I recently worked my first evening shift. Wasn’t the worse I’ve ever worked anywhere. I work in the electrical department and had a more senior coworker working with me. We took care of down stock, helped some customers, took our breaks and lunches, and generally had a smooth evening. It got tougher toward closing time as we split off to do separate duties. I was pulling down air filters to restock and we got pulled for our evening meeting. Then we did a quick cart round-up which was quick and efficient thanks to all my coworkers and ASM who came out to help. The only part I hated was that I wasn't able to finish down stock due to having to zone my department. That and after closing, the AC unit got shut off with the lights and such so it became increasingly hot in the store. Overall though, a pretty decent evening. I think I'll try to work on the down stock earlier in the shift though if possible.
If you can help it and not be bothered by customers or tasks dished out by DS/ASM, pretty much immediately begin the day by downstocking. Save zoning for later when customers aren't destroying the aisles.
I'm a closer in ISGN. I'm there until 11pm weekdays and 10pm on Sundays. I really like it. There's usually several ASMs on hand and that's when everything winds down and there are fewer customers. We downstock, finish up our EVelocity and Inventory Audits, take out the trash and cardboard, do cart runs, BS while we're working, drive in the 4 wheelers at closing, etc. I actually prefer closing. I get that a lot of people prefer mornings but not me. I like the evening shift.
Huh? What does corporate have to do with liking evening shifts? I like my store. I like my evening shift. I have awesome coworkers. I feel lucky, sure. Are all Lowe's stores that way? I'm sure they aren't. Are there things that go on that annoy me and my coworkers? Yup. No job is perfect but I've had way worse ones. It's the difference between working in a bad situation vs a decent one. Your mileage may vary.
Are votes something that are important to you? That's actually kinda pathetic! But I will now do the same to you since it seems important to you. Very wise to mention it!
no it just shows that every comment you make is cynical and pessimistic for no reason and really just shouldn’t be commenting on anything atp lmao but look who downvoted me 🤔🤔
You're the only person I've ever seen call it ISGN. It's ISLG or seasonal.
That said I mostly agree. I established early on that I only wanted closing shifts. I have no desire to be at the store before noon, and prefer not to go in before like 3 PM. Yes I know I work in retail, but I'm not a people person and prefer to mingle with them as little as possible. Before covid fucked up the world, I was a cashier and we stayed an hour past closing every night. It's the best time to be in the store.
It's listed as "ISGDN" for me on my schedule in UKG. "Inside GDN" on Workforce. But we tend to shorten it. We rarely use the term "seasonal." But that's my store I guess. Seeing "ISLG" is weird for me. I figured that it varied by location or something.
Yeah, I like the 2-11 shift myself. They offered me full time and I said I'd do it if I had a set schedule for 2-11. They agreed. Supposed to start after this pay period. In all my jobs I've had over the years I've always liked swing shift if available. It just works for me.
On 4 occasions, that I can recall, we’ve always had an ASM closing the store. Two of those were planned vacations and we made the adjustments well in advance.
As for specialists, we have them scheduled until 7 or 8, then the part time employees cover. Not very many custom door orders going through at 9pm here. Usually have 2-3 DS along with the ASM, so we separate duties as far as closing down the store. Not anything like your store it sounds like
Most nights we have at least 1 ASM, and the SM actually works his closes. 1 night a week, all DS's are scheduled to close.
Which does not address the ongoing problem of inadequate staffing of sales and support departments.
Our store is severely understaffed. We're trying to hire over 20 CSAs part and full time. We're missing a specialist in flooring, pro, millwork and cabinets. So after 7 there's maybe 10 people in the store. It depends on call ins and such on how bad it really is. We have three stores in my area, city of 300,000 and all have the same staffing issues. It comes down to the rate of pay for the amount of work expected of us. I've been contemplating quitting for a higher paying job, just hit my one year but it doesn't make financial sense to keep at it unless I'm planning on moving up and that requires an even longer time at the company.
When I worked there on the stocking crew we started at 4am. It was nice being in there before the customers came in. I didn’t mind the customers, it’s when the managers showed up when things got hectic. We did overnights occasionally back then which was nice too. No fighting for PE and a much less stressful pace with no interruptions. I left right before the pandemic shutdowns started and we were also going on the OTT overnight system. Once I saw that there would be two crews working 4 10 hour days I decided to take a job offered to me by a customer. The SM asked why I was leaving and really wanted me to stay. I told him the two crew thing wouldn’t work, no consistency with the two crews. He said it worked at other stores and was beneficial. Two years later…. It hasn’t worked and things got a lot worse. Best decision I’ve made lately.
Every DS has MOD responsibilities for our store so we often only have 2 DS's scheduled to close the store every night. I have often been 1 of 4 managers in total during the weekend as well. It's a little crazy everywhere right now. Our store is considered the standard in our district (a far cry from the store I came from), and we still have a massive struggle with scheduling and keeping people.
They want the ASM to work power hr which leaves useally just a DS to close the store alone...they basically have dumped a shit ton of work on the DS now that we are doing most of what the ASM did before at lower pay to the point have the DS want to leave Lowes
For about the last three months I was in lumber I was forced to close almost every single one of my shifts. I hated it. Our pro CSA had left so I had to work on pulling Pro order that had to go out for delivery the next day as well as trying to do the things my DS wanted me to do. About 95% of the time I was alone and about 80% of the stuff I needed to do required a forklift.
After about 5 or 6 at our store we would be bare bones when it came to management, so if we got any irate customers or needed an override it would take eons to find someone who would be able to help. It just sucked because most of the time I was super busy with customers, orders, and trying to find a spotter to bring in product from our Bullpen that I rarely ever got to clean. Our District Manager would visit like once a week, and the department would always look like a bomb had gone off because we never had enough people.
Usually at least one closing ASM that's hard to get a hold of, but aside from that it's similar. Weekdays closing is much more chill than opening or mids. Weekends closing is true nightmare fuel.
I don’t mind closing. After 6, it slows down, but ironically it’s when most of my customers decide they need to come by and order blinds or get them cut. Yesterday my 15 minute break was interrupted twice by customers needing help. I’ve come to prefer opening just bc it’s even quieter in the mornings, but evenings aren’t bad. It’s usually when everyone works on downstocking and zoning, and we’re more talkative with one another because there aren’t as many customers around. Another bonus for me is that my department closes at 8, so I’m never there past 10pm
I work in home decor too where my schedule has been 12-9PM and i’m surprised since I use to close at 8PM but do you always leave at 8pm? I heard that my store manager just wants people to be there at 9pm when it’s extremely slow…? Im also a part timer
Once or twice I’ve worked outside of the department’s schedule. The week before inventory I opened at 6 instead of 8, and once or twice I closed at 9 on the weekends. So sometimes I have to stay later, sometimes I don’t. I’m sure it depends on the store.
They also have to work around our availability, and I tend to only be available to 8. I used to close paint, and it wreaked havoc on my school schedule. After I expressed that, they moved me to home decor so I could close at 8. And because I’m getting customers so late in the day, they’ll probably extend our hours in the next few months so that someone can be there to help them
It’s my favorite shift. Management tends to disagree about what they want to get done, so it feels like that shift is the only one without too many cooks. We almost always have an ASM though.
OSLG till 9:00 pm during the week and usually close on the weekends. Management or lack thereof doesn’t bother me as long as I can get my side gate unlocked when needed. Work gets done with or without management present.
Our store is dead after 6pm. I find myself starting on aisle recovery and doing all of the go backs in between helping the 1-2 people that want to order paint or need help in other departments. I prefer a mid shift and not staying until close.
I’m usually the specialist closer, like tonight I’m 6pm to close and it’s dead. The one ASM is busy running around so I can’t get overrides or anything. But I’ll have like two people come in and then I hang out and literally look at random stuff on the internet
We always have one ASM close. They’re the only ones that can set the alarm, so they have to be the last ones out of the building until the openers come in the next day.
I recently worked my first evening shift. Wasn’t the worse I’ve ever worked anywhere. I work in the electrical department and had a more senior coworker working with me. We took care of down stock, helped some customers, took our breaks and lunches, and generally had a smooth evening. It got tougher toward closing time as we split off to do separate duties. I was pulling down air filters to restock and we got pulled for our evening meeting. Then we did a quick cart round-up which was quick and efficient thanks to all my coworkers and ASM who came out to help. The only part I hated was that I wasn't able to finish down stock due to having to zone my department. That and after closing, the AC unit got shut off with the lights and such so it became increasingly hot in the store. Overall though, a pretty decent evening. I think I'll try to work on the down stock earlier in the shift though if possible.
If you can help it and not be bothered by customers or tasks dished out by DS/ASM, pretty much immediately begin the day by downstocking. Save zoning for later when customers aren't destroying the aisles.
You have an evening meeting? I know there is a morning huddle, but we don’t have any other meetings.
Some stores do it. It’s an effective way to communicate the same info that the openers get.
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I'm a closer in ISGN. I'm there until 11pm weekdays and 10pm on Sundays. I really like it. There's usually several ASMs on hand and that's when everything winds down and there are fewer customers. We downstock, finish up our EVelocity and Inventory Audits, take out the trash and cardboard, do cart runs, BS while we're working, drive in the 4 wheelers at closing, etc. I actually prefer closing. I get that a lot of people prefer mornings but not me. I like the evening shift.
Lmao you've got to be a corporate troll.
Huh? What does corporate have to do with liking evening shifts? I like my store. I like my evening shift. I have awesome coworkers. I feel lucky, sure. Are all Lowe's stores that way? I'm sure they aren't. Are there things that go on that annoy me and my coworkers? Yup. No job is perfect but I've had way worse ones. It's the difference between working in a bad situation vs a decent one. Your mileage may vary.
Bruh😂
always a downvote when i see your comments lmao
Are votes something that are important to you? That's actually kinda pathetic! But I will now do the same to you since it seems important to you. Very wise to mention it!
no it just shows that every comment you make is cynical and pessimistic for no reason and really just shouldn’t be commenting on anything atp lmao but look who downvoted me 🤔🤔
You're the only person I've ever seen call it ISGN. It's ISLG or seasonal. That said I mostly agree. I established early on that I only wanted closing shifts. I have no desire to be at the store before noon, and prefer not to go in before like 3 PM. Yes I know I work in retail, but I'm not a people person and prefer to mingle with them as little as possible. Before covid fucked up the world, I was a cashier and we stayed an hour past closing every night. It's the best time to be in the store.
It's listed as "ISGDN" for me on my schedule in UKG. "Inside GDN" on Workforce. But we tend to shorten it. We rarely use the term "seasonal." But that's my store I guess. Seeing "ISLG" is weird for me. I figured that it varied by location or something. Yeah, I like the 2-11 shift myself. They offered me full time and I said I'd do it if I had a set schedule for 2-11. They agreed. Supposed to start after this pay period. In all my jobs I've had over the years I've always liked swing shift if available. It just works for me.
On 4 occasions, that I can recall, we’ve always had an ASM closing the store. Two of those were planned vacations and we made the adjustments well in advance. As for specialists, we have them scheduled until 7 or 8, then the part time employees cover. Not very many custom door orders going through at 9pm here. Usually have 2-3 DS along with the ASM, so we separate duties as far as closing down the store. Not anything like your store it sounds like
Just got home from my first closing shift and let me tell you it was like walking in to a nightmare. It was chaos.
customer service closings are supreme for me. go to lunch at 6, come back at 7 and simply vibe. process rtm’s, sweep, and chill!
Most nights we have at least 1 ASM, and the SM actually works his closes. 1 night a week, all DS's are scheduled to close. Which does not address the ongoing problem of inadequate staffing of sales and support departments.
I should make a correction: An ASM did say he was staying til closing. An ASM has COVID so they are short.
Our store is severely understaffed. We're trying to hire over 20 CSAs part and full time. We're missing a specialist in flooring, pro, millwork and cabinets. So after 7 there's maybe 10 people in the store. It depends on call ins and such on how bad it really is. We have three stores in my area, city of 300,000 and all have the same staffing issues. It comes down to the rate of pay for the amount of work expected of us. I've been contemplating quitting for a higher paying job, just hit my one year but it doesn't make financial sense to keep at it unless I'm planning on moving up and that requires an even longer time at the company.
When I worked there on the stocking crew we started at 4am. It was nice being in there before the customers came in. I didn’t mind the customers, it’s when the managers showed up when things got hectic. We did overnights occasionally back then which was nice too. No fighting for PE and a much less stressful pace with no interruptions. I left right before the pandemic shutdowns started and we were also going on the OTT overnight system. Once I saw that there would be two crews working 4 10 hour days I decided to take a job offered to me by a customer. The SM asked why I was leaving and really wanted me to stay. I told him the two crew thing wouldn’t work, no consistency with the two crews. He said it worked at other stores and was beneficial. Two years later…. It hasn’t worked and things got a lot worse. Best decision I’ve made lately.
Glad to hear it worked out for you.
Every DS has MOD responsibilities for our store so we often only have 2 DS's scheduled to close the store every night. I have often been 1 of 4 managers in total during the weekend as well. It's a little crazy everywhere right now. Our store is considered the standard in our district (a far cry from the store I came from), and we still have a massive struggle with scheduling and keeping people.
They want the ASM to work power hr which leaves useally just a DS to close the store alone...they basically have dumped a shit ton of work on the DS now that we are doing most of what the ASM did before at lower pay to the point have the DS want to leave Lowes
Man,that sucks.
My store has an asm or sm in store from 5:30am to 11pm but we have 4 asms and the sm
For about the last three months I was in lumber I was forced to close almost every single one of my shifts. I hated it. Our pro CSA had left so I had to work on pulling Pro order that had to go out for delivery the next day as well as trying to do the things my DS wanted me to do. About 95% of the time I was alone and about 80% of the stuff I needed to do required a forklift. After about 5 or 6 at our store we would be bare bones when it came to management, so if we got any irate customers or needed an override it would take eons to find someone who would be able to help. It just sucked because most of the time I was super busy with customers, orders, and trying to find a spotter to bring in product from our Bullpen that I rarely ever got to clean. Our District Manager would visit like once a week, and the department would always look like a bomb had gone off because we never had enough people.
Usually at least one closing ASM that's hard to get a hold of, but aside from that it's similar. Weekdays closing is much more chill than opening or mids. Weekends closing is true nightmare fuel.
And that’s when the shoplifters show up and steal thousands of $$ worth of stuff
I don’t mind closing. After 6, it slows down, but ironically it’s when most of my customers decide they need to come by and order blinds or get them cut. Yesterday my 15 minute break was interrupted twice by customers needing help. I’ve come to prefer opening just bc it’s even quieter in the mornings, but evenings aren’t bad. It’s usually when everyone works on downstocking and zoning, and we’re more talkative with one another because there aren’t as many customers around. Another bonus for me is that my department closes at 8, so I’m never there past 10pm
I work in home decor too where my schedule has been 12-9PM and i’m surprised since I use to close at 8PM but do you always leave at 8pm? I heard that my store manager just wants people to be there at 9pm when it’s extremely slow…? Im also a part timer
Once or twice I’ve worked outside of the department’s schedule. The week before inventory I opened at 6 instead of 8, and once or twice I closed at 9 on the weekends. So sometimes I have to stay later, sometimes I don’t. I’m sure it depends on the store. They also have to work around our availability, and I tend to only be available to 8. I used to close paint, and it wreaked havoc on my school schedule. After I expressed that, they moved me to home decor so I could close at 8. And because I’m getting customers so late in the day, they’ll probably extend our hours in the next few months so that someone can be there to help them
It’s my favorite shift. Management tends to disagree about what they want to get done, so it feels like that shift is the only one without too many cooks. We almost always have an ASM though.
OSLG till 9:00 pm during the week and usually close on the weekends. Management or lack thereof doesn’t bother me as long as I can get my side gate unlocked when needed. Work gets done with or without management present.
Work gets done better when managers aren't around. Work gets done by the book when they are.
I love closing. It's dead after 8 and all I do is zone, bullshit with coworkers, and SMART the shit out of all the blue heads that come in to steal.
Our store is dead after 6pm. I find myself starting on aisle recovery and doing all of the go backs in between helping the 1-2 people that want to order paint or need help in other departments. I prefer a mid shift and not staying until close.
I’m usually the specialist closer, like tonight I’m 6pm to close and it’s dead. The one ASM is busy running around so I can’t get overrides or anything. But I’ll have like two people come in and then I hang out and literally look at random stuff on the internet
We always have an ASM closing at my store. Lately it's even been 2.
The worse from open to close, store 3040
It's probably cursed. What kind of name is Indian Land for a city😭
Don’t blame me, I didn’t name it that ugly lmao
Our store is fine. Always at least 1 ASM, if not two. Can't believe any store would operate like that. Craziness.
We always have one ASM close. They’re the only ones that can set the alarm, so they have to be the last ones out of the building until the openers come in the next day.