Each market handles meetings with MM and GM's differently, but just know that change is coming. Receiving has been on notice since the Audit elimination and the past couple months has been a trial run on delegating Audit duties to other departments.
Where there is smoke, there is fire and January 2018 almost certainly will see the Receiving Invoice Clerk and Lead position eliminated. It also makes sense that any overnight reorganization to day/evening shifts will take place in January or maybe February if they decide to wait until after the year beginning meetings with GM's take place. A lot of good people will be losing their jobs and that is sad to see.
I have been with the company long enough to remember the early days when we were a pallet driven wholesale warehouse. In order to advance with the company you had to be able to operate a forklift, now hardly any hourly supervisors are forklift trained when promoted, and several have been leads for years without ever attempting to get their license. Our back room now has well over 20 empty U carts, L carts and other various carts almost all the time, not counting the carts that are loaded up with product. Almost all the pallet jacks sit idle, we are far from a warehouse company, just another retailer. Buying in bulk to save money as a concept is a business model that is dying, young people will continue to order online with home delivery for a price very close to what they are paying at membership clubs. Online shopping will not replace membership club shopping altogether anytime soon, but with reduced visits, club sales will remain flat or down for years to come.
Bumped from @PsSFEM3-3axe for good info.