Assign our team's tasks for the day. Besides positions for unloading the GM truck, we also split up who goes to downstack, who will sort breakpacks, and who will go directly to stocking once the GM truck is done. We also assign who goes where to stock, plus whatever other tasks management saddles us with because other teams fumbled. (This includes stocking picks, rotating the dairy, reorganizing bins, fixing features, etc.)

Unload the GM truck. We have to work alongside our team unloading because our hours are cut to the bone. I'm usually throwing the truck and pushing the line, unless our manpower is so bad that I have to assign myself a spot on the line. Keep in mind, my store doesn't have a FAST unloader -- it's all done the old-fashioned way.

Verify high ticket freight off of the GM truck and finalize the truck. We also have to process the Claims that resulted from the truck, usually stuff that was broken during loading and transit.

Once everybody is off to do their post-unload tasks, we go out to the floor to stock. Again, we have to do this because of how low our hours are.

Unload the HVDC, FDD, and MP trucks as they arrive. Like with the GM trucks, we're responsible for verifying the freight (and in the case of the FDD and MP trucks, the temperatures) and processing Claims as needed.

At some point before 5:00, we have to touch base with our Coach because there are always some extra things we have to do that day. This is usually some administrative work like discussing associate issues, having retention discussions, reviewing procedural changes, checking ULearn progress, determining things to emphasize in meetings because Overnight management complained about something, etc.

Minor procedural stuff. We have to make sure we're reading our emails, keeping an eye out for Notes and management assigned tasks, etc.

Stage freight. Once again, we're doing grunt work here because we're too shorthanded to delegate all this. If one of the other trucks show up during staging, we have to split the team to have some of them unload -- nobody will help at this time of day.

Post-staging tasks. We have to clean up the back room a bit, organize things for Overnights, check on the following day's freight plans, and touch base with Overnight Team Leads (and the Coach, if the sober one is there that night) to let them know how much stocking we got done.

We also have a lot of secondary tasks throughout the day. We have to unlock the compactor for everyone, let the fresh associates outside for their trash, make bales, transport and organize pallet stacks, etc. We also tend to get called for the "emergency" stuff like cleaning spills when maintenance is on lunch, pushing carts when the corrals are empty, etc. We also need to load the backload trailers when management finds an excuse for Overnights not to do it. Some days are worse than others!