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offparkway
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This has been a while coming. I was an In-stock Team Lead (one of the first... when it was new, in like 2007 or something). A Greatland store in CA with a very high volume and lots of District and Regional visits. And I nailed all of them.
In fact, the whole store seemed to fall apart if I had a day off.
Yet I was always pressured to feel guilty if I spent 1 vacation day, when I had 2+ months saved up. Probably because no one could handle what I handled. I've run into my old bosses since leaving (none are with Target anymore) and got apologies and compliments from them for what I had to deal with.
The worst was when one of my employees committed suicide. 6 days later, I was headed to the open-casket funeral (I had worked 5 hours of my shift already) when my boss caught me and said, "You're headed to the funeral?"
I said "Yes, of course. I already put my team in motion so you should be all good today."
His response? "Ok... when do you think you'll be back?"
I had no response. My executives spend an entire day in the conference room (during the Xmas season) doing a gift exchange, and are not to be bothered. But my employee KILLS HIMSELF and I'm expected to return from the funeral to finish my shift? Especially when my boss's boss's boss just came to our store to learn from me and my team because we were the leaders in our field?
No words.
I still shop there, but seriously fuck that company. Most of my friends work in environments where they can take 2 weeks off with no explanation (start-up companies) and no one asks for one.
Looking back on it, I want to slap everyone there in the face. Minus my own team... they were the reason I stayed for 6 years.
In fact, the whole store seemed to fall apart if I had a day off.
Yet I was always pressured to feel guilty if I spent 1 vacation day, when I had 2+ months saved up. Probably because no one could handle what I handled. I've run into my old bosses since leaving (none are with Target anymore) and got apologies and compliments from them for what I had to deal with.
The worst was when one of my employees committed suicide. 6 days later, I was headed to the open-casket funeral (I had worked 5 hours of my shift already) when my boss caught me and said, "You're headed to the funeral?"
I said "Yes, of course. I already put my team in motion so you should be all good today."
His response? "Ok... when do you think you'll be back?"
I had no response. My executives spend an entire day in the conference room (during the Xmas season) doing a gift exchange, and are not to be bothered. But my employee KILLS HIMSELF and I'm expected to return from the funeral to finish my shift? Especially when my boss's boss's boss just came to our store to learn from me and my team because we were the leaders in our field?
No words.
I still shop there, but seriously fuck that company. Most of my friends work in environments where they can take 2 weeks off with no explanation (start-up companies) and no one asks for one.
Looking back on it, I want to slap everyone there in the face. Minus my own team... they were the reason I stayed for 6 years.
