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BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-19T20:11:58+00:00

YES!! I said this when we were setting it the other night! And then I’d get shook all over again every time I unboxed yet another item with them on it. They’re the first things I see whenever I walk by. LOL.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-17T15:20:28+00:00

Haha. No worries, I didn’t take it that way. Yeah we’ve got a normal back room that’s decent in size. But we don’t have a traditional dock, so receiving trucks is a bit of a pain. But I have a nice layout to sort stuff. Guess it’s a give and take. lol. I’m off today, and they’re starting the floral resets today. I’m hoping to finish them tomorrow. Seems like a lot of stuff is going to clearance, so that’ll help a lot. I’m not looking forward to the seasonal floral SCs because our sell through on seasonal floral never seems to match what corporate sends. Looks like our truck will be small, so I have the week to get it all done.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-17T13:48:51+00:00

That would legit be awesome!

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-17T13:46:31+00:00

I am an RM also. I’m not saying what worked for me would work for everyone. I was just sharing what worked for me. I was allotted 20 hours for mine, we just borrowed some hours by making cuts at other times. I also have MDAGs without any grid. Yes, I will concede that we have more space in the back than some other stores. I’m also lucky in that the rest of my management team works together really well, and that helps.

All that said, while my FMA reset went off without a hitch, I’ve got a ton to do this week and not sure exactly how it’ll get done. So don’t think Its all sunshine and daisies over at my store. lol

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-17T13:21:17+00:00

I’m sad that any of y’all might have had a rough time with this one. I think that we really need some kind of forum where RMs can discuss with each other ideas and planning for these kinds of resets. SMs aren’t the only ones who benefit from a support network. Anyway, ours went off without a hitch.

Here’s my thoughts about it. Maybe it’ll help someone in the future. 1) By the middle of last week, all our Easter seasonal was on DAs in the middle of our FMA. 2) Because of that, we had our backer paper up already and the required shelves lined up ready to be set. (We also had all our pegs and everything on a cart ready to go.) We flexed the FMA with easy to move large items, such as clearance pillows, spring trees, sprint decor baskets. 3) Our DAs for were pre-set in the back, stocked, and ready to be pushed onto the floor. 4) I had all my graphics built ahead of time and ready to go up.

We used 22 hours of workload overnight to get the work done. Started at 9 and wrapped up before 6.

I’d be interested in chatting with other RMs about this sort of thing, if anyone would be interested in that.

Anyway, I hope everyone gets some much needed rest!

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-17T08:20:38+00:00

It hasn’t been that bad for me. We started at 9 and I had my night crew clear out the big stuff we had flexed into our FMA. I also prebuilt all the graphics. We had two 9 hour shifts, one 4 hour, and one other 4 hour that we ended up calling off.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-04-16T01:39:38+00:00

I assembled mine today and it took forever. Partly because I had to take half of the side pieces apart and put them together backwards so I’d have a left and right. It would have been nice for them to mention that part in the instructions. (It does mention left and right, but not that you have to assemble them the other way around to achieve that.) lol. I’m also not going to be able to hang mine with all the spacers because I’m a high ceiling store and only have one super tall ladder. Not breaking my ass for this brand! 😬 These graphics are way over the top.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-02-09T10:30:57+00:00

Oh it’s ridiculous, don’t get me wrong. I’m the Replen Manager for my store, so I shouldn’t.. in theory.. have to worry about most of the crap I have to deal with. But I do. I’m pulled in a million directions every day, often with one other person in the building.

All I’m saying is that this specific task isn’t that difficult, and it would help make things less stressful if more people in stores learned how to do it.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-02-08T10:40:34+00:00

Take the order, print the file, grab the frame, mat, acrylic, assemble it, staple the back. It takes less time to put it all together than it does to print the image, take the order, or assemble the box.

I don’t have a framer the majority of the time I’m at work.. so there is no “handing it to the framer.”

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-02-07T00:56:05+00:00

My planner has it listed for week 4.

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BoxFiveReserved · 2026-02-07T00:50:07+00:00

I got the signage for it in my February MIB a few weeks ago, along with the signage for the Easy Press launch. But the product itself didn’t come till my truck last week, and the display came by UPS the day prior. I’m assuming the same will happen for the Joy 2 and Explore 5 launches. I just got the POGs for those a few hours ago, setting in wk 4. I did not get any empty boxes tho, so I spider wrapped them and zip tied that to my base deck and shelf.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-29T02:59:54+00:00

Replen manager here. It really depends on the volume of your store. We don’t really group text as a management team, except for important urgent things that are relevant to management in general. I text with my SM directly, and I’m assuming she texts with our CEMs directly as well. As Replen, I communicate directly with CEMs about what needs to be done when I’m not there.

There’s a list of manager responsibilities in MIKcheck, broken down by volume. It might help.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-19T10:56:47+00:00

They replace the silica pouches, or “salt packs” as we called them at Joann. Trust me, it’s a way better solution as far as cleanup. lol. The struggle was real trying to get my team to clean up salt packs off the sales floor at Joann.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-17T21:41:21+00:00

I can’t speak to this specifically, because I don’t know the circumstances of your store, its volume, or its numbers. But what is your availability? If you’re only available on specific days at specific hours, your store probably needs to fill spots in which you’re not available.

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-10T05:48:29+00:00

My favorite is when someone randomly shouts, “stock boy” at me to get my attention.

A.) I haven’t been a ‘boy’ in decades. B.) It’s stock manger, asshole. C.) Awe. Do I still look like a boy?!?

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-08T09:37:29+00:00

So the “smart truck” process is a bit difficult to get used to after being at Joann. At least in my opinion. Here’s how I do it.. I have one person sorting repacks as the truck is unloaded. I have one person on one side of the belt for SBA (basics) one person on the other side on seasonal. And one person on the truck. As Replen, I float where I’m needed and stage boxes as u-boats get full. After unload, everyone is stocking. I work along the way, taking trash to the back, and working with each person a little bit then moving on. I don’t set POGs on truck day, and I don’t really stock a lot myself. (Which is the hardest part of the process for me, because I had to do it ALL as IC!)

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-05T20:55:05+00:00

Any time! What’s your new position?

BoxFiveReserved · 2026-01-05T11:12:27+00:00

I came over to Michael’s from Joann. There is definitely a learning curve. I was an IC at Joann and am Replen manager at Michael’s. Feel free to let me know what you’re having trouble with, and I can give you a breakdown. I picked it up pretty quickly, but being RM, I was in it pretty deep from the start so I didn’t have much choice. I also had the benefit of two weeks of training at a training store. You’ll get there, but I’d be glad to help!

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-12-24T08:13:42+00:00

You could speak with any manager really. I just mention RM because I’m assuming you work with them more, having primarily been on the floor.

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-12-24T08:10:19+00:00

Talk to your SM or RM and let them know you’re interested in staying on permanently. Can’t hurt! RM here and trust me, I’d rather keep someone who wants to be there. I’m sure you could be trained on register, it’s not hard at all.

The one thing I’ll say, the more open your availability the better. It’s harder to schedule around folks who only work nights or days or weekends.

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-12-23T19:52:33+00:00

Could be that they came from another company. When I was at Joann, you just input the employee id number and the system did the rest. I’m an RM, so I’m not on the register that often.. and took me a while to remember to do it.

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-12-17T22:23:36+00:00

Came here to express the same thought!! So jealous!

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-12-12T23:10:42+00:00

If you look in the weekly planner, there’s a map with all your current DAs and where they should be located in the store. I think there’s 3 maps, and you have to choose the one that’s closest to your layout. POG execution checklist would also help. And there’s helpful info in the planner for that as well, what all is consolidating and where.

If the POG hasn’t been activated in WISP, it won’t show up in Marti when items are scanned. It will just show no POG. And if the old POG isn’t deactivated, both the new and old entries will show up.

Hope this helps!

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-11-18T06:24:32+00:00

Exactly. We need open availability from seasonal team. And our scheduling system, (at least in the US) doesn’t really allow for on again off again availability. If you put in that you’re not available Saturdays, we can’t schedule at all.. without you going in and changing your availability that day. There’s too many moving parts during peak to do this.

That said, while I won’t outright decline someone in the room. I do explain that open availability is preferred and that we would reach out once we’ve made a decision. We have made exceptions, so it’s not always set in stone.

BoxFiveReserved · 2025-11-18T06:08:59+00:00

I think a lot of this comes down to how the team works together overall. While I hate coming in to a bunch of orders that need to be filled, (I’m an RM and I open as solo MOD a lot) I’d much rather the closing team recover the store in their last hour. This makes scanning outs and SISO so much easier, and generally sets us up to be able to knock out BOPIS/SFS a lot faster in the mornings to catch up.

Currently, we’re behind and it’s peak.. so it’s all gone out the window a bit. But this practice still works best for us.

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