Starry
World's happiest cynic.
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So, I had this conversation with another TM who has been with Target for a longer time than I have and I would like to know all of your POVs.
I work on the sales floor, have been for over 3 years, and we have an ETL who I shall call "Caillou" (not his real name obviously, and not even my nickname for them). Caillou has been at my store for coming on one year and I really, really don't think he likes me at all.
How would I assume this?
Anytime various team members are given specific tasks which have to be completed in a specific timeframe (which can't be done unless one if superman; with large work loads given in a short time frame), it seems like I'm the only one who gets questioned as to why I couldn't complete the work load. The most recent example was a couple of days ago, where I had to finish the day's CAF pulls by 6:00. Okay, every do-able, especially considering there were only a few on the line when I clocked in at 4:30. 5:45 comes around and 5 more pulls showed up on the line when I was working on a particularly large one.
There was no way I was going to finish 6 overall pulls in 15 minutes. I spoke with Caillou about this and was told to focus on the pulls and then to work on zoning and re-shops. 8:00 rolls by and I finally finished. A handful of the pulls were very large with a bunch of small items and I had to constantly go up for back up and help guests (guests first, after all). I worked on some zoning, but I had to leave at 8:30 (it was only a 4 hour shift). I tried to see if I could get help from other TMs, but was told that they had their own workloads that they had to finish.
The following day, I was called into the TL office and a different supervisor asked me why I didn't finish the tasks yesterday. I told him what I told Caillou and was then told by this different supervisor that Caillou was the one who wanted to know why. Even though I had already told him yesterday and that, if he really wanted to hear it again, he should have been the one having the conversation with me. Not this other supervisor. I didn't say that last part out loud, but I was certainly thinking it.
While working with this other TM who has been with Spot for longer than I have, it was mentioned that Caillou could be looking for a "valid" reason to get me termed. Considering that it only seems to be me who gets questioned when near impossible workloads aren't finished on time and that this wasn't an isolated incident.
They told me not to dwell on it and to not worry (which I'm actually not, evidence of this thread to the contrary), but I believe that it is a thought worth asking:
Is it possible that this particular ETL is trying to find a reason to get me termed? Or that he is just a really incompetent ETL? Or that I'm just a really incompetent TM?
I work on the sales floor, have been for over 3 years, and we have an ETL who I shall call "Caillou" (not his real name obviously, and not even my nickname for them). Caillou has been at my store for coming on one year and I really, really don't think he likes me at all.
How would I assume this?
Anytime various team members are given specific tasks which have to be completed in a specific timeframe (which can't be done unless one if superman; with large work loads given in a short time frame), it seems like I'm the only one who gets questioned as to why I couldn't complete the work load. The most recent example was a couple of days ago, where I had to finish the day's CAF pulls by 6:00. Okay, every do-able, especially considering there were only a few on the line when I clocked in at 4:30. 5:45 comes around and 5 more pulls showed up on the line when I was working on a particularly large one.
There was no way I was going to finish 6 overall pulls in 15 minutes. I spoke with Caillou about this and was told to focus on the pulls and then to work on zoning and re-shops. 8:00 rolls by and I finally finished. A handful of the pulls were very large with a bunch of small items and I had to constantly go up for back up and help guests (guests first, after all). I worked on some zoning, but I had to leave at 8:30 (it was only a 4 hour shift). I tried to see if I could get help from other TMs, but was told that they had their own workloads that they had to finish.
The following day, I was called into the TL office and a different supervisor asked me why I didn't finish the tasks yesterday. I told him what I told Caillou and was then told by this different supervisor that Caillou was the one who wanted to know why. Even though I had already told him yesterday and that, if he really wanted to hear it again, he should have been the one having the conversation with me. Not this other supervisor. I didn't say that last part out loud, but I was certainly thinking it.
While working with this other TM who has been with Spot for longer than I have, it was mentioned that Caillou could be looking for a "valid" reason to get me termed. Considering that it only seems to be me who gets questioned when near impossible workloads aren't finished on time and that this wasn't an isolated incident.
They told me not to dwell on it and to not worry (which I'm actually not, evidence of this thread to the contrary), but I believe that it is a thought worth asking:
Is it possible that this particular ETL is trying to find a reason to get me termed? Or that he is just a really incompetent ETL? Or that I'm just a really incompetent TM?