8 years ago, the PSC at my store was allowed to have multiple people trained and multiple people helping them. This was before the PSC took over credit. It was a a time when 250 changes was a big day and required all hands on deck. There was a dedicated IRP person.
Fast forward to today. PSCs regularly see drops over 500, and have a huge workload: huge price drops, massive sale signage boxes, additional signage added by merchants, WIRE tasks, full store audits, mismatches, and some even do IRPs and help with the truck.
Which is why I wanted to reach out to newer PSCs. I’ve noticed multiple postings across social media where PSCs aren’t getting raises for taking over pricing and they are struggling with the whole OTT thing.
Do not let them take advantage of you!
OTT failed. It was supposed to be the ENTIRE crew doing the truck. The ENTIRE crew doing pricing. The ENTIRE crew doing deliveries. It failed because all of those things are BIG jobs and it is obvious that someone who has never done either of those jobs was the one to pitch something so ridiculous. Somehow, the PSC is the only one being held to the standard that everything should be able to be done in a night.
If you are an overnight stocker and you take over pricing, you should get a raise! It is not a lateral move. It is a higher pay grade. Don’t let them tell you any different.
If you take over pricing, tell them you will do pricing FIRST. And IF you finish pricing, you can help with the truck. SPOILER: you don’t ever finish pricing. Even when you finish changes and signage, you have to audit. There is ALWAYS something to do with pricing. And if you let them cause your pricing duties to fall to the side, it will be your head on the chopping block if corporate takes notice. Not theirs.
It sickens me to see so many associates being manipulated by management with this position. (That’s not to say other positions are not suffering. I know it’s a sh-t show all the way around. I’m just trying to reach the greener PSCs so they aren’t ran into the ground by cheapskate managers).
Don’t let them use you and squeeze every drop out of you while paying you less than you should be earning.