As for best practices well we have not made the change yet here at 6407. But as a night associate I would suggest keeping the productive associates and terminating the unproductive. The problem is in my club there are like 3 of us who are productive and who have good attendance the others including my manager are very very unproductive, have attendance issues and never come to work on time. Coming in late all the time, long breaks and taking all night to stock 15 pallets is crazy and how these people remain employed is beyond me. We would be in better shape if maybe there was some sort of accountability for attendence and speed oh and dont get me started on forklift accidents.
Good luck all!