Figured I'd mention some stuff now that I've been working at Target for 11 months.. Things have changed a lot.. Since I was hired , one girl was fired, 2 team members moved to other areas of the store & only answer back up calls, another refuses to make FA his primary, 1 tm is on an LOA, and 5 other team members have quit since. We now pan 140 pizzas a day. I think we are a pretty high volume store. Our vibe scores are the best in the group & district. I am now a Starbucks team member... I love it and the money is nice, but food ave still holds part of my heart. Plus I was actually asked not to quit FA so I still work regular shifts giving me my 40 hrs & occasional o/t. I am a food ave team trainer & have been Top Performer 4 or 5 times this past year. Just this past month I have been recognized through Walk the Vibe as an amazing team member, I also won the "vibe contest" for July and was recognized as Starbucks Top Performer. It feels amazing To finally be rewarded after working my ass off so long but I do sometimes think I would make a much better TL as the current. She seems to talk down on TM's a lot... I was wondering how hard it is to start a Food Service Assistant position in a store like mine... I think it is needed badly. Not saying I would want to position bit I think it would be a great addition to the team and could posibly motivate some ppl to work harder... I'm ranting too hard rn haha. Any feedback appreciated.
Food Service Assistant is pretty much a Perishables Assistant is is not?
If it is, it is a rough job. You are pretty much the Team Lead of your area (As a PA, it is PFresh for me), but you aren't it is that weird vague area.
You will find yourself surrounded by problems on a daily basis, which really all you can do is notify higher ups because of your position. You would order food for your area (Similar to the SBTL, i think does) and be very hands on over the inventory area.
Perishables Assistant/Food Service Assistant is probably, IMO, one of, if not the most hybrid position in the store.
You control your inventory more than any other area, by ordering your own food you have to plan ahead.Know whats in your backroom and more importantly its self date and plan around it.
You will have obscene tasks that you will never find time to do no matter how hard you try, and your managers will know it.
You will bust your ass and will probably be your hardest worker in your store, but no one will ever realize it because they only notice when things go wrong. This is probably the hardest part of the position.
The positives of this position are numerous though as well, you will learn more than I think MANY Team Lead positions do, and IMO, have just as much responsibility.
I can't stress how important time management is. You have to compact your day in order to get through everything.
Not being an actual "Leader Position" is what makes this position tough, To be good, you have to
Earn the people's respect you work with,because you can't
Command it.
IMO this is THE position to be in to be a Team Lead, and if you can be a successful Food Service Assistant (if it is the same as a Perishables Assistant) then I think you could be successful at anything in the store.....
(Besides GTSL probably, lol)