Seems to me that it does not really matter what a person is codded as in the computer. Meaning so what if HO says every one who is in the merchandising group has to learn photo and jewelry. That does not mean that the persons who were coded in those jobs before can not continue to be the ones who do those jobs primarily. If Billy was the photo guy why not let him keep being the photo guy even though the computer thinks he is now just a merchandiser along with the rest of us chumps?
As managers surely you can see that this new system is full of pitfalls that are inescapable. Rather than resort to abusive tactics like dropping so much that can not be done why not be reasonable so as to not work your horses to death. The system is not working and will never work without a bunch more people. By pretending that this can work just so you can look good to HO you are doing nothing but assuring the clubs fail even faster.
Few if any new workers are going to stay more than a few days once they come in and witness the chaos that you as managers are only making worse by pretending it will ever work. One of the absolutely most insane things I see is overloading the stockers thinking they will move faster because there is more to do. Nope all that does is demoralize otherwise good workers who will eventually give up trying because trying gets them nothing but ever increasing workloads.
Blindly following the commands of HQ gets many men k--led in the military without necessity. Watch a movie called A bridge too Far. In it you will see how Sams is going to collapse and you gutless managers will have helped it fall by not doing the right things instead of blindly following orders.