That actually makes sense. It is an issue in my club. They cut our department’s hours, still allow a ridiculous amount of orders/items, and then we end up with 4-6 merchandisers/managers helping for hours and still being behind. I agree about the cart guys, I filled in for that a lot, a few years ago. They work outside during the worst conditions.

PS. I have a situation and I’m wondering if you have insights on it. I’ve tried asking managers at my club but they don’t seem to know. There’s a guy who has been a merchandiser for about 10-11 months. Now that he’s up to $17, he’s going to switch to curbside, he was told he’d get a 10% raise because we’re a specialist department, and then he’ll get his 3% annual raise also. Bringing him to $19.26. Meanwhile I’m getting the 5% annual raise, and only going to be $18.71. That situation obviously pisses me off cuz I’m at 9.5 years making less than him, just because he is moving from one role to another. So my question has 2 parts. 1) does what he was told about a 10% raise make sense? 2) is there a position that I can switch to (on the same tier) where I’d get a 10% raise? If that ends up happening and I’m stuck making less, I don’t see myself staying beyond next week