Just Informed that no more stock will be kept in receiving ,it has to immediately be pushed to the sales floor. There's no room especially if we are doing what we can do to keep the floor organized. Told put it somewhere and disregard the plantograms.
Put two and two together it seems like the store is preparing to close,what's the point of having an empty stockroom and a disorganized yard sale wannabe environment on the floor?
@3uuo why dont you just take turns bringing out the trash at the end of the day or however frequently needed?
These days big Lots looks a lot better than the sears I work at.and clean,we don't even have a cleaning crew for most of time.lunch room nasty trash full and nats everywhere.
Welcome to retail people. This is retail in the 21st century. Low overhead, low inventory, low square footage. If you want goods and services cheap this is what you will get.
@1oqa Thanks for posting! I see the same on the Layoff forums for Walmart, Lowes, etc. It really is just corporations in general today. It is far different from years ago.
I suggest some of you work at a big lots before you make comments about them. They are run the exact same way as an SHC store.
Understaffed and no payroll and corporate wants us to continue to cut payroll.
In addition to that my store is where the district managers office is so we get chewed out first if our store does not look perfect.
@cmc, I take that as an insult . Yes I agree with the fact that a big lots is somewhat disorganized. I work at one I am also a former SHC/Kmart employee.
How a big lots looks all depends on how your store manager runs it in addition to the payroll. Most if all big lots have furniture now. Here is what a big lots is usually staffed like.
1 MOD,1 front end employee,1 floor associate and 1, furniture associate.
50% of the time our floor associates are not register trained. Long story I will not get into.
In addition to that MOD refuses to either run a register or get change/do cash pickups.
So your kind of screwed up front when a line forms. In addition to that you got to ask for the rewards card like SYWR, (soon they will make us ask if the customer will want to apply for our credit card.)
So yes guys Big Lots is run just like an SHC store.
In fact several former Kmart/Sears store managers run big lots now.
From the truck to the floor in 24.. remember that little slogan
We need our back room associates
Who prep that stuff off the truck
It just doesn't come off the truck with ink tags and on hangers and spider wraps on tools
And who will unwrap Lands End and put their stuff in those fancy wood hangers
A lot of clothing comes in boxes each piece of clothing has plastic on it Who will take that off
and men's socks and underwear!!
Where will the excess be put on the floor? The hooks are filled to the brim and we keep getting more than we need and we don't even out of stock that DEPT any longer!
If the system automatically orders as items are sold there is definitely a problem at headquarters. Lol stop with the men's socks already!!
This is the new back room plan... nothing new i was told this 2 weeks ago ... it will make it to where we won't need as much backroom help... from the truck to the floor is the plan
It's the one touch system, our store went to it last fall, and now it's closing it's doors for good in Sept.
Disregarding the planograms? I wouldn't necessarily say that's bad news, if only those responsible for merchandising use common sense and good judgement.
Push everything out from truck to sales floor with wild abandon and without thinking things through is not a good plan, though.
Planograms take too much time (especially with the lack of payroll these days) and are not usually a good fit for many stores and their layouts, fixture availability, space, etc. Eyerolls ensure when the DM wants the POG set 100%, even though by doing so creates difficulty shopping in the store.
The only thing that should be kept in stock room is all that darn soap !
Cases and cases of soap
A store needs merchandising unless you are Big Lots
Well tell me when they say summer is the big blow out, then why is the new fall coming up 50% off ???
It's easier to shoplift if there is no organization. Random piles of stuff means that it won't be missed.
I wouldn't read into it like that at all. It doesn't make sense to have product sitting in the stock room. The point is to get the inventory out to sell it. It doesn't mean a store is preparing to close. You wouldn't be getting inventory in if your store was going to close.