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  • August 6, 2012 - cromeg

    Still being treated unfairly

    I posted a few months back with my Target management team treating me unfairly with my pregnancy. Unfortunately I haven’t quit yet, just because of that small extra income that comes in handy and it’s hard for someone who’s far along in their pregnancy to get a job.

    Anyway. So the unfairness has continued. I understand the whole “Getting pregnant was a choice so you have to be treated just like everyone else”. The thing is, the last Target I worked at, and the Target that a friend of mine works at treats their pregnant team members with a bit more respect. My hours have still been cut drastically. I was told I was not allowed to sit at all at my checklane. No stool/chair/whatever. I’m almost 30 weeks pregnant. The funny thing? Some girl stubbed her toe the other day at work and she got to sit at a chair the remainder of her shift. Because that totally makes sense.

    I’ve also been trying to transfer stores. That maybe this store just isn’t the one for me. I live in Virginia and the store I work at is on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay, maybe about a 15 mile drive from my house. There is only one way to get from where I live to where this store is, and it’s a bridge-tunnel. There is a store closer to me, in fact right down the road. The 15 mile drive to the store I work at now wouldn’t be that much of an issue if I wasn’t stuck in bumper to bumper stand still traffic on a bridge in the middle of the ocean for 1-2 hours during my commute to work. I’ve expressed my concerns with my third trimester now in effect, that I’d rather not be stuck in traffic going to and from work with the possibility of going into labor or something (mind you, I have to go to a Naval Hospital which is another traffic filled 30 mile drive from the store I work at).  They tell me time and time again that they’ll contact the other store but nothing happens. I get on their case. I bring it up every time I’m in. And they tell me that they’re waiting on a response from the other store. I went to the other store not long ago and they said they haven’t heard anything yet.

    Do I quit and possibly not be able to find another job until after my son arrives? Or do I stay and be miserable and possibly put myself into some sort of stress which is obviously not healthy for me or my child?

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  • I quit Target almost a year ago, but my passionate hatred for this hellish company still pulses like a writhing demon inside of my body. Okay, it’s not quite THAT dramatic, but I do fucking hate Target with a good chunk of my cold heart. I quit because I was sick of r*****s who call themselves “leaders” wandering around, poking their PDA in an attempt to look busy, all the while telling us what to do because they had no idea how to do it themselves. That, or they were too fucking lazy.

    I am going to college now to major in Forensic Science, with a minor in Criminal Justice. I won’t lie; one of my hopes is that I’ll eventually stumble upon a former boss as the victim in a crime scene. But I digress…I started working at Target because of their flexible schedule, allowing for me to attend college without much fuss.

    I met my now-husband at Target. He is the “Signing Guy” as I call him, since Target’s wishy-washy ways cause Team Members’ titles to be changed at the drop of a hat so that the corporation has a good excuse to cap out people at even lower wage limits. My husband has busted his ass for Target for almost 6 years now. Thankfully, he’ll be leaving as soon as we relocate to accommodate my college studies. However, as of now, he remains a slave to the industry.

    He has found the wonderful feeling that all jaded Target employees eventually discover: the feeling of not giving a shit anymore.

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  • I found this site while seeking whether it was possible to speak to Targets higher ups about what happened to me the day before yesterday when I got fired, I feel quite unfairly. I realize after a bit of research that there’s probably not a damn thing I can do about it … So I will tell my story here.

    I moved here to Camarillo Ca. approximately 3 months ago to move in with my girlfriend … We knew it was going to be tough and would all rely on how quickly I was able to get a job. I was here for 2 days before getting down to it and spent weeks filling out online applications and hitting the pavement to all the local places here that I could realisticly seek employment with as I do not drive. after sending out approximately 100 Resume/applications and going through alot of painstaking processes … I finally got a call from Target.

    I had applied online for the only existing position they had open which was “Flow”. I got called in for an interview upon which I was asked if I would be available for any other positions as they thought they might have the flow position filled … I said yes of course, that I didn’t need a particular position, I simply needed a job. Over the course of the next 2 days I was givien two more interviews, a 4 hour orientation and was given a position as “Signing TM” which I thought was a nice fit concidering I’ve worked at several sign shops in the past actually MAKING signs and now I would be installing signage. I was excited about it anyway. After going through the Drug Test and Background check I was told that I would be Training at another store in “Simi Valley” which is 45 minutes away … this was an extreme hardship for me and mine as like I said I don’t drive. My girlfriend ended up having to get up at 4am to drive me 45 minutes to simi valley to be to work by 6am … then back home … then back to simi to pick me up at 2pm when my shift ended for 5 days in a row … I had to borrow $100 from a friend (My only existing favor) just for the gas to do this and even that didn’t cover it, all because (as it turns out) my boss was too lazy to train me herself.

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  • July 31, 2012 - TheAssistant

    My Story

    First off, I’ve just got to say, I didn’t honestly know sites like this existed.

    Or, to clarify, that they were ALLOWED to exist without repercussions from Target.

    I’m guessing now that all of the stuff about ‘you can’t talk about Target or your work experience on the internet or you’ll get fired’ was complete and utter BOLLOCKS.

    Side note- I use British slang and grammar.

    Moving on.

    When I first heard that a Target store would be built in my town, I was excited. Ecstatic even. After one year of trying to find a job, here was my chance. About a year or so later, I was hired for Flow team. At first it wasn’t that bad. I was one of four electronic flow team members, and I enjoyed my job. I had two team leads, a woman and a man. The woman happened to also be an ETL. After about a month, however, she just started to outright HATE me. She’d yell at me, single me out, put me in different parts of the store, and generally make my life hell. The other team lead, the guy, said I was doing nothing wrong, as did the rest of my fellow team members. It got so bad that I would struggle not to cry every single moment I was there. I’m naturally a timid and gentle girl, and this woman was naturally abrasive and disgusting, so maybe it was the differences in our personalities. I’m still not sure. Enter my first bout with depression. Every day I’d want nothing more than to just curl up in a ball and die.

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  • July 23, 2012 - itsallBS

    Pathetic

    I have worked at target for a little over a year the experience has only one reward, I have met some pretty amazing people that is it. As far as the job goes it is by far the worst job I have ever had aside from not being able to believe a word that comes out of any of your LODs mouths the hours are terrible and the pay is degrading. Last week though has definitly put it all into perspective for me on what type of people that this company wants working from them and the training they give their leaders seems to train them all to BULLSHIT everyone. I applied for an open gsa position that they knew was open for quite some time I did not get it “Bummer” all i really cared about was the 50 cent raise cuz guess what? with that i hopefully would be able to eat real food! 4 days after they informed me i would not be getting the position the LOD on duty tried to get me to work as the opening gsa……. but i wasnt really going to be the gsa just keeping a close eye on the front end and making sure people got their breaks and calling for back up cashiers when needed is what he needed me to do………i told him that what he was telling me was that he wanted me to basically do the same thing except get the cashiers change when needed. I didnt let him say anything and told him i would let him know when they needed changed and hung up the phone. I am currently looking for a new job and will never work a retail job again food service is honestly where its at for a college job people are honest and you are constantly busy i am looking forward to going to a job where my brain isnt turned off by mind numbing repetitive work and fill with BS from my superiors. keep you fingers crossed for me guys that my soul and brain will recover from my time at target!

     

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  • July 22, 2012 - bucky

    Stupid ETL’s

    I have worked for Target for 8 years now. Overall, I like it there. Our store has a great morale and pretty nice guets. I like the people I work with and get along with the team leads and etl’s 90% of the time. Lately though, the etl’s have started this double talk and circular logic concerning the hours it takes to set a planogram. I set all the revisions in the store and do all the signing. I am also expected to push flow 6 hours a week, on Mon-Wed-Fri.

    Usually, I can get it all done. Say I have 25 hours of revisions, 6 hours of flow, and then signing. Alright, I am rather efficient, I can get it all done. But sometimes, I need some support. Oh no. If there are 55 hours of revisions, too bad. They just want to ignore the problem and hope it sort itself out.

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  • July 19, 2012 - bobatea978

    Constantly being sabotaged and picked on.

    I’ve really had it with this corrupt, bullshitting company. Today I was so angry when I left for the day that I almost started to cry. I’ve been  on the Plano team for over a year and I try my hardest at this job. This job is so tedious and time consuming that it gives you a rampant headache and tires you out. My boss has been at me since April early this year when he came back from a family vacation. What bug got up his ass to start picking on me? I don’t know.

    He constantly coaches me on tiny details that I supposedly missed or forgot to do (Forgot to remove ONE small clearance tag on an empty peg or missing a few of those stupid ICC’s that I did pull up BUT a passing customer felt was funny to pull off ). Supposedly “forgetting” to do research on two different pairs of shoes or a piece of electronics when I really did. The reason why the items are missing is because #1 the store has been open for a couple of hours, and #2 guests are shopping and bought the last one on the shelf/peg.

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  • July 17, 2012 - montaguezx

    What the Fuck

    Went into work this morning to continue as a Target Back Room Monkey. During the night some slack jawed ass hat had installed some new wireless tech to enable “wireless” telephone communication in the store. Yeah, worked just great except none of the Fucking PDA’s would work. So here I stand with finger up ass, waiting to do the minimum wage job that i was hired to do. Being a network geek, I reason that the problem began with the new installation so the logical decision would be to turn the new tech off to see if it was the problem. NO WAY says the local management team. We have to speak to the district asshole. Well, the asshole is three states away doing God knows what and not answering her texts. Tech Support?, Well, they are in Fucking India and see “no problem” at our local store. (3000 Fucking miles away) A Fifteen year veteran of the store calms me by saying the people at corporate don’t give a damn and she has given up trying to make them care. FUCK TARGET….I am short time and will be gone by September if I just don’t walk out. THE CORPORATION IS RUN BY MORONS.

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  • July 16, 2012 - necroce

    Cart Attendant

    For almost a year my title was cart attendant for Target in Texas. This has to be the worst position in Target. Not only do they make the cart attendants go get carts, maintain the parking lot, clean the carts if needed, do carry outs, clean restrooms, clean any mess in the store (including cafe), sweep the entire store while still caring for customers and their needs. They also make the attendants do everyone elses job while still having to maintain their duties. This includes doing duties of hardlines, softlines, and front lanes. All while the LODs stand and talk around and laugh and have a good time at WORK. Cart attendants are the most under appreciated bunch of the entire store. They are used like mules for the lazy asses who dont want to work. I ABSOLUTELY HATED WORKING FOR TARGET!

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  • July 13, 2012 - ToldYaBoy

    Fired for Following Directions!

    Who would have thought they’d fire you for doing exactly what they want? That’s what happened to me. I’m the kind of employee who always tries to do the best I can. I was never late or absent, not even once, in fact I was often early, too early to go in, and I got along well with everyone. If I finished something, I moved on to the next task, I didn’t take the time to yap or have a conversation with a friend. I tried to do what they want, or what they “claimed” to want, unload and accurately stock merchandise, but in reality, that’s not what they want. They don’t give two shits about accuracy, and the proof is all over the store. Hundreds of items in the wrong spot, purposely put there by employees too scared to take that extra 2 seconds and look at the tag to find the proper location. Why? Because that extra 2 seconds could cost them their job, like it did me.

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