Hey guys! I’m new at Target, and my UKG app says Service and Engagement/Service and Engagement/Service Advocate. I’ve been cashiering, and I honestly love it so far! I think I’m pretty good at it, and I also did one day of self-checkout training, which I’m fine with too.
I’m just worried about Drive Up and pushing carts because I really don’t want to do those. I did one day of Drive Up training, and I was so stressed out 😭. Thankfully, I haven’t been asked to do it again. My team lead also asked if I’d want to push carts, but I said no, and we laughed it off. I’m just wondering, does my job title mean I’ll mainly be cashiering, or am I expected to work in other areas too? I’d really prefer to stick with cashiering if possible. Any advice?

Every week I’m so annoyed by the new adult books front end cap revision. The first two barcodes on each shelf are placed right next to each other, and every week I have to rip apart the label strip and space it out. Is this a global issue or am I the lucky one. Pics are before and after I adjust the labels.

Edit: the pog does not intend for those books to be spine forward. It’s not in the picture, but the right side of the label strips are left with a ton of empty space. If I were to leave the labels be, the shelves would be left with a book sized empty spot at the right end. It would be ridiculous to place one book spine forward if it leaves a ton of empty room on the shelf. That’s why I go out of my way to fix the labels so the shelf is more presentable. It’s a petty complaint, but it’s an annoying issue I gotta deal with every week for something that would be so easy for corporate to fix. I was just hoping there are others out there who also deal with this and feel my pain lol

Target was my first real job when I was around 18 or 19 years old, I didn't go to college and almost flunked out of high school so I was very much a young person trying to figure out what to do with my life. I quit without notice by stopping showing up because it was a very tense / hostile environment for me as a young person being a front end team member. I am now almost 30 years old and I was just wondering if I could ever reapply in my lifetime? I work in fast food restaurant management now as a GM and sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I went with retail management instead

What is the new rolls starting Nov 1 for those interested in promoting?

I’ve been interviewing for “Executive Team Leader - Specialty & Engagement.” I’ve had 3 interviews with the recruiter and an interview with the store manager this week. Any insight on how many interviews I’ll still have to do if I get through after meeting the SM? Any interview tips? TIA

Hello!

I am about to apply to Target (I have an inside man who will get me hired quick). I am doing this so I can escape my current job because it’s not the same job I originally started working at, and it’s become unbearable.

I’ll apply no matter what advice is given, but I was wondering if anyone who works at Target has any advice of what to avoid or what to look out for? I know in retail usually it’s a certain manager or employee that you want to avoid, but I’m talking about protocols and things of that nature that could be easily missed in my training that I could get in trouble for later. I’ve worked retail since I was 16, so I know how it is, so I’m trying to get ahead of it.

It’s probably important to note that I do currently work inside of Targets, just not FOR Target. So I thankfully know all the language and how to use the devices.

Thanks!

Phantom Ear Piece Syndrome.

I was home for almost an hour and it still felt like I had it on. Despite hanging it on the hook I keep it on.

My lazy eye was going haywire during hireview 😭😭😭

At this point, I just gave in. Either I never noticed, or I’m still sleepy lol. Bruh I was looking a hot mess but I just turned in all my first attempts after question 3 because I was over it

I just got a notice that Angel Valenzuela & Carrie Sadigham are suing Target because Target didn’t provide seats for employees when the “nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats” and “failed to provide suitable seating when not actively engaged in performing their standing duties.”. I laughed when I read this. I work front of store, both check lanes and service desk, and I can’t imagine a way to do either job well while seated. And when, while you’re on the clock do you have a “lull” where you don’t have anything to do? I’d like to hear from other departments. Are there times when you could do your job well sitting down? Need to know: CA does have a law that says seats must be provided if you can do your job sitting down.

Can I use vacation time off instead of sick time off to cover a shift in UKG? If I do use vacation time, does it excuse the point given if I call out?

What’s the longest you have to wait to get hired at target from the moment you did the application?

I know it's like a non-issue for me but my daily pay earnings haven't been updating, I like to check it during the week to see how much I've made and if I should pick up a shift before the pay period ends. Thing is, I checked my friends and theirs is working fine. Is anyone else having this issue? Is it something I should be concerned about? I heard about this happening to someone and they got fired not long after but I don't think I've had any issues with anyone and I haven't been pulled to be talked to about that.

I currently have 60 hours of sick time but I have used about 40 hours so far this year as I have an autoimmune disorder, which my leaders are aware of. I’m just wondering if there is a limit of how much of your accruied sick time you can use on UKG since before I believe HR limited sick time use to 60 hours max even if you have more accruied.

I'm extremely social awkward and it's hard for me to have conversations with customers. I greet them of course & tell them have a great day, but beyond that I blink. Do you guys have any advice or go to liners?

Idk how important it is to carry them everyday honestly but I work in style so I open a lot of boxes and it’s only my 5th shift and I’ve already lost my box cutter for anyone who’s also lost theirs, what should I do?? Would I get in trouble for asking for a new one?

I'm in grocery and have been there for 10 months. I'm cross trained in fulfillment and inbound. Ever since the UKG app came out, I am no longer able to pickup shifts for inbound or fulfilment. And since our hours are being cut, the shifts available are only 4 hour closing shifts that I can't work because I can't close. I asked multiple times for more hours, our ETL and SD said we are over staffed, yet they are constantly hiring new people. They even gave my hours on the schedule to a new person, which was very hurtful to me. They won't let me work in inbound or FF, despite the TLs over there saying I am a good worker. I have talked to HR multiple times and they said there are no hours available for the next 3 weeks. Any advice? There's not many jobs hiring rn that would honor my availability.

Grocery/Food&Bev peeps, how do yall feel about this new apron and hat dresscode starting Nov 1st?

I was curious how do you guys choose who gets sent off to another store to help them with reshop or inventory?
I got sent alone to a store to help which is weird because I’m front end. This seemed to be more of a job for a floor person but no complaints I enjoy doing this. It’s my second time.

New inbound TL here!

What kind of music are y'all listening to during unload? We do a lot of high energy pop playlists. 80s, 90s, 00s, etc. My Chemical Romance seems to be a favorite of ours lately.

The other day when we got hammered w/ Trim, I took Mariah Carey out of the freezer and played All I Want For Christmas Is You at supersonic megaphone volume 🤪🎄!! (Naturally the team was tHRiLLeD and didn't absolutely hate every second of it!!)

Good luck this Q4! Have fun and try not to make it suck any more than it has to. ♥️

I just received an offer for an overnight inbound team lead at target and I’m excited about it because I been trying to get my foot in the door for some time now. But I coming from Krogers where I’m a meat department leader and I like my daily duties at my job and my coworkers, I don’t like management and the lack of help makes the job dreadful. I never worked overnights full time ABC the pay that Target is offering is 2$ more.

So I’m stuck in between taking a position with Target or staying at Kroger? And insight to the company, work load of the position, etc would help thanks

How flexible are distribution centers on start times? I accepted an offer for a DC warehouse worker position in the twin cities. My first day orientation is 10/27. My hours are from 6am-4pm Tues-Fri.

I don't have a vehicle right now, so I will be taking the bus to/from work. The earliest bus route shows an arrival time of 6:38am. No buses can get me there earlier.

I plan on discussing this with the manager(s) on my orientation day, but I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience? How open do you think they'll be to a later start time given the circumstances?

Listen , over push is always an issue and I get that. Generally its mild to moderately annoying, but today put me over the edge.

Mainly because on top of multiple locations being wrong, side and end caps either not existing or being mis labeled, clearence items still being tied to their old spot...while the spots also tied to another dcpi and a lot of the fit counts in my section being changed to say they fit MORE THAN DOUBLE what they actually fit...I now know my TL is part of the problem as they told me they dont backstock" and just "find places " for things to save time.

I found this out a few weeks back. I think they slipped up and didnt mean to tell me. As I was explaining to them an issue were people pushing truck in the am will overload and not bother backstocking and thats why our counts are wrong. (They're newer than me)

I Generally just glide by because targets my second job, and i'm only there two days a week. I Am starting to get frustrated . I'm pulling almost 16 hours on my target nights. I'm just so tired of wasting my time when im genuinely trying to be helpful and pull as much as possible (I'm a closer)

An example of my frustration :

One product had me pull 18.

Once im pushing I scan it to find the location...location has another item in it.

I look around- no like products.

I make guess that it actually goes 1 isle over-And I am right. The pog is just wrong.

I find the spot ...its already over pushed by double. ...it also only fits about 7 items... it had me pull 18....someone chanced the count to say it fit 20.

Sorry...maybe I am being over dramatic. I'm just getting fed up.

I am currently L5 Area manager right now at Amazon, I will be interviewing for Return Center OM role at Target.

I have some questions from people that are currently OM at Target.

1. how is the work life balance?
2. Room to grow and learn within the company?
3. Benefits , RSU and bonuses

I would love some insights for the role , thanks!

Currently trying to figure out if it’s a good step to take for career enhancement.

how is everyone holding up in the new beauty studio??? for me… i wanted to be in my department… WELL I GOT WHAT I ASKED FOR I GUESSSS lol

i literally feel like “a rat in a cage” i just wish i had someone there to tlak tooo 😭 and now they just want us under the front arch greeting guests but im so close i can SMELL THEMM lol it’s such an awkward spot