u/MushroomReasonable77

Long Rant about Bonuses

I am so tired of hearing about the SM getting the quarter or inventory bonus. Every time my DM holds a conference call he harps on ways that will help or hurt the SM bonus. I have listened to Store Managers brag about getting a big bonus or complain about not getting one. I do understand that it is a big perk if you receive one and a big disappointment if you don't but please stop talking about it because you are causing resentment from your team. The DM is also causing a lot of resentment because it is not always the SM on the conference call. If the SM is not available it is the ASM or an LSA that has to be on the call and believe me when I say that they do not want to hear about something they will never get.

Reasons for being tired of it

1. Everyone that works in the store contributes towards the bonus. A SM DOES NOT do everything themselves. Especially since I know of one SM in my area that purposely scheduled themselves off on Fresh Truck Days and Compliance Tuesday mornings as well as refused to work the Dry Truck.

2. There are stores in my District that go months without a SM. I have heard that one store went 8 months and my store hasn't had a SM for 6 months. Nobody in that store will ever receive a bonus no matter how hard they work to keep the store open and get everything done.

3. An ASM or an LSA can do just as much as the SM while it is the SM that will take all the praise for a job well done. And God forbid if the SM gets called out for things not going well because everyone else will be blamed and sometimes even punished for it.

For the Love of God please stop throwing bonuses in everyone's face especially if the are not an SM.

Can anyone that has already had to do the Nine is Fine answer some questions for me?

1. How did you get the number of u-boats needed to even do it? My store only has 5 available and 2 of them have to be used for the Fresh Truck and toppers from the Dry Truck.

2. Did you have a lot of back stock to begin with and if so how did you tackle it? My store has 4 rolltainers of pets and no matter how many times I do the correct counts on the tons they keep sending more.

3. How long did it take you to get everything on u-boats?

We only have 4 weeks to get the Nine is Fine program implemented. Mind you, we do not even have a Store Manager and haven't had one for 3 months. We have an ASM, two part-time LSA's that will only work 3 days a week, and one full-time LSA that barely does anything. How on earth are we supposed to keep up with trucks; do all of the resets and end caps, take care of customer's plus get this program accomplished?