I’m an overnight stocker who’s the most experienced on the team and actually love the job as it’s a good workout and makes time go by very fast.
However, I’m often asked to break down pallets of freight alone while my teammates begin stocking (usually with around 2-4 pallets remaining). Not only that, I’m sometimes left to finish multiple aisles alone while management has my teammates, again, doing easier tasks like front-facing. Then, I’m asked to clean up the cardboard and plastic, condense our back stock into apple boxes and build a pallet of those sometimes without even taking my final break because of how many boxes are left untouched.
I’ve spoken to my manager, assistant manager, and store manager, and all have either said things would change or argued against it for their own personal reasons (ex: “it gets too crowded with everyone trying to unload the pallets”) when the fact still remains that I’m often left to handle the heavy work alone.
There’s more to the story, but those details aren’t as important as my only wish is for a more team-based system where everyone has an equal amount of work. What can I do in this situation without just straight up quitting?