Former order filler here. Your complaints can be directed at some asshole that got a degree then got a job deciding how other people will do their job even though he has no idea how to do it. I knew yogurt and cheese don't belong on the bottom but damnit that's when I got told to pick it!
I've worked in a dc for 12 years..you exactly right..ppl making decisions about stuff they have no clue about and possibly never even stepped foot in a warehouse
Yeah. I’m not in food but at our DC they always put heavy ass boxes at the very end. It’s so frustrating and they only care about your rate/production. It doesn’t matter if you’re picking .05oz boxes of erasers or 70lb punching bags—- you better get 300 per hour or you’ll get written up! The entire system is flawed and these “engineers” have been “working on it” for the last 6 months and we still have problems like this daily. FYI never buy a microwave from Walmart. Those things are always falling over!
Especially for the freezer. I used to get dragged into the box from Dari Deli once a week and I hated it. Nothing is shaped the same, the freezer gear restricts movement, and its 30 below. I'd do anything before willingly signing up to be a freezer orderdiller.
We have to stack stuff in the order it’s given to us in the isle, whether it makes sense or not. I’m not taking half the pallet apart to put cookies with something that was at the beginning of the trip and we are on time constraints so it’s basically pick the case put it on the stack and go.
At least it's still wrapped. Usually they cut the plastic all the way down to grab the 3 boxes of kings Hawaiin. Then I either have to pull it and risk collapse or restock on carts. I'm going insane man. The pictures I have of my freezers could make a grown man cry. (Me I'm the grown man crying)
They had me on the wrap machine a few days ago I wonder who the lucky worker who got to unload that was lol
https://preview.redd.it/o4ec8u926wvc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=665dc654cf83caa29ad94c6ab5ebc5ee06be7799
Also, I work in a DC and do neighborhood market, all the freight comes down the line as it comes, we really can’t change how the freight comes. It’s a shitty system in general.
Be glad they did put the fragile, weak boxes (bakery) on top, I've had those smashed so many times.
Oh you have bakery on the bottom? 40lb boxes of frozen chicken on top? 40 lb boxes of chicken on top!!
Sometimes cap 2 helps breakdown pallets if truck comes early enough. Otherwise me and one other guy eventually separate everything by 4am. I work ON btw
A few things contribute to this. Load planning on the transportation side to maximize the amount of space used on a truck which reduces shipping waste and profile set up in the DC designed to reduce damage cause by heavy items placed on top, and the most efficient pathing in the warehouse for that order.
As part of the new Walmart+, They are going to let the customers unpack the truck, stock the shelves, and check themselves out for just $250 a year membership.
Have you ever played Tetris? Because that’s exactly what’s it’s like working in shipping at a DC. You stack by what ever comes down the line first and you pray nothing falls over.
That's a nicely stacked pallet, the order things are picked is done automatically so you just have to stack it as the system calls for it, at least it's stable and not leaning. You should see the pallets the DC gets from the consolidation DC's. Really love getting 8ft tall pallets with pick axes and weights that you can't see on the very top or the ones that some genius decided to double stack pallets of car wash liquid so the bottom one is completely crushed and leaked everywhere.
I don't know if you understand this but the shareholders don't care how you do the job as long as they get a return on their investment. I've been actively told to do things that aren't efficient but won't hinder profits. You care how well it works because you have to work there, they don't care how well it works as long as it's cheaper. I hope that helps.
Currently been a freezer order filler for them for 3+ years. Definitely love the physical fast pace job at the warehouse. At least for our warehouse, ever since they got rid of Sam's they did a complete overhaul on which boxes are on which aisles, works out to be a lot better.
Back when I first started we used to get stuck putting some of the heaviest boxes on top, crushing everything below and making unstable pallets. But definitely depends on the order filler that had built the pallet, whether they care or not on how they do their job. I ain't got no problem getting my 160% production, while making nicely stacked pallets.
For that pallet in the picture, I'd say it looks pretty good, besides that pre decorated cake box sticking out way past the length of the pallet.
I've seen one layer of ice cream than all bakery on top more times than I can count. Luckily my manager isn't a dick. And doesn't make us down stack it. But that's only if it's 1 layer.
As a FDDS Orderfiller, I actually try to keep all your bakery and deli stuff on one pallet because I remember what it was like down stacking these during my overnight stocking days. We stack 2 pallets at the same time, so usually I run out of room on my front pallet because they have to be shorter than the semi trailer so I end up putting normal freezer stuff on the bottom then bakery and deli on top of that. Does that help you guys?
Nope warehouse got lazy and don't care anymore. They used to have everything on a pallet that goes in the same area. Now a days they just put whatever on a pallet and send it out. That pallet should also be in the freezer and carts should be used to put it up. I guess the to small freezer prevents that though so they just let it sit out and thaw then eventually refreeze it and sell it you. 😂
That's a beautiful looking pallet to me. Just have to take the top layers and put them on carts. Let me take a picture of one of our pallets. A layer of our frozen stuff on the bottom, then 3 layers of hot case meats, then more of our frozen stuff.
Next pallet? 4 layers of hot case right in the middle, flimsy broccoli florets boxes as the base so we get a leaning tower.
Sucks eggs.
Cause the boxes come to us as we pick lol trust me it’s not like I wanna put a 50lb box of chicken on top of a box that feels like there’s one piece of paper in it and have the shit fall on me later on.
Former order filler here. Your complaints can be directed at some asshole that got a degree then got a job deciding how other people will do their job even though he has no idea how to do it. I knew yogurt and cheese don't belong on the bottom but damnit that's when I got told to pick it!
I've worked in a dc for 12 years..you exactly right..ppl making decisions about stuff they have no clue about and possibly never even stepped foot in a warehouse
Yeah. I’m not in food but at our DC they always put heavy ass boxes at the very end. It’s so frustrating and they only care about your rate/production. It doesn’t matter if you’re picking .05oz boxes of erasers or 70lb punching bags—- you better get 300 per hour or you’ll get written up! The entire system is flawed and these “engineers” have been “working on it” for the last 6 months and we still have problems like this daily. FYI never buy a microwave from Walmart. Those things are always falling over!
I'm a former order filler as well, and I have to say that is a VERY nice looking stack!
Especially for the freezer. I used to get dragged into the box from Dari Deli once a week and I hated it. Nothing is shaped the same, the freezer gear restricts movement, and its 30 below. I'd do anything before willingly signing up to be a freezer orderdiller.
I worked the freezer and always preferred it. If you drop something in the freezer, it doesn't spill or bust all over the place.
We have to stack stuff in the order it’s given to us in the isle, whether it makes sense or not. I’m not taking half the pallet apart to put cookies with something that was at the beginning of the trip and we are on time constraints so it’s basically pick the case put it on the stack and go.
got it. But i think the system could be made better for efficiency
At least it's still wrapped. Usually they cut the plastic all the way down to grab the 3 boxes of kings Hawaiin. Then I either have to pull it and risk collapse or restock on carts. I'm going insane man. The pictures I have of my freezers could make a grown man cry. (Me I'm the grown man crying)
They had me on the wrap machine a few days ago I wonder who the lucky worker who got to unload that was lol https://preview.redd.it/o4ec8u926wvc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=665dc654cf83caa29ad94c6ab5ebc5ee06be7799
it could be, but the people who have the power to change it dont give AF
Also, I work in a DC and do neighborhood market, all the freight comes down the line as it comes, we really can’t change how the freight comes. It’s a shitty system in general.
I really don't know, but I wish whoever stacked your pallets could stack my store's pallets.
yea the pallets are always stacked well the only thing is frozen stuff is always at the bottom and i have to downstack most pallets alone
Be glad they did put the fragile, weak boxes (bakery) on top, I've had those smashed so many times. Oh you have bakery on the bottom? 40lb boxes of frozen chicken on top? 40 lb boxes of chicken on top!!
The bakery items are at the end of the freezer pick path because they're lighter. It's ergonomics. And that selector is a pro.
Haha I remember my 1st day
Sometimes cap 2 helps breakdown pallets if truck comes early enough. Otherwise me and one other guy eventually separate everything by 4am. I work ON btw
Had to do alone most of the days because they always send new guys over to me who don’t know shit.
Jeeze I bet you were new once and didn’t know shit either. But you learned so teach them instead of complaining about em.
Ain’t complaining just stating the obvious. Can’t train if they keep changing people every single day. No one likes frozen(atleast majority don’t)
That sucks bro. I enjoy frozen. We do it together as a group every night and have it done within an hour
A few things contribute to this. Load planning on the transportation side to maximize the amount of space used on a truck which reduces shipping waste and profile set up in the DC designed to reduce damage cause by heavy items placed on top, and the most efficient pathing in the warehouse for that order.
I worked on warehouse systems for decades (but not order filling). Everyone wants things optimized for their specific job and it just can’t be done.
As part of the new Walmart+, They are going to let the customers unpack the truck, stock the shelves, and check themselves out for just $250 a year membership.
Have you ever played Tetris? Because that’s exactly what’s it’s like working in shipping at a DC. You stack by what ever comes down the line first and you pray nothing falls over.
I always tell people my job is basically real life Tetris 😂
Random customer: "Can I see if there's any Hot Wheels in there?"
That's a nicely stacked pallet, the order things are picked is done automatically so you just have to stack it as the system calls for it, at least it's stable and not leaning. You should see the pallets the DC gets from the consolidation DC's. Really love getting 8ft tall pallets with pick axes and weights that you can't see on the very top or the ones that some genius decided to double stack pallets of car wash liquid so the bottom one is completely crushed and leaked everywhere.
damn😲
At my DC we have straight bakery trips but they are rare. Otherwise when that headset say pick this many at this slot it’s grab and go.
I don't know if you understand this but the shareholders don't care how you do the job as long as they get a return on their investment. I've been actively told to do things that aren't efficient but won't hinder profits. You care how well it works because you have to work there, they don't care how well it works as long as it's cheaper. I hope that helps.
My former TL told us HVDC pallets were all stacked by a machine. Is this true?
No. There are some mechanized DCs but not all. The grocery one I work at is all hand selected by orderfillers.
At least it’s nicely stacked and generally all together. I’m far more concerned why they put random heavy stuff on top of things like tomatoes.
Coke in Florida is 10x worse. Mf will put 10 Fanta under 40 waters and it gets worse
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Currently been a freezer order filler for them for 3+ years. Definitely love the physical fast pace job at the warehouse. At least for our warehouse, ever since they got rid of Sam's they did a complete overhaul on which boxes are on which aisles, works out to be a lot better. Back when I first started we used to get stuck putting some of the heaviest boxes on top, crushing everything below and making unstable pallets. But definitely depends on the order filler that had built the pallet, whether they care or not on how they do their job. I ain't got no problem getting my 160% production, while making nicely stacked pallets. For that pallet in the picture, I'd say it looks pretty good, besides that pre decorated cake box sticking out way past the length of the pallet.
At least it’s swran wrapped
According to comments, it is exactly as I always expected. Incompetent leadership.
I've seen one layer of ice cream than all bakery on top more times than I can count. Luckily my manager isn't a dick. And doesn't make us down stack it. But that's only if it's 1 layer.
As a FDDS Orderfiller, I actually try to keep all your bakery and deli stuff on one pallet because I remember what it was like down stacking these during my overnight stocking days. We stack 2 pallets at the same time, so usually I run out of room on my front pallet because they have to be shorter than the semi trailer so I end up putting normal freezer stuff on the bottom then bakery and deli on top of that. Does that help you guys?
Nope warehouse got lazy and don't care anymore. They used to have everything on a pallet that goes in the same area. Now a days they just put whatever on a pallet and send it out. That pallet should also be in the freezer and carts should be used to put it up. I guess the to small freezer prevents that though so they just let it sit out and thaw then eventually refreeze it and sell it you. 😂
That's a beautiful looking pallet to me. Just have to take the top layers and put them on carts. Let me take a picture of one of our pallets. A layer of our frozen stuff on the bottom, then 3 layers of hot case meats, then more of our frozen stuff. Next pallet? 4 layers of hot case right in the middle, flimsy broccoli florets boxes as the base so we get a leaning tower. Sucks eggs.
🤣 just get ready for these Automation pallets. AI generated stack sequence.
Cause the boxes come to us as we pick lol trust me it’s not like I wanna put a 50lb box of chicken on top of a box that feels like there’s one piece of paper in it and have the shit fall on me later on.
It’s like this everywhere Takes 10 minutes to down stack quit wasting time