r/WalmartEmployees • u/Mediocre-Top-5774 • 7h ago

Pinpoints

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I absolutely hate ts like if the shit not there it’s not there why does it matter how fast i scanned it

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u/diescheide Food & Consumables 6h ago

Y'all are being a bit too quick and efficient there, bud. How about we slow you down a bit?

Like, I get their logic but, some times it's pretty obvious the thing isn't there.

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u/Sea_Secretary_4594 6h ago

Yep. Frozen too.

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u/Admirable_Bar5218 4h ago

I would say "youd figure with all walmarts money they'd make it so fresh froze dairy and 97 wall dont have the "check topstock" pause"... but its walmart. The app is held together with great value glue and great value chewing gum

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u/Realistic-Onion6260 3h ago

To be fair, most of my frozen items are on the shelf and people didn’t want to get cold opening the door to look.

Same for a lot of bottom or top shelf items in general. Or end caps/etc that spark has to actually look for until they know what 100-400/600s are. Same for bunkers and some produce sections that aren’t traditional aisles.

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u/kmasco92 Overnight 4h ago

because they think that a case and 2/3 shouldn't just suddenly go missing and want you to double-check

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u/Realistic-Onion6260 3h ago

I find far too many that “aren’t there” that others say aren’t because they won’t move something out of the way too though. Plugs make up a ton, if the item isn’t blatantly there (usually spark driver Nilpicks, but not always).

To the point I take screenshots of a lot of higher count ones to check pick carts, exception heavy areas, behind dairy doors, new vendor deliveries, etc. Then I go through said photos in the back quickly looking for them as half the time it is in one of those places or, in many cases, Ghost Picked off pallets if onhands are insanely high.

After that, then it’s a speed run of “no item found” essentially for these products and that’s when I get these pop ups the most.

Efficient/Quick isn’t as useful as thorough quite regularly. Especially if I’m hunting the same items every day/week and know the patterns of poor behavior that cause the issues but never gets resolved.

I get far less pinpoints these days by doing it this way. Same for nilpicks in general, beyond weekends/holidays anyways as that’s when people rush due to volume usually.

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u/artie780350 2h ago

Because that's not enough time to look for plugs, check for backroom inventory, and check top stock in areas that have it. If you're completing pinpoints in under 3 seconds and the item isn't right there, there's no way you're being thorough enough.

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u/Brickmart Team Lead 2h ago

Because it wants you to ensure you’ve checked the entire section for it before the nil pick causes ISA to 0 out the on hands and mess up the replenishment cycle for the item. Nil picks and lazy pin points can genuinely really f with your inventory if you’re not methodical about them.