gopher said:

I just got a job stocking shelves, I have orientation on thursday, how do I do my job, do I have to check the shelves first and record what I need, how the hell do I find it in the back, I think I got myself in over my head here

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larry.fisherman said:

There are scanners and there's a system connected to the sales system that does a lot of the stock stuff automatically. Your manager will probably do the manual stuff but some places give just about anyone one, like Walmart. Mostly likely what will happen is there's a shipment. You distribute entirely or use carts to gather and take items to relevant places. Most of your job is rotating items and remembering where they go. Day stock is chill, night stock will probably have you busting your ass.

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im on over night stock

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Has anyone stockecd shelves before

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no but I do occasionally see them in their natural habitat when I visit the grocery store



if you just act normal and don't make any sudden movements they typically will just ignore you as they graze the shelves

mt cleverest said:

the problem with day stock is the customers , plus you often have multiple duties.  I probably wouldve stayed if I didnt have to run the cash register too. but thats aldi's for you. and they are obsessed with efficiency. they even clock your ring up speed and post everyone's average speed in the break room

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this rages me because you know the fastest checkers are the ones who scan shit rapid fire, don't help their bagger and ring them out before everything is bagged then they say "thank you have a nice day" while the bagger is stuck with 100 things to bag and they just move on to the next order

bodhisatta said:

Didn't they say must be able to lift 50#
This sounds like a job for teenagers

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yeah they did 

I can lift it kinda it just in a flimsy, small box and the jars dont stay in it well


after I smashed a jar the guy show me a trick where you cut around the plastic and dont pull the plastic off till you got it on the shelf, that way the jars stay kinda stuck, but I still dont trust it

I thought all the heavy stuff would be on low shelves, but these jars go on like head height

a teenager might be able to do the job, but there are no teenagers due to the hours, theyd be asleep during school

Lophosaurus said:

OP, you sound like you complain a lot and that is not a good trait. Especially at work. Just do your job and do it better than everybody else so you get raises, promotions, and good references for your next job. If you get a bad reference for stocking shelves than any future employer will think you're a waste of time and pass you over.

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I dont complain at work, I lick my wounds at work, I come to the shroomery to complain , but who cares now I quit, my back muscles must be really weak because it seized up last night or this morning or something, and I cant bend over anymore without pain im gonna try to learn how to do a bridge, I think bending it the other way will help

my manager told me I can still come to my next scheduled shift but im not going to

when I was like 18 I had a dream job of helping build the beauty boutiques in shoppers drug mart, the only thing I couldnt do in that job was read the blueprints properly, my favourite part of the job was putting he glass shelving in the cabinets its pretty simple mindless part, but looks amazing when its finished

I found a picture on the web, not a very good one but it says its in windsor we probably built this one, in fact I know we did because its IMG's cabinets, that was my bosses brothers company

oh ya and there was like 6 of us and we knock these off in like 10-12 hours

Lophosaurus said:

OP, you sound like you complain a lot and that is not a good trait. Especially at work. Just do your job and do it better than everybody else so you get raises, promotions, and good references for your next job. If you get a bad reference for stocking shelves than any future employer will think you're a waste of time and pass you over.

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gopher said:

ya that half the reason I quit, 5 or 6 hours into my shift my back start killing me when I bend over, makes me not want to do the bottom shelves, if it was only 1 day a week I could suffer through it, no way I could do the 3 days in a row I was scheduled, I slept on it and I still dont want to move lol, kratoms not even helping

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carry 500' of wire up 4 flights of stairs

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1 time I had to dig 75' in the dirt with broken toes.

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larry.fisherman said:

I saw lots of people come and go doing night stock exactly the way he was. I'm not gonna say it's the worst or hardest job in the world but for someone with back problems he wouldn't be the first to not be suited for excessive bending and lifting.

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Niffla said:

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Has anyone stockecd shelves before

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no but I do occasionally see them in their natural habitat when I visit the grocery store



if you just act normal and don't make any sudden movements they typically will just ignore you as they graze the shelves

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bodhisatta said:

Try stocking a hardware store. Stacking salt. Fertilizer, concrete, all those gallon jugs of everything, boxes full of boxes of nails, fuck hardware cloth always poking out, boxes of paint gallons, 5 gallon jugs of paint, etc...

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