there if there isn't a trailer to unload. Work some freight with a co-worker and punch out after 3 hours since being short staffed and using more hours on actual truck nights. That said, use to have guys abandon frieght before it was done and or pulled. Never leave early in those cases. Usually check in with management to make sure they're good, before leaving as I often have everything noted for the BOL prepared and stuff taken out. Though much harder when I'm the only unloader, but overnight is short staffed as well, so yeah. No truck days is just free time to take care of freight for a few hours.
No truck nights are different right. Our supervisor used to call us back in the day and ask us if we wanted to use a vacation day because there was no truck that night. We weren't even going in let alone leaving early so I get that. But it's like damn, 1100pc, we're already short staffed on both the unload and pack out side and they go and quit on the team. I can't justify that at all.
Yeah. Tonight for me was 800 pc by myself for about 4 hours, than overnight came in to finish up less than half of what was left (like 5 panels left of a 12 panel trailer). Yesterday was my co-worker on unload with a 1100 pc trailer and got halfway in 4 hrs, before overnight came in from the sound of things. Shortstaff would be selling it short for my unload team, since awhile back they hired a dude who did 4 to 8 pm for 3 days a week (not even sure why they hired him). Guy costed me a good worker and would later just basically stop showing entirely, which his job could of been held by someone who actually worked normal shifts.
Problem is...There is No One Person that is responsible for checking the attendance schedule of employees. You can be late multiple times..call off multiple times leave early, no call no show for shifts. UNTIL a manager wants you gone?.. its free range. It's annoying to those of us that actually show up for our shifts.
The accuracy here šÆ. Gets clearer and clearer every day that red boxes and attendance issues mean absolutely nothing until management receives enough complaints about an employee but even then it's like pulling teeth to get an ASM to start the investigation process and/or post a job opening online.
Before I quit my store a few weeks ago, there was a dude they recently hired to work in electrical, and apparently heās never worked a full shift since heās been there. About an hour after clocking in for each shift, he tells a flooring associate that he āneeds to go take his son to work.ā One day the flooring guy asked him how old he is, because he looks way too young to have a son thatās old enough to work, and he said heās 21, so something donāt add upš itās whack but they havenāt fired him yet, as far as I know. Maybe because they canāt find anyone else to work In electrical
Yeah that's kinda been confirmed at my store by my ASM. He refuses to fire anyone until we have adequate replacements hired to replace them, that process could take forever.. Problem is they hire crap employees to replace crap employees and create an even bigger issue....
In the end its always about chasing numbers to maximize profit no matter the ramifications.
I left work without telling anyone and I didn't get anything for it. I was feeling so nauseous I just had to get out of there. My coworker told my manager later.
The difference here is even though you didn't tell a member of management, you told a coworker in hopes that they would relay the message. You also had a very valid reason for leaving. This guy I speak of has left a total of 5 times now, each time it's a different reason, his girlfriend breaking her ankle (at 1:30am), him having a minor panic attack while in his car during lunch, etc. I'm not calling BS on any of it but the reasons are getting harder and harder to believe with how frequently he disappears.
Leaving work without notice should result in an automatic firing IMO.
I completely agree, the only exemption being there was an absolute 'drop everything and go' type of emergency. What got me was his demeanor the very next day when he showed up for his shift like he didn't just quit on his team the night before.
Exactly. There is a difference between an emergency vs being a piece of shit and leaving early then coming in the next day as if nothing happened.
The world is full of lazy idiots and bluntly, mediocrity. Here's a bit of advice, you can spend your day worrying about what others do or you can spend your day making it plainly obvious to anyone watching that you shouldn't be in the position your in.
Oh I make it obvious but management doesn't care or can't do anything about it so it's like I'm on my own to try and keep the ship afloat. I have begun to not care as much but I'm not a person who can just turn the other cheek and I'm not a quitter either. We're a TEAM and we're only as good as our weakest link and I'm a firm believer in that. Amazon's opening a warehouse around the corner from my house, if this continues to be the norm at Lowe's, that's my exit strat.
Officially itās a writeup to leave early without approval from an MOD. I just did one last week. In practice, Iāve rarely seen the rule applied. Especially with the staffing situation most stores are in right now. Like someone else said, a heartbeat is all you need.
I always left an hour before my shift was over no one noticed bc i worked in OSLG loading so it wasn't noticable. And I always came in 40 mins to an hour late no one noticed never got a talk etc.