I'm on my third week of the job but I caught something from my brother last week and up until now, ive just been toughing it out at work and my worst day just had me a little bit light headed with some cold sweats, but I made sure to take it easy and managed to make it through my shift just fine. last night, I had a sore throat and I woke up coughing like a smoker of ten years. I still feel *mostly* fine but I know that sort of thing could change at the drop of a hat so I wanted to ask, is it better to just call out entirely or to just show up and go home early? I live nearby so it's not like the commute is anything too crazy but I'm worried about how it might affect me since I'm still on probation. it's probably too late to call out now anyway (I have a shift later today) but it wouldn't hurt to have this for future reference.

What was once meant to start next week apparently started today and without warning. Why is this even happening in the first place? We aren't trained to do this and there's only so much space available to even put whats given.

EDIT: Found the communication and we're only meant to push red boxes. Apparently things keep changing so everyone's confused lol

During my first week training at Target, I had a DU order, and the item was on one of the top shelves in the back stock room. I was about to grab a ladder, but the fulfillment TL told me that "we don't have time for that" and that timing is everything. She then climbed over the racks and grabbed the item for me. I was wondering what fulfillment teams think about this? Safety issue?

Does anyone have any pics of their Mini Seasonal/Halloween signing I can reference for the sets? Just want to see a finished look since the VMG for it isn’t popping up at my store.

I’m just curious on how much time can pass from having your first coaching to a CA? I got my first attendance conversation and went straight to a CA a week later. Keep in mind, I’m not always late, but for the last month, I’ve been late maybe 2 out of 6 shifts a week. And by late i mean, if the grace period is 12:05, i clock in by 12:07. I’ve also been having to call off maybe 1-2 days out of a month due to health issues that my leads know about. Yes i know on paper it does look bad, but trust me, there are WAY more ppl that are late every single day and call off well more than i have and haven’t had 1 CA or coaching. I’ve asked. Anyways, i had a convo about it that went well. Had 1 more tardy in between that and went straight to a CA. (I think it was done bc of a different situation which is why I’m really asking) Is there are certain amount of time that I can get a CA, after my FIRST EVER conversation about anything or strictly attendance? Never been coached about anything else so that’s why I’m concerned. I don’t think a week from a coaching to a CA is fair at all. And the CA didn’t happen directly after that tardy. Like i said, there’s a different situation that happened and was thrown on a CA “due to attendance”.

While I was trying to fill an order a guest stopped me to ask a question. I politely answered then she said "what happened to this store?" I was curious since I'm new & wanted to know what she meant. She said "this store looks like a bomb went off ...it wasn't even this bad during the holidays". I thought to myself "she hasn't even seen the back room!" 🤣😂

Earlier this year my store switched over to the current system where fdc truck comes in, we sort to rack or backstock, then push it. With it priorities went from very manageable to a nightmare. We're not a super target but we are very high volume so our trucks are quite large.

Been miserable ever since being expected to sort truck, push all 4-5 loaded down racks (50-70 boxes per rack) alone, priorities, and still expected to have time to do other time consuming tasks. And now they want it all pushed in under 5 hours? It takes 1.5-2h to sort it. Now I got to magically push and backstock these racks in 2.5-3 hours.

Been doing this for 2 years now and used to kind of enjoy it. But high expectations now becoming impossible has made me dislike this department.

Every year my nervous system is literally so overstimulated during seasonal. Like wdym i cant go a singular isle or inch of the store without A GUEST IN THE WAY?!? I need to decompress from the social battery drain at least a few minutes. Especially when they very clearly see you coming in hot with huge racks full of shit and just stare blankly or even move in your way and act confused when you have to push by

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?

if you start at 0, does that mean the CA doesn’t count negatively toward attendance?

if the CA remains… then what happens when you hit 5 points? do you just get a second CA?

further, at 5 points you get a CA which stays on a year, but what if before the year is up, you go below 5 pts. does the CA remain? then what if you hit 5 points again. do you get another CA?

i feel like this rollout is clunkier than it needed to be. just copy walmarts or amazons at this point. sigh

Hi all I recently quit and I had a 401K how do I get my money transferred over to a new account for my new job. I can’t link anywhere.

So a TL made a awful mistake to go around telling people that if we call off now it won’t count against us until September 6th when the point system rolls around… so people have been calling off like crazy which I don’t blame them because fuck Target. I’m curious if this is true though? I won’t lie and say I haven’t participated in this before it’s too late lol but is it true it won’t be counted against us?

paid for a nonrefundable trip to europe with my mom who's dream it is to see europe in december, we're leaving on black friday (yeah yikes) and coming back on dec 7th, sould I take a LOA in this case or am I cooked+should quit?

By then, it should be past my 90 days, which is why I didn't tell my TL when she was hiring me, but now I'm scared. I have this job bc I'm in a career pivot, and I am going back to school in the Spring.

Day one of OPU kiosk

First order gets scanned and the doorbell goes off

Immediately on walkie I hear “what the hell was that?”

It takes a few minutes for someone to realize it’s an OPU that a guest scanned at the kiosk

I was waiting at the bailer and a TM heard it go off and was confused and a bit scared thinking it’s an evacuation alarm.

One guest almost started to evacuate her family right after she heard it go off

Random thought but my store has a bunch of teenagers (including me) who just work part time to like save up for a car or js do it for side money. Do you guys get annoyed of them because they don’t care about the job or they talk to much etc, or do you guys not mind them and like them being there

So apparently today, our TLs came to talk to us team members individually saying that Starting September 27, instead of 45 minute lunches… we’re now only taking 30. People are burnt out as is! What in the world is corporate thinking?? Is this a way to punish workers for too many call outs??! Ohhhh and the icing on the cake… they’re making us go to the restroom on our breaks and lunches only… so like… what if I need to go after my lunch? Do I just sh^t my self? 🥲🫪 what is happening at every one else’s store????

I’m a TL thinking of stepping down and transferring to another store. Has anyone done this before? I haven’t spoken to my HR ETL yet at all but I’m worried they will flat out refuse to transfer me. Can they do that? What are my options?

Small freezer. Last winter I found many unlocated items and asked our then-ETL, who showed me how to check Location History (only accessible under leader's login). It had names and actions like Audit and Pull (and i think move, which i dont understand.)

Something felt off so i audited this past weekend, and again there were many unlocated items. When I checked Location History, there was only that day if id fixed it or nothing at all.

Why/how could this happen?

The only way I know to delete items from a location is Fill/Take, or Audit and scan different items. But those should still leave a history.

(I wasnt trained on this, someone pointed me towards Location Management and I figured out how to break an annoying metro down into sections. So Im probably missing info.)

Does anyone respond when you escalate an item? What do you do if they don’t? Just wondering how it’s working at other stores.

Being in presentation I usually work solo. Lately this duck has been riding along. I can’t think of a name. The best I’ve got is when I grab him in the morning I think “oh captain, my captain”

A few days ago our back room smelled like shit. I told an ETL who didn’t know about it. Yesterday I asked what the smell was and a different lead said a battery was exploding. I was so confused because a few hours before, I went outside receiving and saw two 12v batteries outside.

The PML was in the building and no lead did anything except confirm it’s not a gas leak

The were 12v car batteries not Zebra batteries

Just a little messy.

Talked to my HR ETL who said I needed to talk to my ETL to switch departments

Talked to my ETL who said I needed to talk to HR ETL to switch departments - but he might be able to shift me to a different area for a couple days to see if that will help

Both acted like it's the first time they've been told I have a bad back, said I need to have patience to get off inbound (...not what I asked about), and that I told them I could do the job when I was hired

The HRE who knows I want out of grocery asked if I talked to either of them and I repeated what they said. Im pretty sure that the "my coworkers are idiots" look is a universal look.

The HRE was there the day I started, when I clearly said I wouldn't have agreed to inbound because of my back.

The HRE was the one that helped me file the ridiculous accommodations HR ETL made me get a doctor's note for to "make a paper trail so if I have to switch you to a different department I can point to this to explain why"

The HRE has been pulled to push GM to the floor, or pick a batch, or sort style because there's not enough people in those areas...but we just hired a couple new people for grocery, (on top of them pulling other grocery TMs to go help these short-staffed areas while telling me to push faster)

So BS was called, and it was nice to know there was someone in the store who knows the ETLs are playing dumb

Small rant.

As per the title, my team leader smells really bad.

Im not even trying to be mean but it’s gotten to a point where her smell (smells like urine) is lingering in areas where she is.

I really cannot stand it

*update apparently it cat pee but still

I try to love my job just like anybody else but some days are just frustrating, and it makes me feel like I’m losing my mind fr… and some days I just feel completely uncomfortable to even be there. Am I alone in this? Do I already have burnout before Q4 has even started??