well im 19 yrs old male worked at target for 1 1/2 was hired hardlines but have been in market for now over a year….my store hired 4 pa’s when we 1st got our p-fresh when theres only suppose to be one (not the problem) our stl was cool our TL was cool n our Sr. Team Lead who was markets LOD was cool….around march this year we got a new STL who just so happens to specialize in market…the bitch comes in n changes everything took 2 pa’s titles away n shit the other 2 (1 quit the other went over nite w/ or former market LOD/Senior Team Lead) they took da titles away cuz theres only suppose to b one pa n they have to have open availability…ok well 3/4 pa’s are my friends who taught me their shit so now i know way toooo fuckin much to be just a market TM so they see wat i know (LODs) n run with it basically pay me as a regular TM for gettin shit done as a PA which i am not….so i talk to my ETL-HL which is also markets ETL and he finally said ok apply for it ur availability we can wrk with even thought ur in skool n shit w/e….ok so im thinkin ima get it psst well dnt u know that my ETL-HL and ETL-HR offer it to someone from backroom aka a friend who doesnt even want it!!!!! my TL was pissed when i told her cuz basically im her protege w/e da fuck u wanna call it so i applied so did he n now im waitin for the gawd damn results…my friend aka former pa aka 1st to get her title jacked thinks its a race issue idk n idc but that mutha fucker needs to know that TL’s know best not LODs all they do is sit up at tsc n drink coffee they duno wats best as in TM’s or Promotion they dont see what i can do yet im my TEAM LEADS FAV
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(3) So I got hired seasonal as a cashier at a target store in ga…NUMBER ONE I APPLIED TO BE ON THE FUCKING SALESFLOOR AS MY NUMBER ONE PICK AND CASHIERING SECOND…so the man who hired me at the interview was sweet and listened to my answers but.. once I started working there I could never get a word in with his ass all he does is walk around all fast and shit pretending to be busy.
There are 3 gsa’s one blonde that I absolutely love, her name is B_ _ _. She makes me feel good about work she busts her ass for target and does it with a damn smile. She always asks if I need anything and thanks me for the work..
Likes(5)Dislikes(1) Okay, so I worked at Target when I was in highschool as a part time job and I can honestly say that I liked it back then. However, I went back to target this past year just to make extra money and these ass hats didn’t know the difference between their assholes and a hole in the ground. I worked on the sales floor in “Hardlines” (plastic bins, towels, lamps, picture frames, sheets, toys…you get the point). When I applied I asked them to please put me on the flow team that works early in the morning or in the backroom because I work alot better when I dont have morons bugging me every 3 minutes and that isnt including the customers…well that didnt happen. I also explained that I am a single mother and though I have child care so I was able to work night shifts I would like to have an opportunity to see my child. Well, once again, this did not happen.
Likes(3)Dislikes(0) So today was my last shift because I was done! I will admit I was actually excited when I was hired because ever since I was in high school I wanted to work there…wow that soon faded. I was hired as seasonal and I was happy I got a lot of hours and actually requested more. But then I started to work almost full time and I really hated the way they scheduled me. I absolutely hate working openings, I’d rather close than work at 8 am!! Anyways. Last week was the week I was really starting to get picked on, and I’m 100% honest, why was it that I was the only one being pulled aside every goddamn minute by the front end GSA to be told to smile and blah blah blah, when I saw other cashiers doing the same shit as me! Some cashiers were worse than me. Anyways, I know you have to be all friendly and shit, but let’s get real,
Likes(5)Dislikes(3) That is the Target term for the rank and file employees. I was recently terminated. Why, you might ask. I am a college-educated person in my early 40’s. I was always good with the guests, that are the Target term for customers. For example always asking “Can I help you find something” that’s the Target catch phrase, getting stuff from the stock room and searching for it if it wasn’t where it was supposed to be, and just about anything else you can think of to help them out. I always did my best to make sure the guest left Target happy and if they didn’t it was a circumstance beyond my control. I also knew where most of the merchandise was. I rarely called out sick, and my areas were always “zoned”, the Target term for straightening up well. So why was I fired? I refused to play their sycophantic games that’s why. This included not clapping and cheering at “huddles” the Target term for meetings, not writing out “great team cards” these are business sized cards which when I was originally hired was told were to written by team leaders or ETL’s. Somewhere along the line this changed and everybody was supposed to write these. These were almost always given for just performing your job. I said when I saw somebody really go above and beyond I would write one, this never happened. I did let my opinion be known about some people out but is always privately. I never publicly called anybody out. I also did my best to make sure the college students always but their education first and were not pressured into putting Target ahead of that. This was something Target words agreed with but Target actions did not. The thing I found most disgusting the incident that led to my being fired happened a week and a half before it I was let go, they just wanted to keep me through Thanksgiving weekend. Also the STL and one of the ETL’s were praising my work the whole day on the day I was terminated. How hypocritical can you get?
Likes(8)Dislikes(0) This is my story.
So my father was recently employed by Target and he would have made two years soon. Anyways he made an apprehension of a white female shoplifter. She stole less then $20 worth of merchandise but according to company policies they cannot make an arrest unless its more then $20 but they can trespass a shoplifter. So she was trespassed. She was going on about how her husband is in the military and this would look bad for him and she cannot go to jail. Now if you go to the Target website they are big supporters of the military. But military or not that does not give anyone the right to shoplift.
So this lady turns around and makes a complaint against my father at another Target store. We don’t know what she said because they never told him other then she made a complaint. The STL (Store Team Lead) of that store has her AP ETL (Assets Protection) do an internal investigation on my father. My dads been doing this for over 20 years longer then this guys has been doing Loss Prevention and my dad has never made a bad apprehension. He is damn good at what he does.
A couple of months pass and his ETL (APS ETL) pulls him into the office and sits him down for a coaching. He insures my father that he will not be fired and this will not cost him his job (an implied contract) but he has to write him up because its coming down from the district office and he is just doing his job. My dad is shocked, he can’t believe what just happened. He was cool headed and told him do what you gottah do and my dad swallowed his pride and signed the papers. Now my dad is under the impression that he doesn’t have to worry about his job because he was insured by his ETL that everything would be OK. But my dad was furious because he knows of many incidents that was covered up by his previous ETL. There were incidents where other APS had made false apprehensions, NPI’s, and they violated company policies but his previous ETL covered it up and it was as if it never happened.
Likes(19)Dislikes(5) I took a seasonal position, hoping to hold me over till I found something better, or to be able to work part time there and somewhere else during and after the holiday. I’m used to working in an office, something far more structured and used to a far more professional atmosphere. I knew I was running a risk of being trapped in a job I may hate, but needed to make some bucks. I was told the only position available was register, which I was reluctant to take. Well, I did so and it’s been a nightmare. I made it clear in my interview I wanted to be cross trained for other jobs so I could pick up more hours. I was told by both people who interviewed me that I could do that, and it would be helpful during the seasonal rush. I have mentioned it a few times and no one wants to address the issue. They treat me like I’m the asshole.
Likes(5)Dislikes(2) I am a former Target shareholder. I decided to sell my shares after Target’s CEO and VP of HR refused to address my concerns regarding employee relations. My son worked for Target for two years. He left last year to go to college on an approved educational leave. However, someone at the store in HR hit the wrong button on the computer and he ended up terminated. He found out about it for the first time when he showed up for work during winter break, only to be told that he couldn’t work because he had been “terminated” in September. HR said there was nothing they could do. After the store manager told them to contact corporate, my son was finally reinstated. He then went back to school. He had a question about his W-2 in March and was given an 800 number to call. The rep told him that he couldn’t answer any W-2 questions because my son had been terminated on January 8th. Again, despite an approved educational leave, my son was terminated. When he asked why, he was told by the store that he had failed to fill out an I-9, therefore his educational leave was no longer being honored, and he indeed was out of work. Meanwhile, no one had asked him to fill out an I-9 form while he was there. Again, he was terminated without being told by the store at the time of termination.
My son returned from school in May and after a month of waiting,
Likes(14)Dislikes(4) ETL’s will start at around 45K and max around 75K-80K.
When I left Target as an ETL I was at 70K. Yes it is a lot for a baby sitter.
Likes(3)Dislikes(4) So for most of us we think that our hard work and attention to details will pay off for us when our annual review rolls around? With in many companies this is the case, but not for Target.
See when it becomes time to write the Team Leader reviews there scores are already submittedto the HRR so she or he can review them before they are approved. This all takes place before “I” a former ETL for 10+ years, even begins to think about all of the accomplishments or areas of opportunity for a Team Leader.
So how does this begin?
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