So, here we are again. Now, I do still work at Walmart. However, I have changed jobs. I work as a Cap Team 1 Associate. This job requires you to get up VERY early. I have start work at 4 AM.
I am in charge of getting stuff out of the back room and stocking the shelves in the grocery area. Some days I do Pets, Pharmacy, Health & Beauty, Paper Goods & Chemicals. Plus, most recently added to our job responsibilities, Infants. Now mind you, I am not in this alone. I'm part of a team.
Basically, we start by getting the Dairy deliveries done. This can range from one pallet to 5. Some days, you get a bad day and have to do 8. Trust me, if you get that many, you won't have time for anything else. Yes, we do get breaks and lunches and they are required by law. However, when you can get to them is another story.
After that, we are assigned to different areas to work. You scan stuff out of the back room and fill it up with the stuff it tells you to. If there are openings that the system missed, or more often, a request by a customer, you can head back and grab the stuff you need, without scanning it out. You just need to make sure to inform your manager of the small change that needs to be made to the system and why. Trust me, it makes more mistakes than you think. A lot of little mistakes that definitely need correcting.
This does not apply to Frozen, which is the same as Dairy, just with colder stuff.
If you somehow get done after all that and still have time, you are assigned to do what's called Top Stock. This is where you take a special ladder cart and bring stuff down from the very top shelf to it's home below to fill the space. Also to fix up the top shelf as there are those who don't follow protocol and make it look like a mess up there. It's annoying when it happens.
At the last half-hour to hour of the shift, we are assigned to take carts to the other side of the back room so Cap Team 2 can do their thing. It's the most recent thing added. We got a new machine to make it much smoother. A part of me wants to see it in action, but I'm not going back to my old job anytime soon.
This job is better than the old one, no question. In my one year, I have been less stressed out, less taken away by enslaving managers, (In fact, they need to have permission to take me, period.) also, less customers that mistreat you. It seems most, if not all, of the bad actors come later in the day. The customers I do get are much nicer and most just want help. They don't even talk down to you. This is the way it should be.
Of course, I still want to leave Walmart. It sadly has a lot of baggage. Also, there's a medical reason for it. Every day, I have to put up with twinges of pain I get from my feet. Also, special orthodontics for my feet subscribed by a doctor aren't doing much. Yes, they help, but not enough. If it wasn't for this problem, I would actually stay.
I've been enjoying it while it lasts. I'll stay as much as I can, but these medical reasons will not make me stay in end. It'll be a sad end to something I enjoyed.
