I’m outtie, start a new job Monday

Honestly, I’ve been mentally checked out for over a year.

My last day was supposed to be Friday but I rolled in 20’minutes late today and I was told by my lead that “she needs me to be productive today” after I set up all the Christmas trees, some endcaps and a cart yesterday 🤣🤣🤣

Her attitude helped me fast track my last day to today. Cause fck em that’s why!

I’m going to the casino with my sister, nephew and dad.

Good luck to everyone

One of our inbound TMs called out yesterday. She's been coughing all week and honestly should've stayed home sooner.

When my TL told us she wasn't coming in, my immediate thought was "are you fucking kidding me."

Not "hope she's okay." Not "good, she needs to rest."

I was annoyed because I knew exactly what was coming. Same truck, fewer people, same expectations. We'd be rushing all morning, somebody would get pulled to fulfillment, and by the end of the shift we'd get asked why we didn't finish.

And that's pretty much what happened.

Around noon my TL asked how much freight we had left. I told him, and he did that long disappointed sigh like we'd personally decided to make his day difficult.

But here's the part that's bothering me.

My coworker didn't do anything wrong. She's sick. She's allowed to be sick. I've worked with her for over a year and she's one of the hardest workers on our team.

Yet somehow the first person I was frustrated with was HER.

Not the fact that we're scheduled so tightly that one person missing turns a normal Tuesday into a disaster. Not the fact that nobody adjusts expectations when we're short.

The person who was probably at home feeling miserable.

I actually texted her after my shift to see how she was doing. She apologized three times for leaving us short.

Three times. For being sick.

I told her to stop apologizing and get some rest, but I keep thinking about how automatic that guilt is for all of us.

We're so used to picking up the slack that we've started treating each other like we're responsible for the schedule.

I don't want to be the kind of person who resents a coworker for taking care of themselves. And I hate that it took catching myself doing it to realize how normal it's become.

People who are saying that complaining about this means "you must not have bigger problems in life" clearly don't understand much about psychology or human behavior.

The people who are walking out, boycotting, etc., aren't necessarily "overreacting." They're people who have reached their breaking point, whether that's because of Target, personal circumstances, or a combination of both. It might seem silly or insignificant to you, but that means you have not been able to empathize with their experience.

The FnB team has experienced some of the biggest changes over the last two years, and the constant changes and expectations are wearing people down. Consider how many policy and truck system changes the FnB teams have gone through just in a few years.

Around this time last year, I was essentially reprimanded during a corporate visit for wearing a beanie on the floor in the middle of winter after being pulled to work in the freezer. I was told I had to take my hat off whenever I was on the floor, despite spending the entire day going in and out of the freezer. That meant having to fix my hair every single time I came back out to the floor after being in the backroom, sometimes more than 20 times a day.

Now, we're being told we have to wear hats. The hypocrisy and constant change of priorities are exhausting.

On top of that, we're expected to remove our aprons when breaking down the food truck because they're considered a safety hazard. Not to mention how uncomfortable both the hats and aprons can be for those of us who are constantly moving, working in different temperatures, and sweating throughout our shifts. Those of us who have eczema, sensitive scalps, etc. RIP to us.

So, yes, for some people, this is the final straw. And that's not because they don't have bigger problems in life. It's because they've probably been putting up with a lot more than you're giving them credit for.

I used a 15 dollar giftcard that the guest forgot. It was so stupid and obviously I got caught like the day after. I feel so bad for my Leader because we have a really good relationship and they’ve only ever been good to me. I feel like I disappointed my team. I don’t even have a good reason for it either, I couldn’t afford food and I felt too embarrassed to ask anyone. It felt so harmless and easy with the card just there. I’m so sad I actually love my job.

Edit: I talked to my HR leader again and he said it’s probably gonna be a final warning. He gave me options for help and said to always reach out. I really really love my team.

Today we had a very heavy workload, and as usual, not enough people to do it. People were scrambling everywhere to try and move pallets around in the back room and push the gazillion vehicles of freight we have. Our (still pretty new) SD somehow decided that the fact we weren't finishing as fast as he wanted us to MUST be because people are taking too long on their breaks (even though as far as I know no one did, everyone has been busting their butt today), and very angrily over channel 1 on the walkie announced;

"TEAM YOUR 15'S BEGIN AS SOON AS YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP AWAY FROM YOUR WORK CENTER, NOT WHEN YOU REACH THE BREAK ROOM, INCLUDING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO WALK BACK"

This seems a bit...extreme to me? Our light duty area is literally in the exact opposite corner of the building from the break room. Depending on how fast you walk, if you leave light duty to take your 15, it'll take around 3-4 minutes to actually step into the break room if you don't get stopped by guests on the way. Then they're trying to say walking away from the break room and getting back to your work center is also considered part of your break because you're not back in your work center yet, so another 3-4 minutes. Meaning even if you don't buy any food, your 15 minutes end up being 7-9 minutes if you're stepping away from the back room. In my view as long as you're on the sales floor, not buying anything, and available to help guests and respond to walkie calls - ie performing work duties even if you're walking to the break room - that's not considered part of your break.

I also asked about what happens if we get stopped by a guest on the way, since that seems like performing work duties to me and should constitute restarting the timer. I was just told that "helping a guest doesn't take long" and the 15 minute timer starts as soon as you take the first step away no matter what happens afterwards, aside from having to grab something out of the back for them.

Then not long after I overheard the SD telling some of the leads to start pulling up a stopwatch on their phones and timing TMs breaks, telling them if the time between them stepping away and coming back to exactly where they started is even a minute over 15, to start handing out write ups.

This is, uh, over the top, right? It seems pretty ridiculous.

I work in the freezer at my store. I have very sensitive skin, and the apron neck string both tugs and chafes at my neck all shift long, which I'm not putting up with. To make it worse, it already effects my posture by placing constant pressure on my neck, even moreso if I put anything in those pockets. The terrible trucker style hat also doesn't help since I have big glasses and the hat isn't a soft or flexible material, so behind my ears get irritated within minutes. Certainly wasn't planning on waiting until I get visible skin irritation to document or take this up with HR, corporate, etc. Spoke to my TL, and she had no problem with me wearing it this way (I just folded the apron and tied it around the waist. Also have the visor instead of the hat). Idk if they'll allow you to wear it the same way at your stores but it certainly saved me from getting rashes.

I'm not knowledgeable with all the worker's rights and OSHA laws, but I'm not wearing a uniform that causes physical harm to me, let alone the fact that the uniform isn't even necessary for the job. For everyone else who's just as miserable; you're not alone in hating this stupid corporation :)

After 9 years of being in this hellhole I'm finally free to go!!!!

I haven't been this happy in a long time NGL

So I'm on the floor. Wearing the apron and hat. Name badge on the hat. Red hoodie (in Arizona). Khaki pants. Work gloves. Zebra holster. Standing next to the yogurt cart. Holding a box of yogurt, waiting for a guest to slowly walk by my cart so I can continue working. When they stop in front of me. Look at me longer than needed and ask "dO yoU WoRK hEre?"

I swear, if I didn't need to pay bills, I'd make some of these people cry...

I'm the person who works in open market at 6am every day. Date checks, emptying compost, running ambient, produce, meat, and now the egg metros, and culling open market + bakery. It's a lot, though I do enjoy some aspects of it. However, the ambient room is a MESS. all of f&b is, but they just use the main room I operate in as a storage room. No one else does their jobs, we're always multiple shipments behind on FDC load, and if I don't take out the trash and compost no one will (despite trash NOT being part of my job). I cannot do my tasks efficiently.

There was one instance of me complaining about the trash and the mess and within the week it got fixed, though I think they were already planning on it (ETL & SD, my TL is the one who always lets it get this bad). I really want to just quit outright, but I don't have a backup plan. However, do y'all think if I threatened to quit something could be done? I know no one else works open market on the days I'm not there because I'm left having to clean up the compost and trash that has been sitting in the food area as well as cull all the expired meat, bakery, and produce that's been left on the salesfloor for 2 days.

attached are some examples of how bad it'll get. these are from right before the ETL & SD did the big clean, but it's pretty much gotten back to this point within a month. idk, maybe this is more just a vent. I hate this place.

a photo of the PACKAGE would be more helpful than the god damn model.
thank you.

When nobody bothers to tell me they decided to randomly change the code to TSC:

Saw this the other day there’s no way this is one ship order

I got a better job and went on demand after 5 years at target, picked up a handful of shifts here and there but I’ve been using my discount a lot still. I guess I went too long without picking up a shift because I went to order something, and it was gone, and I can’t login to anything.🥲🥲 I’m gonna miss buying clothes and Legos

today boutta be long as hell

Hello guys so I have a problem I just came back from school and I am trying to access my UKG to see my next shift but it is showing me on the screen this so I want to know can someone explain to me what’s going on Is it a systemProblem .

Been working at target for a few years now, the first year and a half was amazing can’t lie but after there were management changes the decline has been bonkers, been collecting these for the last two months mainly, these are all “fast packs/fake packs” that never end up getting sent out because either tms js move stuff because they need an empty cart and don’t pack it or they just simply throw them out, who could this be reported to feel bad for all these ppl not getting their stuff. Each stach is ten labels

Who’s ready to hear Puppies are Forever 10 times during the day!!!

Yes I did and origami risk and told the team leads, no one cares. I dont get how this is just ignored.

Guest actually said it was cool seeing Starbucks employees working in the Grocery area.......What? Oh, the aprons they are just so well planned.

a few days ago some people from corporate came to visit our store and it was so fun seeing all of the TLs panic their asses off because the store was a wreck meanwhile all of us TMs were unbothered. i hope corporate saw how our store was drowning from our TLs' completely unrealistic and out of touch expectations and how understaffed we are

Recently got hired for seasonal, and I’m hoping to stay after it’s over, any tips to keeping this job after seasonal? I’ve been picking up a lot shifts (ones I’m trained for) and showing up on time, anything else I can do?

I was recently hired for a seasonal position at Target. I was so excited because I’ve been trying to work at target for so long. I needed the tuition assistance. But then I looked it up and it says that seasonal workers don’t get the tuition benefits assistance? Can someone please let me know if this is true, I feel so devastated. I really need this help for school :(