Hi all. I was hired at Target a few months ago as a seasonal flow TM, who was apparently kept for a permanent position after the winter holidays. Since I found this site I've wanted to post and talk about a few things concerning my job.
1) I don't know our sales figures, but my store gets 4-5 trucks a week and they are between 1800 (if we're really lucky) and 2500 (if we're really not, which is more often the case). We get a food truck every other day. Are we "high-volume"? Does that make our store important?
2) Is it easy to transfer to a different store? I've moved since I started working at Target and there are stores that are more conveniently located than mine, relative to my new address. I've thought about asking for a transfer but I don't know whether this would be a Big Deal, have repercussions on my job, etc.
3) Does anyone else have those displays in electronics that are on at all times, even when the store is closed? As a flow team member this is incredibly infuriating for me because I get sick of hearing the same things over and over, day after day. Every time I walk past the Skylanders Swap Force display and it shrieks at me about its trap button, I want to smash it to pieces. I've asked a few people why they're always on, including my ETL and an electronics TM, but nobody knows for sure - the best guess is that they're just wired into a different circuit than the other displays, like the TVs (which are turned off until opening). I understand these displays being on when the store is open, even though I think that they are obnoxious all around, but it irritates me that we have to listen to them even when the store is closed.
4) Anyone else have an issue with the "no freight on the floor by opening" policy? I understand the reasons behind it, but our LODs and ETL are kind of crazy about cracking the whip to make sure it gets done. Sometimes we end up understaffed because several people call out or NCNS (this happened today) and clearing all of the floor by 8, especially if we bowled everything out, isn't possible. What are the consequences to flow team/the store if there is still freight on the floor after 8? Does the ETL get in trouble or something?
5) Seems like every day I work we're understaffed to various degrees because people don't show up. Often this is, apparently, due to NCNS. Supposedly you can get terminated for that, but why does this never seem to happen? I always see the same people working, not all at once of course, and we haven't had a new flow TM added since the holidays. We were heavily understaffed today and it frustrates me that people apparently get away with not showing up - especially since those of us who DO show up get punished by having to work harder to pick up their slack. If it just meant working extra hours I wouldn't complain, but the understaffing combined with the above "freight off the floor by 8" policy makes for a stressful work day.
1) I don't know our sales figures, but my store gets 4-5 trucks a week and they are between 1800 (if we're really lucky) and 2500 (if we're really not, which is more often the case). We get a food truck every other day. Are we "high-volume"? Does that make our store important?
2) Is it easy to transfer to a different store? I've moved since I started working at Target and there are stores that are more conveniently located than mine, relative to my new address. I've thought about asking for a transfer but I don't know whether this would be a Big Deal, have repercussions on my job, etc.
3) Does anyone else have those displays in electronics that are on at all times, even when the store is closed? As a flow team member this is incredibly infuriating for me because I get sick of hearing the same things over and over, day after day. Every time I walk past the Skylanders Swap Force display and it shrieks at me about its trap button, I want to smash it to pieces. I've asked a few people why they're always on, including my ETL and an electronics TM, but nobody knows for sure - the best guess is that they're just wired into a different circuit than the other displays, like the TVs (which are turned off until opening). I understand these displays being on when the store is open, even though I think that they are obnoxious all around, but it irritates me that we have to listen to them even when the store is closed.
4) Anyone else have an issue with the "no freight on the floor by opening" policy? I understand the reasons behind it, but our LODs and ETL are kind of crazy about cracking the whip to make sure it gets done. Sometimes we end up understaffed because several people call out or NCNS (this happened today) and clearing all of the floor by 8, especially if we bowled everything out, isn't possible. What are the consequences to flow team/the store if there is still freight on the floor after 8? Does the ETL get in trouble or something?
5) Seems like every day I work we're understaffed to various degrees because people don't show up. Often this is, apparently, due to NCNS. Supposedly you can get terminated for that, but why does this never seem to happen? I always see the same people working, not all at once of course, and we haven't had a new flow TM added since the holidays. We were heavily understaffed today and it frustrates me that people apparently get away with not showing up - especially since those of us who DO show up get punished by having to work harder to pick up their slack. If it just meant working extra hours I wouldn't complain, but the understaffing combined with the above "freight off the floor by 8" policy makes for a stressful work day.
