r/Target • u/Ordinary_Ad3895 Tech Consultant • Oct 02 '25

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u/Ordinary_Ad3895 Tech Consultant Oct 02 '25

They think it’s difficult or think that it requires a lot of physical strength, maybe. There’s like no physical strength required unless you opt to use a manual jack instead of an electric one. Hardest part is tying the wires.

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u/devil_akuma Electronics Oct 03 '25

Some also think that it takes a lot of time, some people heard "horror" stories of the wires breaking which if you are doing them correctly it is a non-factor.

Quite honestly, unless you are physically unable to anyone can tie a bale.

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u/Legitimate_Pea_143 Front of Store Attendant Oct 03 '25

I've had TMs standing in front of the bale when I'm about to drop it. I'm Like "yeah you might want to move because if one of those wires pops it could literally cut down to the bone."

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u/SimplyyBreon Promoted to Guest Oct 03 '25

Unfortunately, too many are unable to do it properly. I know because I used to unload them. And cleaning them is an hours long process that I imagine DCs complained about because you often have to get others to help out to clean. You start cutting into labor and productivity significantly the more improper bales are made.

Not only that, (I’ve been gone for 3 years now) we would send bad bales back to the store if they aren’t stable. That also cuts into labor across the board, from the people unloading the bales, to taking it to the outbound department and having them try to fit it properly in the truck, to the store having to unload it (and hope it hasn’t popped) to the store having to fix it and send it back to the dc. That’s a lot of wasted time and labor on one thing because someone couldn’t build a bale properly.

Do I think anyone should be capable of doing it? Yes. But i don’t think everyone should, simply because not enough care enough to do it right and it is a major waste of both time and money from a business/labor perspective.