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Nope. Remember, Target is all about marketing. Its their job to look nice from the outside. That doesn't mean its nice to work there. Heck, its definitely worse compared to 10 years ago objectively.

This is probably the best advice here. Target ETL's, in general, are made up of the kids in school who had to cram the night before a test because they spent most of their time in school socializing. Everyone from Region leadership down was promoted with this mentality (because they are the...

My thoughts exactly

Yes, they want you to feel like YOU are lucky to have them, not that they are lucky to have you... it keeps the power in the relationship on their side even when its not.

This is likely just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to CEO compensation. Remember, he bought back $5B in stock all on company debt. Part of the Covid relief bill included large tax deductibles for retail companies that remodeled stores in the last few years. All unnecessary and clearly...

I would say it depends on what routes you want to take for your career, because ultimately its your future success you want to promote. I would say this... if you want to be in retail management or some form of it, then becoming a TL is a great path to take (I personally loved my time at that...

Yes, and unfortunately nobody "good" seems to make it anymore. The people I see promoting to SD now (or DSD) are people I would never choose to take with me to any company.

Yes!!! That is the hardest part right now for me. I work basically 8-4 M-F, and its not too hard of a gig. I get caught up on purchase orders for our company and have to ask around for what else needs done in our facility (I help different departments all the time and head to the floor in a...

The biggest couple things I can think of to help this metric (not too hard once you get it down)... Everything needs to be tied Friday before close. Saturday does NOT count. If anybody waits till Saturday to set stuff they need to tie it off Friday and remember to get to it Saturdays...

YEA! Now that I dont work for Target, I remember you worked in Omaha right? I was at 1777 mainly, but trained at 2383 and 2125 too. I miss those days, back when Target was actually a team and felt like Target.

yes because certain things are still considered conduct vs performance. They need to prove you were “loafing” which is a knowledgeable and generally repeated offense that purposely wastes time while being paid. For example, always hiding somewhere and watching YouTube in a backroom aisle...

They are the AP Directives, they were leaked years ago and have been updated since then, it’s basically a list of things allowed and not allowed. Ultimately, you can only be coached with the cameras based on AP related things (Security, Safety, Conduct) but not performance related stuff. If...

I actually have not worked in another retail environment, my new career is in Purchasing for manufacturing. I will say though that I know people in other retail or grocery businesses. I think that some attributes can be similar, but the reason Target specifically has such a crazy culture is...

Hey everyone! Now that I have been away from Target for a month or so and worked at another company, I have felt like self-reflecting and giving some people my opinions on my experiences at Target. I worked my way up for close to 15 years from a part-time high school job to multiple ETL roles...

At the end of the day there is only so much Target can do vs what the government needs to enforce. However, do not be fooled, Target doesn't actually care about its team in the slightest. There may be some store leadership teams that do, but your district level and above (all the way to the...

She was definitely "fired" in the sense that they wanted her gone, but I am guessing she was fine with it. I wouldn't be surprised if she had stock options that could be paid out at "retirement" and she turned in her notice the day before the Q4 earnings announcements (when the price dropped)...

I doubt they are.... The problem is that everyone district level and above is just so far removed from what happens in stores now that they can't possibly grasp it. Even store directors used to know a ton about the buildings and how they operate, but they slowly are going away and and the new...

Don't be fooled, most of the leadership is seeing the writing on the wall. There are two things happening here... First, the stores required a HUGE amount of money to increase their sales. We have been pushing remodels and rebranding of products very heavily across the chain, which is...

The problem is that there isn’t enough payroll to keep it all going. You have to cut someone or it’s going to get behind. The issue ends up being that you can only keep GM that low for that long for a few weeks before you have a Fire Marshall issue on your hands... at least if you cut from the...

There may be some truth to this theory, maybe just not the specifics. Target seems to be artificially inflated with sales. What I mean by this is that there are some things causing a sales boon through large expenditures (remodels and new brands) while also pushing itself into a good position...