Starting my third week now, mostly working the same section so I'm very familiar with what goes where. I'm tall with long arms, fit enough for the job, and I've worked retail and stocked merch before. I'm very detail oriented and love organization; it's very satisfying to solve the little mysteries of What Is This Thing and Why Is It In That Spot I Need to Fill. I'm middle-aged, used to managing my time and productivity myself and already plenty motivated to get a lot done on my own. I'm working alone, no distractions, no cell phone, just focused all day except for helping the occasional "Guest".
But nearly every day one of the several managers I'm responsible to comes up to me and asks how I'm doing, ignores my response, then shows me the infernal figure she has written down for how quickly I should have done the job I'm working on. I believe it's something like 40s per case, working out to 2-3 hours for the entire BHL section. Today was unusually heavy, 3 flats and 2 U-boats with I think 214 cases and 6 Repacks, and I was supposed to be pushed and done backstocking within 4.5 hrs. I worked hard all day with no interruptions and was nowhere near finished at the end of my shift. I let a manager know what was left to do and shared my bafflement at how I could have done much better.
I could forsee becoming 10% or 15% faster with experience, but the idea of pushing +200% of my current maximum effort while still doing a good job to me seems ludicrous, impossible, and absurd. If I keep having perfect attendance and punctuality, do a great job and work hard all day, what will become of these nagging time goals? Will they actually write me up for working too slowly? Any general perspectives on GM at terrifying speeds? Thanks for your time.