Luck
The one and only SCTM™
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- Jun 23, 2018
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Well, I am officially out! Honestly I dont have any amazing story to tell or hate to dish. I had a reasonable level of good experiences over the past ~10 years with Target store and DC side. There was bad but that will be true of any job.
The big thing that ended up seperating me from the company is I had the misfortune of joining Asset Protection ~2 years ago. At the time it was still a relatively chill place to be, although it was obvious Target was beggining to ramp up focus.
I didnt mind catching thieves and was quite good at it, and safety has always been a core value of mine. But one day an external vendor brought a gun into the DC and sure enough I ended up having to manage the situation essentially solo (on-site production managers were very helpful but at the end of the day I was calling the shots and preventing them from taking steps against directives).
Nothing horrible came from it. I was even told I managed the situation perfectly. But it became very real in that instant how very real things could get an instant and I was not comforatable working in the role anymore and had no desire to return to a labor position.
Stay safe everyone, especially those working in stores and DCs in major crime areas, and best of luck to all of the AP TMs weathering this storm. Thankfully I am in a financial situation I can take some time to collect myself and find a new way forward. Probably try to start my own business at this point.
The big thing that ended up seperating me from the company is I had the misfortune of joining Asset Protection ~2 years ago. At the time it was still a relatively chill place to be, although it was obvious Target was beggining to ramp up focus.
I didnt mind catching thieves and was quite good at it, and safety has always been a core value of mine. But one day an external vendor brought a gun into the DC and sure enough I ended up having to manage the situation essentially solo (on-site production managers were very helpful but at the end of the day I was calling the shots and preventing them from taking steps against directives).
Nothing horrible came from it. I was even told I managed the situation perfectly. But it became very real in that instant how very real things could get an instant and I was not comforatable working in the role anymore and had no desire to return to a labor position.
Stay safe everyone, especially those working in stores and DCs in major crime areas, and best of luck to all of the AP TMs weathering this storm. Thankfully I am in a financial situation I can take some time to collect myself and find a new way forward. Probably try to start my own business at this point.
