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It has changed horribly over the last 2 to 3 years. The whole process has been changed so much that I pull a lot of shit that doesn't go out either because the shelves are full or people don't want to work it. Let's not forget the wonder that is pulling regurgitated back stock. I would say half of the 12pm CAF batches is back stock most of the time. It's a flawed system that makes team members pay the price. The FDC cluster fuck has also made pulling CAF batches basically pointless in the dairy, freezer, and meat cooler. Meat team members, flow team members, and the bakery and deli team members are constantly back stocking which causes outliers in the CAF batches. For example, a deli team member back stocks a tier cart at 3pm, that means at 4pm, I will be pulling probably 10 DPCIs. If they don't back stock that shit, I either won't have to pull DELI or might have to pull 1 DPCI. Huge waste of my time. I can say the same for meat.
To be honest, I don't really give a shit that much anymore when I pull dairy, frozen, or meat. It's gotten to that point where I don't have time to go on a treasure hunt looking for a cart or tub and then pulling shit that was just back stocked. And another thing too, it will either get back stocked or won't get worked until the next day or a couple of days. When I pull in the dairy and freezer, I usually just throw shit on any tub not giving a fuck. Pointless work aka busy work.
Target just doesn't understand how shit works at their stores. You don't mess with this stuff. Because when you do mess with it, you make it way more difficult and time consuming than it should be. For instance, I shouldn't be pulling deli, bakery, or produce shit. There is no reason for me to be doing that. It's a waste of time. I waste probably on average 3 to 5 minutes pulling the bakery, deli, and produce shit because first I have to walk over there and then go through an obstacle course trying to get into the coolers and then pulling the shit and walking back to the grocery side of the backroom. I am just glad that produce actually had the guts to delete everything that was located in the produce cooler which is good for me. If only the bakery and deli could do the same, it would save me half an hour of work per shift. 30 minutes times 5 days a week= 150 minutes. Almost 2 and a half hours wasted on bullshit work per week.
The dry grocery stuff isn't that much better. I rarely pull candy because if it goes on a check lane, the grocery team members will not work it. I am also hesitant to pull the health and beauty shit because of the same thing. Grocery team members at the store I work at are extremely lazy. They can't walk 10 feet across from the grocery aisles to put a box of condoms on the shelf. It's just too hard for them. They also don't combine their back stock either which means I have like 5 to 6 tubs with maybe a dozen items on each tub.
Things could be so much better but they will never be better because this is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.
Stop with the bullshit work. Delete the bakery and deli shit from backroom locations. Only locate It for inventory once a year and then delete it. Fix RF apps. That means goodbye to STO fucking up the CAF batches. If Billy Bobby back stocks a full tub of shampoo at 11am, that shit should not be pulled at 12pm in the CAF batches. No excuses or exceptions. If I could meet the person that designed RF apps, I would slap them. If I was in a fantasy reality, I would honestly consider loopering them or time copping them. STO back stocking is a back room day team member's worst nightmare. When I arrive usually at noon, I can't wait for flow and backroom to leave because once they are gone for the day, I know I won't be pulling bullshit CAF batches.
Bullshit CAF batches = 20 DPCI for CHEM at 1pm on a Tuesday
Normal CAF batches= 4 DPCI for CHEM at 1pm on a Tuesday
I have worked at Target long enough to know all of the moves that back room team members make when back stocking. I know that when I am pulling CAF batches to always pull the item that is the closest to the back. I also know to watch out for "lookalikes". That means when I'm pulling in the freezer and I see two tv dinners of the same brand but are different flavors/styles, I toggle over to STO and see how many are actually backstocked into the location. I am not boastful but like I said "I know all the moves, tricks, and shortcuts". The backroom team members at my store are extremely predictable. I know their patterns so it's easy for me to anticipate their mistakes and errors. It's sad to deal with but a part of my daily routine at Target. There is just no accountability anymore. We would use to get coachings at least a lecture if our accuracy was shitty or if we had more than 3 baffles/ghosts on the report. Those reports aren't even printed out anymore. I think they stopped doing that because the scores had gotten so bad.
I even told the ETL that one of the bubbas I was working with didn't even know how to use SUBT or pull FF. This is a backroom team member and he doesn't know how to do that shit. Just sad. But I am used to it. I am used to doing the majority of the work when I'm there. When I'm there, I pull every FF, I pull all items that cry baby guests want from the back even when I'm on the grocery side and my so called help is on the hardlines side (most of the time, guests want items from the hardlines side), I make all the bales, and babysit vendors who annoy the hell out of me.
The CAF batches used to be a lot more tolerable and easier. I miss those days. I miss the days in which I could be done with the CAF batches in less 30 minutes sometimes 20 minutes by myself on weekdays. Now, I'm looking at usually 40 to 55 minutes by myself on weekdays.
One last thing, I always smirk when the salesfloor team members that have been at Target for at least year or longer ask "how many pulls are you going to pull" and "when are the last pulls going to drop". The ignorance and obliviousness never get old.
To be honest, I don't really give a shit that much anymore when I pull dairy, frozen, or meat. It's gotten to that point where I don't have time to go on a treasure hunt looking for a cart or tub and then pulling shit that was just back stocked. And another thing too, it will either get back stocked or won't get worked until the next day or a couple of days. When I pull in the dairy and freezer, I usually just throw shit on any tub not giving a fuck. Pointless work aka busy work.
Target just doesn't understand how shit works at their stores. You don't mess with this stuff. Because when you do mess with it, you make it way more difficult and time consuming than it should be. For instance, I shouldn't be pulling deli, bakery, or produce shit. There is no reason for me to be doing that. It's a waste of time. I waste probably on average 3 to 5 minutes pulling the bakery, deli, and produce shit because first I have to walk over there and then go through an obstacle course trying to get into the coolers and then pulling the shit and walking back to the grocery side of the backroom. I am just glad that produce actually had the guts to delete everything that was located in the produce cooler which is good for me. If only the bakery and deli could do the same, it would save me half an hour of work per shift. 30 minutes times 5 days a week= 150 minutes. Almost 2 and a half hours wasted on bullshit work per week.
The dry grocery stuff isn't that much better. I rarely pull candy because if it goes on a check lane, the grocery team members will not work it. I am also hesitant to pull the health and beauty shit because of the same thing. Grocery team members at the store I work at are extremely lazy. They can't walk 10 feet across from the grocery aisles to put a box of condoms on the shelf. It's just too hard for them. They also don't combine their back stock either which means I have like 5 to 6 tubs with maybe a dozen items on each tub.
Things could be so much better but they will never be better because this is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.
Stop with the bullshit work. Delete the bakery and deli shit from backroom locations. Only locate It for inventory once a year and then delete it. Fix RF apps. That means goodbye to STO fucking up the CAF batches. If Billy Bobby back stocks a full tub of shampoo at 11am, that shit should not be pulled at 12pm in the CAF batches. No excuses or exceptions. If I could meet the person that designed RF apps, I would slap them. If I was in a fantasy reality, I would honestly consider loopering them or time copping them. STO back stocking is a back room day team member's worst nightmare. When I arrive usually at noon, I can't wait for flow and backroom to leave because once they are gone for the day, I know I won't be pulling bullshit CAF batches.
Bullshit CAF batches = 20 DPCI for CHEM at 1pm on a Tuesday
Normal CAF batches= 4 DPCI for CHEM at 1pm on a Tuesday
I have worked at Target long enough to know all of the moves that back room team members make when back stocking. I know that when I am pulling CAF batches to always pull the item that is the closest to the back. I also know to watch out for "lookalikes". That means when I'm pulling in the freezer and I see two tv dinners of the same brand but are different flavors/styles, I toggle over to STO and see how many are actually backstocked into the location. I am not boastful but like I said "I know all the moves, tricks, and shortcuts". The backroom team members at my store are extremely predictable. I know their patterns so it's easy for me to anticipate their mistakes and errors. It's sad to deal with but a part of my daily routine at Target. There is just no accountability anymore. We would use to get coachings at least a lecture if our accuracy was shitty or if we had more than 3 baffles/ghosts on the report. Those reports aren't even printed out anymore. I think they stopped doing that because the scores had gotten so bad.
I even told the ETL that one of the bubbas I was working with didn't even know how to use SUBT or pull FF. This is a backroom team member and he doesn't know how to do that shit. Just sad. But I am used to it. I am used to doing the majority of the work when I'm there. When I'm there, I pull every FF, I pull all items that cry baby guests want from the back even when I'm on the grocery side and my so called help is on the hardlines side (most of the time, guests want items from the hardlines side), I make all the bales, and babysit vendors who annoy the hell out of me.
The CAF batches used to be a lot more tolerable and easier. I miss those days. I miss the days in which I could be done with the CAF batches in less 30 minutes sometimes 20 minutes by myself on weekdays. Now, I'm looking at usually 40 to 55 minutes by myself on weekdays.
One last thing, I always smirk when the salesfloor team members that have been at Target for at least year or longer ask "how many pulls are you going to pull" and "when are the last pulls going to drop". The ignorance and obliviousness never get old.
