Archived New TPS (and questions)

[carramrod]

Hello all! Let me start off by saying I'm very glad I came across this forum! I currently work in a grocery store (and have for almost 3 years), but have recently been offered a TPS position with Target. I do have a couple concerns thought that I hope you may be able to help with:
1) When I got my conditional job offer, I had to take a drug test and background check. I'm not even remotely concerned about either of these, as I don't do drugs and have stayed out of trouble my whole life. However, the HR person I spoke with told me they would call me within seven days to set up an orientation, but it's been ten days and I haven't heard back. Called the store today and was told HR wouldn't be in until Monday. I'm starting to get a little worried, anyone know what might be up?
2) Provided I do get the position, I'd love all the advice I can get, from anyone in AP or any team member in general. I've never worked for a national company before (the grocery store I work at is a smallish, local chain) so I'm wondering what it's actually like. Do you feel like Target as a whole cares about you? Is it a company you would recommend working for? Is there anything I should do to stand out as a great worker?
Thanks for reading, and sorry about the mega-long first post!

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Welcome! Call hr again. Spot aka target is having some employee issues, right now.
Here is a link to ap:
http://www.thebreakroom.org/threads/official-assets-protection-thread.29/

 

[mrknownothing]

Welcome to The Break Room! Call on Monday and ask for HR; they probably just have the weekend off.

Also, I hope you won't act like Farva as a TPS.

 

[carramrod]

Thanks everyone! I'll give them a call back on Monday and see what's up. I was wondering if anyone would get the Super Troopers reference, I was glad it only took two posts! And no, I'm definitely not a Farva ha ha.

 

[TPSpower]

Target isn't really a good company to work for nowadays in the AP field if you really care about stopping thieves and catching criminals. They made the TPS position into a regular TM basically, it's not as AP focused as it once was. It's pretty dumb tbh. Target doesn't really care about AP any more as a whole. It's really a shame because Target used to be the absolute best in the industry when it came to AP and Law Enforcement partnerships. We used to be respected and even feared as AP professionals, now it's a joke.

The only REAL AP position in Target at this point in time is Assets Protection Specialist.

 

[carramrod]

Target isn't really a good company to work for nowadays in the AP field if you really care about stopping thieves and catching criminals. They made the TPS position into a regular TM basically, it's not as AP focused as it once was. It's pretty dumb tbh. Target doesn't really care about AP any more as a whole. It's really a shame because Target used to be the absolute best in the industry when it came to AP and Law Enforcement partnerships. We used to be respected and even feared as AP professionals, now it's a joke.

The only REAL AP position in Target at this point in time is Assets Protection Specialist.

I have heard similar things in the past, however this is going to be my first job in the AP field, and Target had the only openings in my area. The store that I was hired at does have an APS and the ETL informed me that they make "multiple" apprehensions a week and I would be called upon to assist the APS in apprehensions, so I should get at least a little experience. I do hope to move on to a plainclothes AP position one day, but I'm glad to have the part time TPS position while I finish up college.

 

[mrknownothing]

And no, I'm definitely not a Farva ha ha.

Good, because punchasizing guests' faces is a termable offense, even when it's done for free.

 

[carramrod]

Good, because punchasizing guests' faces is a termable offense, even when it's done for free.

I'm perfectly happy as long as I have my litre o' cola

 

[TallAPGuy]

It took about a week and a half for my background checkbefore I got scheduled for orientation, so don't worry too much about it.

 

[carramrod]

It took about a week and a half for my background checkbefore I got scheduled for orientation, so don't worry too much about it.

I'm going in to talk to HR tomorrow. I called them this morning and they insist that I never took the drug test. Luckily, I saved the form from the lab that proves that I took the test, or else I might have been really screwed. Good times.

 

[On6]

Good luck. If your store has APS then it means your in what we call a high risk store. To be honest your going to see some shit. But the experience will be very valuable.