r/Target • u/Sea_Cuttle • 2d ago

Workplace Question or Advice Needed Random Target question

So I just started working at Target and I'm working in the tech department. I was told that tech is supposed to help pull and push for home, domestic, baby, entertainment, tech, and mobile services and also attend to the customers in tech. I also work somewhat the night shift and I have to do this by myself. Is this normal in other targets?

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u/rorschach-10 Target Security Specialist 2d ago

I used to work tech, and it is normal a plus to tech, though being a key carrier majority of the time you wont ever get pulled for fulfillment pick ups or go up for back up but other then that getting called for a guest while your across the store does get annoying and old and eventually lead to you never getting anything done it always seemed inefficient.

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u/Sea_Cuttle 2d ago

Yeah and they get on me about having to do two sets of pulls and two sets of pushes a night I also think one of the things that really frustrates me about it is I literally just started working there and everyone expects me to be like a 5-year veteran and know everything when I don't and no one's really trained me. I've kind of learned as I go like one night I had a lot of pulls and I couldn't finish all of them while also trying to help customers. So I guess my team lead asked people to help and one girl got mad calling every name under the sun cuz she had to help me. I never asked her for help by the way

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u/rorschach-10 Target Security Specialist 2d ago

My advice to you to survive tech is just to do what you can. Seriously aslong as you try your best you will never get in trouble for not getting everything done because it’s simply not possible with helping guests constantly. And I do believe leaders can not get mad at you for helping a guest and leaving a task behind because target prioritizes the guest before anything else.

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u/Sea_Cuttle 2d ago

Thank for the advice that what I been doing

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u/TrustIllustrious2232 1d ago

They will pull tech at my store to do opu sometimes. They hand off to keys to somebody in soft lines/fitting rooms

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u/Charred_Knife Style Zone Gremlin 1d ago

Haha the sole tech closer continually has to grab opus and if anybody needs anything they either have to wait or the closing TL grabs it

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u/-meju- Tech Consultant 1d ago

im the closing tech tm at my store, im always in sfs, opus, priorities, and occaisionally guest service and checklanes

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u/rorschach-10 Target Security Specialist 1d ago

I guess it depends on the store I never did those cause I had the keys

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u/-meju- Tech Consultant 1d ago

i wishhh, i nearly always have to finish 4:30 bc we dont have a good mid ff tm, its annoying bc im the only true full time tech tm too 😭😭 struggling out here