I guess how strictly this is enforced depends on the district because we were told no drinks on the floor at my old store (regardless of if it was sealed or not). I spoke with (or was spoken to) by the SD, two ETLs, and a GSTL about this policy.
We hid electronic drinks in our stock room, but i also carried a large bottle of water in my back pocket and would just stepped away to a secluded area
Wouldn’t surprise me if there’s another mandate in the future, It’s all about control but a lot of people with small brains or are wired to brainwash won’t ever get that.
I wish I could do that but it was there were always at least a few guests coming to the registers so I couldn't really step away to go drink water. Either way, I'm just glad to not be dealing with this anymore. I remember the ETL-SE almost made a new checkout advocate cry when he caught her drinking, so Target may want to be more lenient with this considering how short-staffed most stores are.
I think it’s a dumb rule how no drinks can be there at checkout lanes, As long as they aren’t prone to spilling and are responsible, It shouldn’t matter. Target always has had stupid ass rules in place and it’s no wonder why people quit or decide to break them constantly.
Where are you getting your information? Honestly, what kind of poor leadership do you have that is giving you this off the cuff and presumptive communication?
On workbench
No booster, but still vaxxed? I'm confused.
I've been with Target for a long time and I've never seen direct from corporate communication walked back in a few hours.
Where on workbench did it say you need the booster to be unmasked?
The workbench information page has never said anything about being vaccinated or having boosters. It sounds to me like it was allnew2's store leadership either misunderstanding or trying to implement their own policy.
It’s from regional on the conference call.
it’s right on workbench, it wasn’t secret information. any tm can log in and read it
Wow, that is unbelievable that regional leadership gave you that information only hours after the corporate announcement.
OSHA basically states that an employer can not deny you a source of water while working. Denying water bottles when the fountains worked was technically allowed. With the water fountains off they can not deny you water. It’s a major fine from OSHA. I had to bring this up years ago to our store manager when our fountains were out of commission for a few days
I'll definitely keep that in mind and I appreciate it since I genuinely didn't know that was an OSHA fine. I just assumed that since I spoke to so many members of leadership about this policy that they were right and the SD even said the store gets fined if team members are caught drinking on the floor.
Lol what?
Just curious, how did you go about bringing the issue up to your store manager? I've heard some horror stories about leadership retaliating if a team member reports something, whether it's to OSHA or calling the hotline.
I'm not 100% sure about this but I think the downside you listed was why my old store's leadership was so strict about no drinks on the floor.
