There’s a new staffing model fixing to drop that will correct the issues of trying to build a schedule that fits into the allotted hours (which are crazy when expectations are so high) Yes, it’s aggressive maybe even extreme but it will work.
That being said, I’m reading all the posts about rotations and me personally I like them. I understand that maybe we are the only in retail that doesn’t have set days off or whatever, but let’s be different. I think the thing that Lowe’s is missing is happy employees makes for a more productive employee. Yes, I’m an ASM, yes I’ve been doing this a long time but make no mistake about it I’m pro employee. I’m for the cart wrangler, I’m for the PT and I feel for the positions that just got cut. I’m human and Lowe’s won’t take that away from me. And that being said I go against the grain and get chastised for it but that’s ok.
But to yank something from us as simple as a rotation so we can plan a doctor’s visit or a vacation with our family is wrong when we have to plan 30 in advance for time off. Again it’s about the fact that Lowe’s doesn’t want us to couple our vacations with our days off to get more than we’re “entitled” to. Personally, I thinks it’s dumb. It doesn’t matter what position you hold within Lowe’s there isn’t a work/life balance and they’re going to ensure it stays that way, for what reasons I just don’t know. If this is the career path you chose, like me, I guess it’s something we have to put with but it isn’t right. I had high hopes for our new CEO but he’s turning out to be no different that the last 3 I’ve been through, Wall Street wins and we lose. Good luck to you all cause it’s going to get worse before it gets better.... if it ever does