May 17, 2012 - montaguezx
Just some thoughts.
I retired some years ago from my career but became board. I wanted to get a job for a couple of days per week and a few hours per shift, just to give me a reason to get out of bed before noon. I decided on Target because I have shopped there since I was in my twenties and before they separated from the now defunct Dayton-Hudson Company. I currently work in the backroom of a non super Target and to this date I can’t figure out how this corporation makes money. I could complain about the non functioning equipment, inaccurate (make work) computer pulls and unbelievable short staffing, but I will confine my comments to two areas. First of all the pay scale is ridiculous given the high productivity expectations and intrusive demands on my weekly time. I told my TL that I would never consider working a full time schedule given the poor starting wage and raise schedule. I also proffered that no one with a genuine work ethic would. Today I (with less than one year on) started training a new backroom team member. I am not an “official” training person so no differential pay for me. The kicker is that I am making 8 cents more per hour than the person I am training in. Huh? My store works me 7 1/2 shifts and that means that I am actually being productive for 6 1/2 hours. If they brought me in for a 7 hours shift, Shazaam….6 1/2 hours of productivity. How does that make sense? Why am I still around? Well, I still like Target. I like my TL, STL, LOD’s and etc. The discount ain’t bad and it makes my wife very happy. Also, if I help get new help trained in. Maybe (I hope) they will stick around and I can get back to a smaller schedule. Will it happen? Don’t know and I can always leave.
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That was the most confusing bunch of hoopla I have read in a while on here...and trust me, there's some idiots around here. I can't tell--why are you on "ihatetarget.net" if you don't in fact hate Target? I can't tell if you're complaining here, or just mindlessly rambling...I'm so lost and confused right now. Somebody hold me...