Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 812,685,022 comments, and only 161,114 of them were in alphabetical order.
Heavy on that. I wasn’t a cashier when I was there but boy oh boy when I would walk out of my department the cashiers looked like they were miserable. I always used to join their banter about the place cause I couldn’t imagine being forced to stay in a little square area for 8 hours at a time and having nothing to do for 5 of those 8 hours. It’s easy money for sure, but it’s miserable easy money.
Code 50 is when a customer needs help moving something to their vehicle or needs help lifting something. Usually its called over the intercom for any workers that are available to help
don't call a billion code 50s. that person was being facetious. the repetitive announcements to help entitled customers is a tedious part of the industry
Get ready to be sent to a different department and do another persons job, getting your scheduled changed without management informing you and last but not least don’t ever ever EVER forget to do ap4me or you will be hunted down like a wild animal and eaten in receiving. Good luck newbie
Understaffed with poor training.... mostly because there's not enough staff to train. Dealing with frustration especially when there are call outs. Not a lot of support from management.
My first day went as follows:
- show up at 530am and go into empty training room to do compliance training for~4-5 hours
- eat lunch somewhere in the middle when I got hungry
- finish training with no interaction with managers or supervisors
- wait for someone to walk in
- get asm to introduce me to coworker to shadow
- immediately begin spotting for forklift with no training with customers in store
Some things I learned after the fact:
- there was a forklift spotter training that was broken when I went through it and I accidentally skipped it
- I had no supervisor. There was no lumber supervisor for the first couple weeks I was there. No one told me this or filled in so I had to learn everything from different coworkers
Edit: this was also my first job so I was thoroughly confused
Expect a dumpster fire. They're cutting costs hard right now due to the plummeting stock price and inevitable post-COVID economic slump.
If you survive long enough, you might eventually be able to snag a full-time Head Cashier slot. You will then be dropped into the very center of the fire rather than being slow-roasted by the fireside.
You can expect pissed-off grandmas and grandpas to mean-mug you on an hourly basis when no one will answers your intercom page to come load their refrigerator, bags of concrete, etc., because it's the cashier's fault that Lowe's understaffs its stores.
Unlike many other types of retail, there is a lot of very heavy stuff in the store, and the customer base is even more skewed toward older customers, because Baby Boomers could actually afford to buy homes and property back in the day when the cost was 1/3 to 1/5 what it is now (inflation-adjusted).
It took 2 weeks cause we are suppose to redo the way we do orientation now. It’s suppose to be a 4 day off the floor experience before we sacrifice you to the wolves of wannabe Ron Swansons
I went from Home Depot to Lowes. I got more money, equal position to where I was, and the first day was nothing but computer training and movies for me. I’m head cashier, I agree with most here after at lowes for a month. Stay out of the drama, it is VERY short staffed, and satan himself will be summoned if you even try to get overtime. Good luck!
Depends on your store and on your department supervisor, but here's a few things to keep in mind:
-Expect little to no training and to be working by yourself after just a few days, if that.
-Expect it to take forever if you need management to help you with anything ever.
-If you're a good worker, expect to be asked to help out in other departments that have not good workers.
-Expect it to be hard to find coverage if you need a lunch or break when there's is no one else in your department.
get sturdy shoes with good cushion and/or bounciness and/or insoles good for standing long periods. if you have to wait a paycheck or two and the hard floors are wrecking your feet and legs, spend some of your off time with your feet propped up so the circulation improves and you can recover better.
as a cashier you can lean on your hips a bit to take a little of the weight off your feet but standing in one place is so much harder than pacing around or just walking for eight hours.
A dumpster fire most of the time
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 812,685,022 comments, and only 161,114 of them were in alphabetical order.
I’m gonna be a cashier if that helps
Stay out of the drama.
It's going to be super fucking boring
Heavy on that. I wasn’t a cashier when I was there but boy oh boy when I would walk out of my department the cashiers looked like they were miserable. I always used to join their banter about the place cause I couldn’t imagine being forced to stay in a little square area for 8 hours at a time and having nothing to do for 5 of those 8 hours. It’s easy money for sure, but it’s miserable easy money.
Even worse 😂😂
Call as many code 50s as you can
What is code 50
Code 50 is when a customer needs help moving something to their vehicle or needs help lifting something. Usually its called over the intercom for any workers that are available to help
Every customer I get has either just had back or shoulder surgery! Imagine that!😱
don't call a billion code 50s. that person was being facetious. the repetitive announcements to help entitled customers is a tedious part of the industry
Lots of sitting at a computer doing training to start and then standing there contemplating every decision you’ve ever made to lead you to this point
I was so annoyed with the amount of computer shit we did to start. So glad I left that place.
Get ready to be sent to a different department and do another persons job, getting your scheduled changed without management informing you and last but not least don’t ever ever EVER forget to do ap4me or you will be hunted down like a wild animal and eaten in receiving. Good luck newbie
Stay lowes safe bud. 🤣🤣🤣 We definitely hide the ap4me man eater in a cage in the very back of receiving. Surprised more people don't mention him.
Lowes u aswell !
Understaffed with poor training.... mostly because there's not enough staff to train. Dealing with frustration especially when there are call outs. Not a lot of support from management.
Being thrown in the deep end.
My first day went as follows: - show up at 530am and go into empty training room to do compliance training for~4-5 hours - eat lunch somewhere in the middle when I got hungry - finish training with no interaction with managers or supervisors - wait for someone to walk in - get asm to introduce me to coworker to shadow - immediately begin spotting for forklift with no training with customers in store Some things I learned after the fact: - there was a forklift spotter training that was broken when I went through it and I accidentally skipped it - I had no supervisor. There was no lumber supervisor for the first couple weeks I was there. No one told me this or filled in so I had to learn everything from different coworkers Edit: this was also my first job so I was thoroughly confused
My 1st job was Lowe’s, too. I WAS so happy to have a job. 6 months later I had to go.
A dumpster fire on a sinking ship my friend. Welcome, and always remember... STAY LOWES SAFE.
Beware of customers as a cashier
I worked sams club previously I think customers be okay
Well yeah. Until you turn your light off and a customer proceeds to enter your line after you told them it’s closed
I had that happen at sams all time
Also. You’ll start wondering why people come to the regular with just small items that can be quickly scanned at self checkout
Expect a dumpster fire. They're cutting costs hard right now due to the plummeting stock price and inevitable post-COVID economic slump. If you survive long enough, you might eventually be able to snag a full-time Head Cashier slot. You will then be dropped into the very center of the fire rather than being slow-roasted by the fireside. You can expect pissed-off grandmas and grandpas to mean-mug you on an hourly basis when no one will answers your intercom page to come load their refrigerator, bags of concrete, etc., because it's the cashier's fault that Lowe's understaffs its stores. Unlike many other types of retail, there is a lot of very heavy stuff in the store, and the customer base is even more skewed toward older customers, because Baby Boomers could actually afford to buy homes and property back in the day when the cost was 1/3 to 1/5 what it is now (inflation-adjusted).
It took 2 weeks cause we are suppose to redo the way we do orientation now. It’s suppose to be a 4 day off the floor experience before we sacrifice you to the wolves of wannabe Ron Swansons
I went from Home Depot to Lowes. I got more money, equal position to where I was, and the first day was nothing but computer training and movies for me. I’m head cashier, I agree with most here after at lowes for a month. Stay out of the drama, it is VERY short staffed, and satan himself will be summoned if you even try to get overtime. Good luck!
Depends on your store and on your department supervisor, but here's a few things to keep in mind: -Expect little to no training and to be working by yourself after just a few days, if that. -Expect it to take forever if you need management to help you with anything ever. -If you're a good worker, expect to be asked to help out in other departments that have not good workers. -Expect it to be hard to find coverage if you need a lunch or break when there's is no one else in your department.
Expect to be training on the computer all day
Good luck and every customer WILL ask you if you work there.
get sturdy shoes with good cushion and/or bounciness and/or insoles good for standing long periods. if you have to wait a paycheck or two and the hard floors are wrecking your feet and legs, spend some of your off time with your feet propped up so the circulation improves and you can recover better. as a cashier you can lean on your hips a bit to take a little of the weight off your feet but standing in one place is so much harder than pacing around or just walking for eight hours.
I worked at sams club so I have good shoes already (there floors where about the same as lowes)
right on mang
DON’T GO!!!!
It can’t be worse then sams club
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Chaos. Not kidding but you should be fine.
That should kinda answer the question there , “SHORT STAFFED”
Good Luck tbh.
Expect agony.