What many team-members do not realize, or do not want to realize, is that high-paying positions are given to the privileged. Everyday, college grads enter the company out of nowhere, being placed in high-paying positions, while experienced team members are ignored. What ever happened to work your way up? High-paying (salary) positions are meant for the privileged. The poor-working-class team members are only given more hours, as a compliment. A real compliment would be professional development. However, one must fit the criteria first. The criteria, imo, is being a white male, a hot white female, or minority woman. Of course, their are exceptions. Working at target has taught me that hard work is irrelevant to becoming an exec. Hard workers are only rewarded with more hard work. There is a great social injustice committed by Target Corporation, the inequality between the privileged and poor-working-class. Various movements are in progress (McDonald’s workers fight for living wage, $15 per hr., Occupy Wall St., Labor, counter-culture, Anonymous, etc., Occupy Target should exist, too. It’s important to realize there are more of us then there are of them.
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(6) I can’t force someone to apply for the REDcard if they say no. I’ve been called to have a meeting with my manager before about my low selling rates and today my manager said that if my selling rate is low my the next quarter, I’ll be having a meeting with a GSTL and it’ll be “ugly”. The store company emphasizes the sell rates of the cards over the performance of its employees. I’m kind, joking, and polite toward my customers and will always help them in any way I can. I’m also one of the fastest cashiers, so my line is hardly ever long for a long time, plus I keep my lane clean and orderly and I usually come to work when I’m called in on my day offs. When I have nothing to do, I ask my Team Leader if there is anything extra I can do, so it’s not like I’m slacking around. I’ve asked my coworkers for advice on how to ask customers about the REDcard and have used their methods, even in in combos, but I still haven’t sold a card.
I was thinking of transferring to another store of the same company in another city because the employees never seem to ask every customer. In fact, I’ve never noticed them ask anyone! Then, again, I’ve heard that in order to transfer, one of the requirements is to have a good selling score, which I obviously do not have. I might as well quit.
Well, I’m off to cry. I just feel too down.
Likes(35)Dislikes(7) Well, my hosting company is sometimes a piece of shit. They try to simplify their website, which in turn makes it worse for anybody to use. So due to an error on their site, this site’s database was deleted instead of another site’s database.
I called and tried to get them to stop it from happening, but they’re useless. Luckily, I did a quick backup of all the posts and comments, but the only database backup I had was a year old, so any user accounts created since then were lost. So if you posted before on this site, you should be able to recreate your name and hopefully not have any trouble. If your account still works, cool.
I almost didn’t put the site back up. I even contemplated selling it. This site can be entertaining, but it doesn’t pay for itself, and it’s time consuming to maintain. However, it’s good for people to have a place to be heard and get the truth out about shitty companies like Target. That’s the reason this site is back up. Fuck you, Target. Fuck you…and fuck you too shitty hosting company website that nearly fucked this shit up permanently. Oh, and Fuck Target.
Likes(26)Dislikes(3) There are two things I wish to vent about today. First things first, the shocker. I was up in the breakroom when I heard that nearly every LOD was leaving to celebrate a wedding. I have almost no idea who got married, although I have some, but nothing definite. I sat there thinking to myself “These LOD’s get to leave for who knows how long to celebrate a wedding?” As far as I’m concerned that’s abandoning your post. They even called in a guy from another store to fill in. This other guy liked telling me how to do my job. He can be my guest if he wants to take a stab at cleaning up unpotty trained children. The LOD’s came back when I was about done with my shift and started kind of working, as if nothing ever happend.
Likes(7)Dislikes(0) So, I’m new to this site and I wanted your opinions on this situation my fellow coworkers and I are in.
I honestly don’t know where to start. Judging by the post title you already get somewhat of an idea about what this post is going to be about. Well, I want to say about several weeks ago they had hired a new GSTL for our Target to help out with guest service and watch lanes. Here’s where the issue comes in, I have friends that work in that area and chat with them on a daily basis; they have told me these past few weeks that the new GSTL has been giving them problems. They’ve already reported her to HR and told them that they can’t stand her attitude. Well, judging she is pregnant I’d say her hormones are up and down, give her some time. No. They don’t give her time, they complain to the point where they have HR move her to Starbucks. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU MOVE A PREGNANT WOMEN TO STARBUCKS?!! That’s the question I want answered… Worst of all they make her the new team lead. Do they not know they the team lead has to do heavy lifting and operate machinery in the back to get product off the pallets? What in their right mind would make them come to that stupid conclusion. I thought, “Oh, maybe they just want to have someone over there for now until she takes a LOA or until they get a new team lead for us.” Yatta yatta yatta… Come to think of it, wouldn’t it be unhealthy for the baby and her for being over there. We are under a lot of stress on a daily basis, and I do not want her to stress out right before she has it. I just want her to be safe. I can careless about her attitude and how she is going to run things. Should I or should I not bring this up with HR and see the reasoning behind this. What do y’all think? I’m so over Target and their stupid decision making.
I could also go on about other stuff but I’ll save those other stories for another rainy day…
Likes(6)Dislikes(2) I’ve always been a people person, don’t get me wrong on this one. But after working a mere 4 weeks at target, I look at every customer with disgrace and disgust, but rightly so. You occasionally have customers who come through your line who are decent and are willing to engage in conversation, but all the rest look down upon you because you’re a cashier or don’t even look your way to begin with. I’m an 18 year old soon to be college student, what makes you that much better than me? I’m not the one who goes to target and buys $30 worth of groceries and uses food stamps and coupons and throws a massive fit if even one coupon doesn’t go through because THEY read the fine print wrong. But that’s only the beginning of my rant on why I can’t stand target. Don’t even get me started on the gstl’s or whafever the fuck they call them
i’m an easy goin’ guy, but these 4 weeks at target have pushed me to the point where I can’t enter a 2-week notice because I can’t even stand to be there for another day, so I’m just not gonna show up tomorrow. I’m happy to say, fuck you horseheads target
Likes(17)Dislikes(5) This app that Corporate has come out with is finally where I have to add a post to this site.
It’s one thing if you’re at a register, the Electronics boat, the Deli/Bakery counter in a Super Target, or you’re assisting a guest—it’s another when Corporate apparently tells the ETL’s that team members have to take an hour out of their shift to walk their area and educate guests about Cartwheel. Because guests of course want to be harassed as they shop and a “Can I Help You Find Something?” isn’t enough these days. Just like the push on Red Cards prompted guests having to be approached at random and educated about the 5% savings, free shipping, extra 30 days on returns while they were on the salesfloor and it clearly couldn’t wait until they reached the front lanes.
Likes(12)Dislikes(7) I was hired to be GSTL and worked for less than a month before I realized that it was not for me. I did not give notice, but called on my day off to say I would not be coming back. I know I left in less than desirable circumstances, but I should still get paid for the work I did. My last day was almost a month ago, and I have not gotten any checks, I should have gotten two in my time there. I have spoken to HR who says they were mailed a week ago, the store is 3 miles down the road, and even if it was coming from corporate, it still wouldn’t take a week. Anyone had this issue?
Likes(7)Dislikes(5) I’ve worked in a Target in Atlanta Ga for five months and before I’ve worked a whole month there, I’ve hated it. I am a cashier and constantly have to move my guests to one register to another because either the magswipe readers, the pinpads, or the computer monitors do not work. Sometimes the monitors’ screen freezes or the computer reboots in the middle of a transaction!
Likes(5)Dislikes(3) I’m not ashamed to admit this as I am a true and honest man who tells who I really am. I emailed through the contact us email on target.com and messaged that I am truly developing sickness and depression from the team leads at my store pushing me so hard to get red cards and asking guests for them. I said I have a social anxiety to peoples reactions of no and to yelling of any kind. I clearly stated that I’ve spoken to my store manager about the red cards but that I was scared to admit my personal feelings of depression and anxiety to her, so that is why I contacted target headquarters through there contact us email on there website.
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