Recent content by Rock Lobster

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.

I'm not trying to be too mean, but when I was an ETL-LOG and ETL-GM, I would have begged to be an ETL-HR or GE. Those are the two positions that actually got EASIER in modernization. Food and GM became more difficult versions of their previous iterations, and I'd argue Speciality Sales stayed...

It depends on your building sometimes too. Our ETL-HR group in my building was always pretty good (until recently) when the direction to stay in your lane came down. Now they just stay in their offices and wonder why everyone else is stressed to shit. The best HR's had a pulse on their store...

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...

If you want to be successful at Target as an ETL, you have to shut off your brain and do what your bosses think are the solutions to the problems. If you have a problem you are tasked to address, the actual answer may be A and your boss or their boss will tell you B. Do B always, and if you...

My thoughts exactly

Well, my long-term advice? If you are not already salaried in your current role as an ASM (HR) then go for this ETL-HR role since it is salaried. Pursue your PHR while at Target, and flip it into a normal HR role in a better environment. You will be able to find a normal M-F 40 hours HR job...

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...