People Are Paid to Count

My schedule is released to all Gap workers on Friday just in time for everyone to plan accordingly for the upcoming week.

This past week I evaluated my schedules hours to get my game face on for the week to come and noticed my hours were drastically different.

Our schedules are displayed in military time which is very annoying. After doing the counting with the added difficulty of military time I realize I am schedule to work from 9 PM to 2 AM.

I immediately had to inquire further about why they needed me for such late hours, come to find out I was scheduled to spend my Saturday doing late night inventory on the entire store.

Inventory involves counting absolutely everything in the store. We division off into groups and begin tediously counting frantically, down to the last sock.

The most fascinating moment of this mind boggling experience is that a company comes in with us and uses scanners to process every number on every item we have in the store.

Individuals from the company begin with a table or items that are hung up, and they type in every stock number through out the clothing.

I, then go behind them and recount to double check that they count every item in the store. If they miss one or over counted I address them and they have to go through all the items again.

Tedious is mild in comparison to how aggressive the counting process is.

I have Attention Deficit Disorder and dyslexia which was an added frustration that held my hand through the wee hours of the morning.

I cannot imagine the type of person it takes to be apart of a counting company. It truly was exasperating as I watch flabbergasted at their counting abilities whip through the stores tall vaults of jeans.

Every week I am learning more about the company, my individual store, and my fellow employees which is nice because the more time I devote the more at home I feel.