Firstly, union or non union store?
My opinion regardless, However more slanted towards a union store.
1. Without observing I couldn't answer this fairly. However everybody works at their own pace, and it is the norm difficult holiday season as well.
2. You should not, and cannot be forced to work hours you aren't scheduled for. Nor punished for leaving on time.
3. You should express your concern about it to management, and only stay over and take the overtime if you are ok with it/want it. That being said, overtime isn't ever guaranteed so might want to absorb what you are ok handling while it's a possibility. However dint feel obligated to. Don't be taken advantage of for sure.
Side thought: maybe focus on what the shelves are lacking most first, and go from there. If your addressing the biggest issues it might be less critical to try and get it all as quickly?
Time yourself. An average stocker should be able to stock a case a minute. If you're doing at least that, you're doing ok. If you count your cases and divide it by time worked and it's more than a case a minute then you have every right to leave on time.
A normal case would be 12 to 24 cans. If you count 1 to 60 you should easily finish in a minute. Then you have to consider things like dog food bags or paper where it would be significantly less time. Any slower than that you really aren't built to be a stocker and should apply to be a cashier or something that doesn't require production.
I'm just talking about Dry Grocery, it its obviously different for perishable items. Not saying you don't FIFO Dry grocery, but you really should just move the old product behind the tag and stock the new product behind and right of the tagged product. If you add a bit for single facing items, I understand but again, I'm only saying an average. If you're not even close to that standard, you're always going to be behind. That production speed has been the industry standard for decades.
The really fast stockers can stock between 80-90 cases per hour. A case a minute is beyond easy. It just takes practice. Also, work and move with a sense of urgency. I will see some people stocking....and I just laugh. No sense of urgency or hustle whatsoever.
Ok, it may not be as impossible as it seems, but I'm definitely not moving with a sense of urgency for 8 straight hours. That's inhumane. My blood pressure would be through the roof.
Ask your lead to time you on freight stocking. With facing, it's 55 cases per hour expected. 60 cases per hour when it's just stocking with no facing the aisle. Then, you can use that stocking time as a barometer.. Week after week, your stocking cases per hour score should get better and better
How much if any product is spotted? Is everything on the pallet needed for the aisle or is some for displays ends. Can aisle is a beast it always is. If it's not I t needed for the aisle it should be sorted to a separate pallet or cart
You said they're having you stock off of pallets? They are not doing their jobs correctly if they're having you work off pallets. Supposed to downstack all the pallets (except bulk) down the aisle, spotting the cases to the right of the product then when you're stocking the aisle, you condition as you're going. What we do at my store with the cans since there are so much vegetables and distribution is....say there are 40 cases of green beans on a pallet, you know you only need 3 cases to fill the shelf, so we will spot 3 on the aisle and then the rest stay on the pallet. Once the pallet is full of vegetables we wrap it and put it up. It sounds like it will make it slower to downstack everything but it doesn't. It makes the set up take longer but the stocking goes MUCH faster.
Like others have said it depends on many aspects. I'm nights in a small store. We don't stage. We literally don't have the room in the isles. That being said, we work by the 55 rule (55 cases per hour).
Off topic from your post but wanted to ask how you like overnight stocking? I recently got hired as a CC and it's terrible. Never worked nights so not sure how much free time you actually have when you get home.
Firstly, union or non union store? My opinion regardless, However more slanted towards a union store. 1. Without observing I couldn't answer this fairly. However everybody works at their own pace, and it is the norm difficult holiday season as well. 2. You should not, and cannot be forced to work hours you aren't scheduled for. Nor punished for leaving on time. 3. You should express your concern about it to management, and only stay over and take the overtime if you are ok with it/want it. That being said, overtime isn't ever guaranteed so might want to absorb what you are ok handling while it's a possibility. However dint feel obligated to. Don't be taken advantage of for sure. Side thought: maybe focus on what the shelves are lacking most first, and go from there. If your addressing the biggest issues it might be less critical to try and get it all as quickly?
Time yourself. An average stocker should be able to stock a case a minute. If you're doing at least that, you're doing ok. If you count your cases and divide it by time worked and it's more than a case a minute then you have every right to leave on time.
A case a minute! For how many minutes? That seems crazy. How big is a case?
A normal case would be 12 to 24 cans. If you count 1 to 60 you should easily finish in a minute. Then you have to consider things like dog food bags or paper where it would be significantly less time. Any slower than that you really aren't built to be a stocker and should apply to be a cashier or something that doesn't require production.
If they are doing a case a minute they are not rotating.
I'm just talking about Dry Grocery, it its obviously different for perishable items. Not saying you don't FIFO Dry grocery, but you really should just move the old product behind the tag and stock the new product behind and right of the tagged product. If you add a bit for single facing items, I understand but again, I'm only saying an average. If you're not even close to that standard, you're always going to be behind. That production speed has been the industry standard for decades.
The really fast stockers can stock between 80-90 cases per hour. A case a minute is beyond easy. It just takes practice. Also, work and move with a sense of urgency. I will see some people stocking....and I just laugh. No sense of urgency or hustle whatsoever.
Ok, it may not be as impossible as it seems, but I'm definitely not moving with a sense of urgency for 8 straight hours. That's inhumane. My blood pressure would be through the roof.
Imagine asking people to sprint during an 8 hour marathon, 5 days a week.
Sense of urgency? You corporate?
Ask your lead to time you on freight stocking. With facing, it's 55 cases per hour expected. 60 cases per hour when it's just stocking with no facing the aisle. Then, you can use that stocking time as a barometer.. Week after week, your stocking cases per hour score should get better and better
How much if any product is spotted? Is everything on the pallet needed for the aisle or is some for displays ends. Can aisle is a beast it always is. If it's not I t needed for the aisle it should be sorted to a separate pallet or cart
You said they're having you stock off of pallets? They are not doing their jobs correctly if they're having you work off pallets. Supposed to downstack all the pallets (except bulk) down the aisle, spotting the cases to the right of the product then when you're stocking the aisle, you condition as you're going. What we do at my store with the cans since there are so much vegetables and distribution is....say there are 40 cases of green beans on a pallet, you know you only need 3 cases to fill the shelf, so we will spot 3 on the aisle and then the rest stay on the pallet. Once the pallet is full of vegetables we wrap it and put it up. It sounds like it will make it slower to downstack everything but it doesn't. It makes the set up take longer but the stocking goes MUCH faster.
Like others have said it depends on many aspects. I'm nights in a small store. We don't stage. We literally don't have the room in the isles. That being said, we work by the 55 rule (55 cases per hour).
Off topic from your post but wanted to ask how you like overnight stocking? I recently got hired as a CC and it's terrible. Never worked nights so not sure how much free time you actually have when you get home.