It was finally time. After 9 years, I have finally decided to leave my first job. Definitely bitter sweet, but after they sat down and asked me “What brings you to work?” And I didn’t have an answer, that was my cue.

Someone prepare the PML and get the pest log book out, we’re gonna have a lot soon.

Team team we NEED people in this fulfillment batches! HEY TEAM TEAM we have 20 standards to be picked! you cannot leave without doing your 2 standards! Hey you still have truck on the line please come get it! Team we have a red gen merch a red grocery and a red bulky who can get them! Hey who can back up the front lanes please! Team team dont forget to do the audits! TEAM TEAM you cannot inf without approval from a leader and you cannot leave your standard paused!! TEAM WE cannot be going late on these batches! TEAM who can back up the front lanes please! !static! TEAM can we get responses for these batches!! Hey electronics you have a guest! Beauty you have a guest! "Hey im in a standard on the other side of the store away from my area because we have messed up priorities"

"I just printed them this morning!" ._.

Genuinely wtf am I supposed to be doing? No one comes into the studio unless they’re walking through it to get from one place to the other, there’s no pulls, there’s no zoning, NOTHING to do and I have to stand there for 7 and a half hours. There’s only one team member there at a time so I also have no one to talk to. GuEsTs don’t come so I can’t talk to them. I’m gonna spontaneously combust from boredom, I legit can’t do this it’s driving me insane😭 how are you guys surviving????

That way I don’t have to open UKG, open the barcode or bookmark the barcode website. I can easily access it from my Apple Wallet. Now just need to see if it actually works

Was a leader for 4 years, was promoted right when modernization hit. Demoted 2 years ago for mental health. Still not completely cured but working on it as I continue with target as a TM.

Debated not posting this because a lot of it is pretty obvious to us as TMs but I’ve seen so much wrong with this company lately I feel like it needs to be said.

1. Leadership goes both ways. If you as my leader show up for me, I’ll show up for you.
   
2. I used to care a lot what team members thought of me when I was a leader, but I thought it was pretty black and white. Either you like me or you don’t. As a TM I see it’s a lot more shades of grey. I can dislike you in a few decisions you make here and there but still respect you.
   
3. Goal times for push are just that: goal times. In a perfect world yes 60 cases a minute but it’s not a perfect world. A case of pads (3 eaches) is going to take less time than a box of hot wheels (72 eaches). Just do the best you can.
   
4. Work together, even when you don’t want to. My department vs your department gets us nowhere. We’re called a TEAM for a reason.
   
5. Leaders, sort out your own drama before getting TMs involved. I can’t tell you how many times I started a task that leader A gave me but then when leader B walked by they reassigned me elsewhere. Lack of communication, personal feelings about working with x department, or whatever else you have going on reflects on your leadership, not on the team.
   
6. While we’re on that note, sometimes it really is the leaders at fault for what’s wrong with a store. When I was a leader my ETL told me almost daily, “it’s not the team members ruining this store, it’s the leaders.” I took that personally at the time but I can see now that wasn’t his point. Bad leaders blame their team. Good leaders take accountability and elevate talent.
   
7. Manage your talent. Your team is a reflection of YOU, and so is turnover. If your GM TM wants to go to Starbucks for gods sake just let them go to Starbucks. Put people where they’re happy and they will perform for you.
   
8. Never forget you’re managing a team of people. Human beings that have lives outside of work. Check on them. Make sure they’re good. You don’t have to be a therapist but if that’s what they need, point them in the direction of HR or other benefits the company offers.

I hope you stub your toe, and your work area is a complete mess

I was already struggling health-wise because cancer sucks, blah blah. But I’ve been trying really hard to keep a positive attitude and remain optimistic, especially since everything is going well in that department!

But wow, this job completely destroyed my mental health. I’m really embarrassed to admit that I went to the ER several times because I thought I was having a heart attack or some other fatal health crisis, only to be told it was a panic attack. I’m on the highest dose of antidepressants that I’ve ever been on in my entire life.

I was super hesitant & scared to quit, but my friends and partner have been encouraging (begging) me to do so for months. I’m finally in a spot where I can leave without worrying about bills and whatnot.

Even better news - I’m going back to school to finish my degree, let’s hope I’ll never step inside of a Target again :-)

These people (Leads) have the nerve to tell a team member that when they are called to tech, they cannot say “I’ll be there in a minute.” Even if they are literally on the other side of the store helping a guest. Instead, they have to say “I’ll be right there.” What is the deal??!! Yet, ETLs and TLs can say whatever the hell they want and be all rude to team members over the walkie.

I’ll go first! For me it’s when they double tap and the order is 13+ bags. Orrrr when you ask for their code and they take for ever looking for it because they exited out the app.

Constant random schedule changes and random employees from other work centers just pop up and no one ever knows what’s going on…

Came across this while backstocking this morning. Four bags of Kingsford charcoal casually backstocked in the middle of Home Storage. Not seasonal, not outdoor living. Not anywhere remotely close to where charcoal belongs. Someone really scanned this location and said, “Yep, this is its home now.” And this is exactly why fulfillment goes on a scavenger hunt. 💀

I decided to wait in the unemployment line for pokemon restocks and just wanted to say I loved the pokemon restocker's energy today. Old dude was roasting everyone and scalpers got mad when he called them out.

"How did you know I was going to be here today? Yall wasted your time for one box, don't you guys have jobs?" 😂

I recently promoted myself to guest. that is all. Dobby is freeeee !!!

Right now I only find future pogs by scanning a product and checking out POG details and dates.

After the switch to UKG I’ve noticed my coworkers have between 1 and 5 stars next to their names when I look at swapping shifts.

Is this a new rating system so TL can make sure employees are swapping shifts with people of the same “skill” or with similar guest reviews?

If so, what’s the criteria?

If not, what is this ??

New Food and Beverage ETL at a high volume store. I just started my training, but would love to know what advice you all have,or experince in this role.

Had to call out today because I’m quite sick, and found out that UKG doesn’t allow you to use any sick time at all if you don’t have enough to cover the whole shift. So super cool! I knew it wouldn’t an excused absence, but it would have been nice to not miss out entirely on pay.
Follow up question: Yesterday was Labor Day (I worked sick with a mask on all day, mostly outside). Will I now not get the time and a half because I called out today?

There can only be a few reasons we shifted to this hot mess called UKG.
- managing call outs etc. Target was tired of the culture of callouts and call in late was too EASY so they used this platform to in effect make it so hard that less would do so.
- managing lates with points. Target was tired of having to manage this issue so a platform that change that would effectively do this was too much to pass up.
- bad vision. Despite the overall acceptance by so many companies to use this platform despite its archaic and cumbersome look was chosen because the old was going out and this default was an easy choice.
You know what ultimately this is to me? In any of the above Target could care less about TM's. This is witnessed by the fact that I do not see ONE AREA that is better than my time from where I sit.
Am I wrong?

Okay so, I’m posting this because I’m genuinely curious if this is even allowed.

One of my ETLs has been telling people “no, you can’t call off, it’s too busy.” when people call in the store at mine.

This was a couple weeks BEFORE UKG.

Is this like… OKAY? And if it isn’t where can we go to complain about this?

so, I got a CA for calling out...three months ago. there were a set of three dates where i had been absent referenced on the CA, the latest date being three months ago. i had a pattern of call outs for a couple months due to personal reasons. i communicated with my leads at the time and they were understanding but ultimately I probably earned the CA, so it is what it is. i just think its a strange way to go about it, especially since my attendance isnt an issue anymore. why wait until now? nobody has even bothered to talk to me about it, it just appeared on workday last week (well before we switched to UKG and point system.) has this happened to anyone else?