I know this post is from a loooong time ago, but I just re read the thread again and I must say I'm horrified your store considers you "Hi-Po". The attitude you've shown on this thread has got to be obvious to your store unless you are an excellent actor. Do yourself and Target a favor, if your hi-po status every results in a promotional opportunity, don't take it. Your good job pays almost 6x your Target job? So, like...$40-50? Really? Ok. I believe you.
While logging in to look at some retail comic (freaking love it) I noticed this gem of a post.
I'm a great actor thank you very much, I'm charismatic as well. I can feed any line of BS to management and make them believe it. Point being I make them think I buy into all the corporate nonsense to move ahead while realistically It's all crap. That's what you have to do to move ahead. That being said...
I left Target a month or two ago. I was offered another position and took it. I was Hi-po because on top of my acting skills I got the job done, every night, and I motivated others to work hard. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Do you honestly think hard work alone is enough to move up? Look around you, look at your ETL team. Some people work hard, but that's only part of why they advanced. They either knew the right people, or they bull************ted well enough to get a promotion. That's the way it is, so I play the game.
Either way, yes I was making 50 an hour at my primary job. I did have specific reasons for working at Target, and a few goals that I was trying to reach within the company, however I'd be lying to you if I said that Target could ever pay me as much as I'm capable of making. Not even an STL gets paid what I do now, and I actually get weekends off, and it's a 40 hour work week most of the time.
So yeah, I guess you got your wish about me not taking a promotion to Sr TL. I sure will miss all the stress I had to deal with there... oh wait. No I won't. :dance4: