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My old store had an ETL who used to get VERY drunk fairly often. You could always tell when it was one of those days because while he's normally a very serious person with a "take no shit" attitude, some days he was extremely happy to see everybody and practically vomiting rainbows while...

Unfortunately, there is a much higher standard to be promoted to ETL rather than hired on as an ETL. A TL who gets a degree and tries to move up has to prove to everybody at his/her store district that they are qualified in every way. They have to show consistent bright green scores in every...

I wouldn't be so hard on them if Target required the degree to be relevant to retail or demanded some amount of retail or leadership experience prior to hiring them as an ETL. Hell, requiring them to have ANY work experience would be an improvement. I've seen several come through that hadn't...

Welcome to being in a salaried position at Target. FTFY That's because externally hired ETLs are a constant reminder that Target values a degree in basket weaving over years of experience in retail leadership for a position that at one time did not require a degree. Most TLs have seen dozens...

I'm just going to quote an earlier post of mine:

You must be new here. Welcome, have a drink or four. You will be needing it.

I would say log but overnight/early mornings are not my thing. My background is very heavy in grocery so Food would be no problem for me.

I am amazed the recruiter didn't finish the interview and use some variation of "This position has already been filled" or "We don't think you're what we're looking for". Bluntly stating "we can't accamodate your religious needs of 4 hours a week" is begging for a lawsuit.

Retweeting everything that has #bestteamever attached to it.

I wish I could get more reviews like the one I got from my ETL the first year I came back. It was blank. He hates our current review process as much as I do. As long as: a. Reviews are done en masse rather than individually b. Scores are limited by a budget c. Scores are determined by a...

I wrote my own schedule when I was backroom TL, was never a problem.

My store only gave out 1 O last year. Most of the Ex's went to people that were capped because that's the only way they even get a raise. I'm good enough to be offered various open TL positions at my store but I only get E's because literally every logistics TL and several overnight TMs are...

MFW the LOD gripes at me for not getting a team lift to pick up a 44" TV that weighs all of 20 lbs: That's the exact same argument I use!

On a serious note, food is always good.

$.22 is shit. The scale for raises 10 years ago went from ~$.20 to $.60. I get dollar raises at my main job.

We have 3 TL spots open right now (making the 4th time this year I've turned down becoming a TL again) Even the other guys who are worth a shit don't want them. There's a grocery store opening up that is offering people with experience a base pay almost matching what our store pays a newbie...

So you work in an area with a crappy market for real jobs and can afford to pick and choose from a pool of at least semi-skilled people who are desperate for some amount of cash while they look for a better job. Try working in an oil boom town where the only prospective employees are the...

For the most part, I was always honest with my TMs when I was TL. Obviously, there are some things you can't tell them so you occasionally have to make something up. Blatant lying like the examples you posted is something I would never do. People can figure that out quickly and it makes their...

Having been a backroom TL I can tell you that no, it's not. A good team doesn't need too much supervision. It's not difficult to give someone a specific task to do and check on them within a reasonable time frame to see if they have accomplished it and if not, why. It's not difficult to check...

We can go back and forth on this but the simple fact is, we've hit a saturation point on how much work we can squeeze out of people (especially for the non-competitive wages Spot pays now). It's easy to blame the ETLs since we interact with them on a day to day basis and their decisions...