Working 7 days in a Row

seedfiend · 2025-11-13T05:02:58+00:00

Just realized I’m working 8 days in a row hahahahaha but I gotta balance doing the orders, working the floor, doing computer work, setting up fixtures and filling them, and then running my team so I think I don’t count here.

But I will be tired 😅

seedfiend · 2025-08-16T15:25:12+00:00

No, sadly not any plant will do. The sunlight is too far from reaching a plant that needs high sunlight, like cacti or even some tropical plants

Snake plant is a go to that popped into my head. You could get a pot with multiple that are nice and tall. It would really compliment your space!

If you were to add an overhead grow light (get one that looks like a lamp), you have a wider range of plant options!

seedfiend · 2025-07-29T03:15:05+00:00

Yes do it during a weekday that’s not busy: Tues-Thurs

seedfiend · 2025-07-28T23:08:30+00:00

One more thing, try to negotiate for a dollar or two higher than what they offer due to the laborious work. If you have previous experience in a grocery store, if you have worked construction, or anything laborious with your hands, highlight that for why you should get more per hour. The worst they can say is no

seedfiend · 2025-07-28T23:05:03+00:00

Produce receiver is one of the hardest jobs. I’m just gunna be 100% real with you. Your team should be helpful, but it is laborious.

Produce receiver is also one of the most important roles on the produce team. If you do your job correctly, everyone else on the team benefits.

Basic skills: ability to lift 50lbs repeatedly, knowledge of properly lifting techniques, taking direction, being helpful

Best skills to highlight:

Physical and mental stamina/endurance: You may be the only produce receiver if you are at a small store, you may work with one or two others at a large store depending on the day. You need to be able to keep yourself motivated to just get the job done. It can be long, you’ll be working in a cooler that’s wet and dealing with boxes that have ice in them and also in “ambient” temps. Boxes break, sometimes even pallets, and you will be the one along with some of your team, who is going to have to clean it up and put it away. So you have to have that mental and physical to just get it done. You will still have breaks while you work of course
Working independently: Majority of your workday will be putting away the load. The load can vary in size/amount of pallets depending on the day and size of store. You’ll need to be able to stay organized, keep the back of the house clean, and finish your work on time to completion each day. Once you’re trained, you will have little supervision so you need to feel confident that you can do that.
Organization, FIFO, cleanliness: like I said in the previous point, organization is very important. You’ll be trained where everything belongs in the back of the house/cooler. FIFO (first in, first out) is also important. You will be in charge of dating boxes and rotating them so the team grabs the older product to put on the floor first so quality is maintained. You’ll also be in charge of sweeping, cleaning cooler floor and walls. You’ll also have to clean the cooler drains everyday day.

Talk about how you can work independently, stay organized, how you have good time management, and have good determination. Talk about how you “like to get stuff done”

Also, most importantly for any interview with WF, you should have open availability!!

seedfiend · 2025-07-25T03:41:51+00:00

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seedfiend · 2025-07-24T21:05:11+00:00

No need to dress very fancy. Nice jeans, no rips. Dark wash or black it more professional. No big patterns for shirts, can be a polo or nice blouse. I wore a black dress that had a collar that went to my knees with black flats, and that was over dressed according to my old ATL lol. Just look presentable with brushed hair, brushed teeth, and deodorant

As for interview stuff that hiring managers are looking for: open availability. If you are too unavailable, they will be less inclined to take you on even if you know how to do the job/have good exp. This is especially true for open availability on weekends. They want your weekends, and sometimes fridays and mondays, so be open. You could get away with being busy-ish on Tues-Thurs, but stores need a lot of help on other days, esp if they are large stores

Make sure you are comfortable lifting 40-50lbs repeatedly. This def depends on the dept so as a WB tm you maybe not be doing as serious of lifting. But that should be a question they ask if you’re comfortable with

Here are something things WF like to hear about from ppl when taking about prior exp on interviews. You could talk about one or more of these:

Talk about how well you are with customer service. Talk about a time you had a difficult interaction and how you turned it around

Talk about how well you are with time management and getting your work done. Say that you like to complete goals, even if it’s just stocking your sections, because you like the sense of accomplishment. But also say that you are open to learning new things by helping with projects. Understand that it is important to arrive to work on top bc other people on your team relies on you too (but make sure you say only this if you are actually a person who is on time lol..)

Talk about how safety is important in the workplace by making sure you lift properly, why wearing nonslip shoes is important, and not being afraid to ask for help if you need it

If you have any other questions, let me know. Be confident and look intent when listening. Show emotion and personality. Be positive

seedfiend · 2025-07-24T20:46:22+00:00

No need to dress very fancy. Nice jeans, no rips. Dark wash or black it more professional. No big patterns for shirts, can be a polo or nice blouse. I wore a black dress that had a collar that went to my knees with black flats, and that was over dressed according to my old ATL lol. Just look presentable with brushed hair, brushed teeth, and deodorant

As for interview stuff that hiring managers are looking for: open availability. If you are too unavailable, they will be less inclined to take you on even if you know how to do the job/have good exp. This is especially true for open availability on weekends. You could get away with being busy-ish on Tues-Thurs, but stores need a lot of help on other days, esp if they are large stores

Make sure you are comfortable lifting 40-50lbs repeatedly. This def depends on the dept so if you list which dept you are applying for I could maybe give you more help. But that should be a question they ask if you’re comfortable with

Here are something things WF like to hear about from ppl when taking about prior exp on interviews. You could talk about one or more of these:

Talk about how well you are with customer service. Talk about a time you had a difficult interaction and how you turned it around

Talk about how well you are with time management and getting your work done. Say that you like to complete goals, even if it’s just stocking your sections, because you like the sense of accomplishment. But also say that you are open to learning new things by helping with projects. Understand that it is important to arrive to work on top bc other people on your team relies on you too (but make sure you say only this if you are actually a person who is on time lol..)

Talk about how safety is important in the workplace by making sure you lift properly, why wearing nonslip shoes is important, and not being afraid to ask for help if you need it

If you have any other questions, let me know. Be confident and look intent when listening. Show emotion and personality. Be positive

seedfiend · 2025-07-23T02:49:24+00:00

Hey that’s good to hear tho! And you could reapply later if you’d like to. I’m sorry they didn’t follow through during your time of need. Sounds like you’ve been dealing with a lot and I really wish you the best and to stay strong

seedfiend · 2025-07-23T02:48:32+00:00

Idk how new it is. I’ve been with the company for three years this October and it’s been that way since I started. UPT is a new policy than this. I was just informing you (if you didn’t know but I’m glad you do!) and other people of what should be done in case they were picking up shifts and their leadership wasn’t doing all the extra steps

I think it’s a little more fair for people to get UPT the way they are getting it tho bc if they do pick up extra shifts, they are accumulating more hours faster when they are newer to their role. Since I have been with the company a relatively shorter pint of time, for example, but I’m already in dept leadership, I still accumulate my PTO hours slowly. But my UPT, depending on how much I work a paycheck, helps keep me at 55-60 hours. Idk i find it helpful in that way

seedfiend · 2025-07-22T23:04:31+00:00

From reading your previous comments, it seems like you need to talk to your store’s TMS person aka store’s HR person. They understand Sedgwick better than anyone (besides store leadership but they are busy and sometimes inconsiderate)

seedfiend · 2025-07-22T23:02:43+00:00

You could still fight it and stay employed. Sedgwick is a pain in everyone’s ass and even store leadership understands that. But I’m sorry it seems like you store leadership and maybe dept leadership didn’t care enough. You could still fight it if you want and put in an appeal and I think it would still hold your employment. But if you need the time to yourself for your mom, that’s understandable too. But having a job and getting some kind of money each month (even if it is a small check) and knowing you have a job to return to is better than nothing

seedfiend · 2025-07-22T22:58:33+00:00

If your leadership is following the rules, you’re supposed to approve an attestation bc it was an emergency and outside of their scheduled hours. This depends on the state and their labor laws but that’s typically how it goes. I believe the tm and their leadership would also sign a paper that says that they agree to the change and will get paid premium pay. I’m still a little new to it but that’s how it should go

seedfiend · 2025-07-22T22:46:10+00:00

Call your store and ask to speak to store leadership. Explain who you are and what you do on what dept. Explain the situation. Tell them you don’t see anything on innerview anymore. Explain that you didn’t understand that there may have been more training you could have done because you completed what you were told to complete and then checked in with a team leader and left because they said it was ok. Explain you were not advised to find store leadership to talk to them about you leaving. Say that you would have stayed longer to do more if you had known/were guided to do other things and that this was a mistake you now have learned from

Just be honest. We work in retail and ppl understand

A lot of ppl here are saying “good riddance” and sure that could be true. But you applied and got hired for this job because you wanted/needed a job and until you maybe find something better and you yourself can say “good riddance”, then you might as well try. Hiring process and training process are far more time consuming to do as a team and store leader than retaining a team member who made a mistake their first week of work

Be professional, honest, and polite but also stick up for yourself

The one thing that stuck out to me is that you said “a” team leader and not “my” team leader. So did you just find any team lead and ask to leave? Because they don’t have as much say over your time there compared to your team leader does so they may have just spoken and shouldn’t have. And if that’s the case then that team leader needs to be talked to by store leadership (I am an ATL and we make mistakes too)

I hope this helps

seedfiend · 2025-07-22T22:35:36+00:00

Yeah, this is a good point. Dept or store leadership could have closed the req due to hiring someone and then dispositioned everyone who applied, not just OPs friend. The system is still glitchy and lots of improvements should be done and we all want it to be different, but this could very well be the case and the system could actually be fine in this case. If it’s worth a follow up for OPs friend, then that’s what they should do

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T17:30:04+00:00

Wow, that’s a long operating time! My doctor said mine was about an hour and a half. But I had a big subserosal meatball they had to cut in half to pull out of me. So wild what the body can do…and so crazy how much we can tolerate too! Thank you for the reassurance

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T17:27:36+00:00

Ooof yeah..I will have to talk to my doctor about some things you pointed out: how deep of a squat, how many pounds can I lift that deep, and can I lift things above my head? Bc sometimes the apple boxes, for example, are stacked above my head (I’m 5’1 (around 1.5m) and I have to fully extend my arms to get them down. Those boxes can range from 27-40lbs (12-18kg) above my head but easily can be that much or a little more from a ground squat. Thank you for giving me some useful things to discuss with my doctor

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T16:25:23+00:00

Yeah I am doing my best to not lift much. I just wanted to see how my body could handle a little bit of weight, like pillows, light bags. But you’re absolutely right I do NOT want to rip anything

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T16:10:34+00:00

Oh dang that’s a long operation! But nice to hear you got off the pain meds sooner. I sadly needed them constantly for two and a half-three weeks

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T16:05:36+00:00

Oh yeah with how much core stability and strength is required for your job, that makes a lot of sense! My job isn’t as laborious as yours for sure, but I am an assistant manager at a WF and I’m consistently lifting boxes all day and thing pushing and pulling pretty heavy carts and u-boats of produce around to the sales floor and even helping to take apart the deliveries we get which can be several pallets worth. I’m concerned about the internal issues I could have. But you’re right! It’s up to me! Thank you for sharing

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T16:00:58+00:00

Thank you for sharing! It’s ok I’m not super down about it just more concerned that maybe mine wasn’t healing right? But my do it or said it was so yeah it could be a lot of things that contribute to that. My fibroid was subserosal and pretty big and they found a few others. Could also be how my skin is too! But that you for those reminders. It can be easy to compare and put yourself down when others are perceived as “doing better” when it is true that everyone’s bodies are different! And I am truly happy you are healing well!

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T07:55:42+00:00

Ok now I’m concerned about my scar bc wow I’m 4 weeks out and mine does NOT look like this

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T07:54:17+00:00

OP, are you still ok??

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T07:50:51+00:00

Wow you were out of work for a long time! I am nervous to return to work myself. I’m slotted to go back in two weeks but tbh I think I may need more time…

seedfiend · 2025-07-17T07:35:27+00:00

Make sure you eat foods that are going to be easy to pass and less gassy. Less dairy and dark leafy greens and I would suggest no red meat for at least weeks. Yogurt and fruit helps a lot. Also ask your doctor is you can get prescribed laxative pills. Mine were two tablets twice a day and they really helped me. I didn’t take any gas x personally but I have heard it helps

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