I've been working @ target for 2 months I work beauty / hardlines & I have two cashier shifts in two weeks & I hated cashiering when they trained me for literally 10 minutes & that's been the only time I was a cashier. I get stressed very easily & I don't like starting conversations with people & I'm also really slow when it comes to scanning & counting change. Can someone give me advice ? & also will they give me cashier shifts in the future? or did they only give me these shifts since it's going to be 2 days before Christmas
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If you don’t want the hours, put them up on Kronos or swap shift board.
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Use the swap shift board. There are plenty of people trying to get more hours.
Also talk to your etl and let them know you don't mind backing up (Even if you do) but a full shift is a little overwhelming and if it's possible to not be scheduled as a cashier.
Unfortunately cashiering is part of everyone's job at Target. Even my stl gets on a lane when it's busy. During the holidays we schedule a lot of cashier's but in January you will be backup cashiering a lot when hours go down.
Also talk to your etl and let them know you don't mind backing up (Even if you do) but a full shift is a little overwhelming and if it's possible to not be scheduled as a cashier.
Unfortunately cashiering is part of everyone's job at Target. Even my stl gets on a lane when it's busy. During the holidays we schedule a lot of cashier's but in January you will be backup cashiering a lot when hours go down.
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If you don't like cashiering (Or backup cashiering), then retail in general is not a good job choice for you.
It's direct but it is true. Perhaps flow or backroom might be a better role fit?
It's direct but it is true. Perhaps flow or backroom might be a better role fit?
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I would talk to your scheduling ETL. I was scheduled an extra shift in flexible fulfillment that put me 4 hours over my max and when I mentioned it to my ETL (when she asked when I was working this week), she was pissed. She sets the schedule based on people's availability (maxed out these days) and keeps having issues with her people being scheduled when they shouldn't be by other teams.
As others have said, backup cashiering is part of the deal, but they shouldn't be scheduling you as a cashier on a whim, so check with your ETL and see if they are aware. At least that's not cool at my store.
Cashiering stresses me out, too. We're a SuperTarget and I'm someone who personally excels at grocery bag tetris when bagging my own groceries but guests have different preferences and never put stuff on the belt in the right order and I always feel like I'm bagging stuff wrong and that I'm missing things (cartwheel and coupons and REDCards, oh my!).
I used to enjoy cashiering, back in the day, but there's so much MORE these days to keep track of and when I'm new and not cashiering often, on a borrowed register that has something broken or missing half the time, only up front when it's busy and everyone is stressed....gah! Do not want! A full shift cashiering would give me an ulcer. Our guests are generally lovely, though, thank all the gods.
As others have said, backup cashiering is part of the deal, but they shouldn't be scheduling you as a cashier on a whim, so check with your ETL and see if they are aware. At least that's not cool at my store.
Cashiering stresses me out, too. We're a SuperTarget and I'm someone who personally excels at grocery bag tetris when bagging my own groceries but guests have different preferences and never put stuff on the belt in the right order and I always feel like I'm bagging stuff wrong and that I'm missing things (cartwheel and coupons and REDCards, oh my!).
I used to enjoy cashiering, back in the day, but there's so much MORE these days to keep track of and when I'm new and not cashiering often, on a borrowed register that has something broken or missing half the time, only up front when it's busy and everyone is stressed....gah! Do not want! A full shift cashiering would give me an ulcer. Our guests are generally lovely, though, thank all the gods.
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