I work for this company as a FTSSROW and I can’t stand this job anymore. Ever since the new system where there is less sales reps and all full timers are order writers went into effect last year things have been a disaster.
I used to like this job a lot when things were the old way where sales reps sold product and wrote orders, seniors covered sales reps vacations and merchandisers part time and full time packed out. This used to be a good place to work. We all used to work with each other. We got to know other merchandisers and sales reps and while we were working hard we did have some laughs. Don’t get me wrong we always had our fair share of days we were overworked but it was no where near as bad as it is now.
Ever since all full timers became order writers things have been nothing but a disaster from the start. It is running the companies reputation into the ground and it makes my head spin at how much of a clusterf__k this company has become. At first I was excited to get to learn how to write orders but that went away very soon. At first I thought that if we get more help this job would be less stressful but my team is not adequately staffed because we can’t get people on board. By the time we get people other people quit. Even some of the part timers on my team quit I guess it’s become that unbearable.
Everyday I feel as if I am being manhandled with work from the time I start to finish. It is non stop and feel like I am getting hit with 10 hours of work in an 8 hour day. Here and there I get nitpicked for things that aren’t entirely my fault. Excessive backstock, bad rotation, outdates, credits bin overflow, etc. I am often criticized that I am not writing good orders. I get spoken to every time I don’t work backstock but what do they expect? Everyday I am scrambling to get work done so myself and others are all rushing to get everything done. It’s like they don’t give you enough time to do a good job which is why everyone myself being one of them just does the basics packs out the order, writes the order than moves onto the next store. It’s like I feel like I am wrong no matter what and anytime I get my backstock down to sale items and core items it only piles up with a mountain of stuff that we don’t need and doesn’t move.
What su-ks is that what I make at this job is better than some of what is on the market. That’s why it’s hard for me to just quit this job although I am so angry with this job that I just want to hand my tablet in and get the f__k out of this company but I can’t I need money I have bills to pay I have rent. I have applied to jobs that pay above the $18-$20 mark and even went on some interviews problem is when applied to a living wage job that pays say $22-$25 an hour or more it becomes more competitive with more applicants and more people to interview. A job like an order writer at this company we are lucky if we even get anyone that actually applies and we are so desperate we’d hire just about anyone and it becomes harder for management to terminate those who don’t do the right thing because we don’t have anybody and can’t get people to come on board. Back when this job had more applicants and more help and was less dreadful people got fired for much smaller offenses than what some of these folks get away with now. This used to be a half decent job but this new system made things a living h__l for everyone.