I work 40 hours at a full time job. Things are nice there.
On my days off, I go to other stores. Dispatched there by the union. Quite often, there are pallets with cases of beef stacked backwards. You can't read the label.
It's a little frustrating when you need one item and it's maybe on the pallet, maybe not. If the boxes were stacked properly, you could just yank the box out without unstacking the pallet. If you don't which box it is, or even if it's there, then it's a different situation. You have to unstack the entire pallet. Sometimes there's a customer waiting. Sometimes they wait for nothing.
I don't know why the people at the warehouse do this and how they get away with it. You can't convince me there's not enough time. It seems deliberate.
You must work for the same company as I, because sure enough every single pallet is that way. Is your provider mostly Excel and IBP?
It's not my company. I work outside of my company on days off. That's what happened yesterday when I posted. I can be sent anywhere. Safeway, Albertson's, small independants, etc. The store in question is Safeway (or Von's in some areas).
The various brands of beef are sent from the Safeway warehouse. Not IBP's or Excell's fault
with Kroger we get a few like that from our warehouse. if we don't know the box we will break it down or if it has a weight we have to check and yes it sucks sometimes
I work 40 hours at a full time job. Things are nice there.
On my days off, I go to other stores. Dispatched there by the union. Quite often, there are pallets with cases of beef stacked backwards. You can't read the label.
It's a little frustrating when you need one item and it's maybe on the pallet, maybe not. If the boxes were stacked properly, you could just yank the box out without unstacking the pallet. If you don't which box it is, or even if it's there, then it's a different situation. You have to unstack the entire pallet. Sometimes there's a customer waiting. Sometimes they wait for nothing.
I don't know why the people at the warehouse do this and how they get away with it. You can't convince me there's not enough time. It seems deliberate.
Does this happen where any of you work?
That's interesting. When I was in the trade it was in our contract that we were not allowed to moonlight with a competitor if we were full-time. Glad you have this option now..
We would occasionally get pallets like that but it wasn't an issue because we were required to break down every pallet and stamp every box with a date received and put older stock on top plus our security dept routinely "salted" loads with something we did not order. Something like a tiny 5lb box of calf brains not call it in as an overage same day, it was at least a write-up and could lead to termination if it happened 3 times.
-- Edited by jimhenry2000 on Friday 28th of March 2014 11:54:53 PM
That's interesting. When I was in the trade it was in our contract that we were not allowed to moonlight with a competitor if we were full-time. Glad you have this option now..
Also interesting. We've never had that in our contract as far as I know.
I have worked in a store that had that policy about Moonlighting with their competitors. I don't believe it was in the union contract, just the store policy.
I have worked in a store that had that policy about Moonlighting with their competitors. I don't believe it was in the union contract, just the store policy.
Usually you see that policy in fantastic jobs. For example, Jay Leno couldn't work for another network until X number of months/years after leaving whatever network he left. Or maybe a top guy at Lockheed couldn't go to Westinghouse for X number of years. Or Lee Iacocca and John DeLorean changing car companies. Takes time. But us? Serious? Maybe a supervisor, buyer, But us? Now I've heard everything :)
