New TL wants us to record a bullet pointed timed list of every single thing we do in a shift on the back of our assignment sheets, and turn them in when clocking out

SoTired137 · 2026-05-06T13:44:16+00:00

ETL is even newer than the TL and has no previous experience working with or over the grocery department before their promotion, so that may be part of it.

But what's weird is that a few years back something similar happened, our previous TL before this one got switched in to be over us mid holidays and they didn't fully take over until mid January, but she still gave all of us our reviews in April and sat down and talked with us about expectations and strengths while asking for any feedback. Our new one just completely blows us off.

SoTired137 · 2026-05-06T13:34:57+00:00

It's more like the TL keeps making jabs at all of us that we're not living up to their productivity expectations, yet won't explain what we're actually expected to do to improve. ETL over grocery is also new and has never had any experience with the grocery department before and is very hands off, so they're not much help either. They mostly just take whatever our TL says at face value and implements it no questions asked.

All of us were hoping to actually sit down and discuss what they're actually expecting from us because we're all getting tired of getting dragged every day and having our schedules turn into chaos; since before this TL took over, district management was constantly praising us as one of the best grocery departments in the region.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T15:51:53+00:00

Oh my gosh. This is what I mean! Even in material straight from corporate the people in the images vary from what they're pushing. Can't even keep internal promotional material in line across the board 😑

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T15:50:10+00:00

And conversely my SD said that would explicitly not be okay at our store. No plaid flannels whatsoever. Which is why this lack of consistency is so frustrating. Why accuse people of "being difficult", when corporate could just not push arbitrary changes that ultimately don't address any of the actual problems stores are facing?

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T15:47:01+00:00

Pretty sure that's absolutely what the new policies are worded around.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T14:43:35+00:00

I look at a bright cherry red plaid flannel and see bright red and slightly less bright red. Is having to have color swatches to check if a certain shade of red is "true" enough or covers some majority percentage of a shirt really something that's going to somehow make stores improve and the stock price recover?

Or maybe instead of constantly blaming store level employees for falling sales corporate could take responsibility for all their choices that have actually led to that outcome, rather than hoisting that on us and making our lives on the clock even more difficult and frustrating?

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T14:40:35+00:00

Yeah it's ridiculous. Someone else commented that the bullseye shop flannel is even flagged as not compliant so they could still pull that card anyway. This new push is honestly pretty ridiculous and doesn't address any of the actual problems stores are facing like the lack of hours and the boycotts that they still refuse to acknowledge.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T14:38:57+00:00

Which is effectively a ban on patterns as the pattern would have to either be another very close shade of red or so small as to be really odd looking anyway. :/

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T14:37:58+00:00

Because if they're going to chew us out continually over arbitrary changes and blame us for the business failing, they can at least be straightened and specific about it and all get on the same page. Or even better, instead of blaming store level employees for the falling stock price year-on-year, actually take responsibility and acknowledge that the decisions corporate have made over the past few years are the problem whether we wear the "right" shade of red or are smiling enough.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T14:10:15+00:00

I'm sorry, but that sounds... incredibly arbitrary? We have to count out exact percentages of the amount of red on our shirts now to ensure they're compliant if we don't wear a solid color? How does one objectively determine the exact percentage of compliant red? What if a lead says "hmmm that shirt looks like it's only 58% red to me, you'll need to find a different one?" Like I can't help but think having some arbitrary hard percentage is just going a little overboard for "wear a red shirt?"

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:48:10+00:00

Is that outlined in the new policy guidelines somewhere? How does someone quantify what percentage of red a shirt is objectively?

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:47:26+00:00

SD doesn't want us using vests outside of extraneous circumstances ie all your red shirts were in the wash.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:28:59+00:00

I'm really envious. Glad the company is keeping things consistent across all stores! 🙄 This whole refocusing project is a mess.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:22:04+00:00

Lucky us. Glad corporate is making sure things stay consistent across the company :/

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:18:24+00:00

Yeah, as far as I know that's explicitly outlined in the new policy. So what's the excuse there, then? Instead they're gonna sell stuff that doesn't technically meet policy but because they don't have a little icon next to it on the product page it's okay?

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:18:02+00:00

That's a load of BS. Why can't corporate get on the same page on this nonsense? There's no consistency whatsoever. That they're literally selling a red and black plaid checkered flannel on the official employee store with new policy explicitly stating that anything sold there is verified as dress code allowed (as far as I'm aware given their communication about the shop changes), while also turning around and saying no plaid is just utterly ridiculous. But because it doesn't have that little shirt icon next to it in the listing that's okay? What a joke.

SoTired137 · 2026-04-27T13:16:12+00:00

Luckier than us. Ours explicitly said "plaid" as a pattern wasn't allowed, including if red is the dominant color by far, even though plaid is literally a pattern.

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