Is anyone else noticing mass exits of long time employees and senior managers? In the last 3 months, we have lost 2 SOM, Site Director, 2 HR, 3-4 OM, and several long time employees. Most of those leaving have more than 15-20 years in our building, and I’m betting there are at least 2 more SOM HR looking based on comments. Something is obviously up, the levels these folks were had to know SOMETHING, so why not just announce whatever is pushing them out the door. There is rumors of restructuring, rumors of DC realignment, specifically with FC, so if we need to be out there looking for jobs, give us the same heads up that leadership is getting. It’s insane that all these career Target folks all of a sudden found greater opportunities elsewhere at the exact same time.
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I don’t think anything is “up”. There is simply a ton of pressure on all levels of management. More is being asked and there are less OMs to accomplish those asks (at least in our dc). There used to be 2 oms per department and now there is only one with more expected to be done.
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@Hardlinesmaster , common occurrence?
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I think so. We have lost a lot of vets at my store.
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I was an OM that jumped ship this year.
With the state of the business, Target is throwing whatever it can at the wall to try and save money. This equates to stress and uncertainty.
They are looking at every single hour spent across your whole team, and want a detailed explanation on why. God forbid if you miss your plan, because now you are stuck staying after work, even though you already put 14-15 hours in, writing on a detailed report on why and how you are going to fix it. All being told it’s entirely your fault as a manager and not the 20 year old technology that’s in use, and doesn’t work correctly since ever. You keep missing plan? Enjoy your write up.
They want you to hold your team accountable, but want you to avoid disciplinary action in order to make the turnover metrics look good. However, the metric isn’t extended into management. With the state of the job market, you can bring in a new OM and pay them 60% of what a 10 year vet OM makes, bonus points to the fact that they are aloof of what the company was, and what it has become.
HR is its own beast, has no idea what goes on operationally, and is weaponized often against management. They follow a formula to establish guilt, if you are able crack it you can get just about any manager/SOM let go or forced to resign.
It’s not the same company it used to be, I loved working at Target DC, but in the end I recognized over the last few years, the company I devoted 10 years of my life to is gone.
I am an OM at a different company now, and it’s a night and day difference, and has made me realize what a terrible state everything was in.
With the state of the business, Target is throwing whatever it can at the wall to try and save money. This equates to stress and uncertainty.
They are looking at every single hour spent across your whole team, and want a detailed explanation on why. God forbid if you miss your plan, because now you are stuck staying after work, even though you already put 14-15 hours in, writing on a detailed report on why and how you are going to fix it. All being told it’s entirely your fault as a manager and not the 20 year old technology that’s in use, and doesn’t work correctly since ever. You keep missing plan? Enjoy your write up.
They want you to hold your team accountable, but want you to avoid disciplinary action in order to make the turnover metrics look good. However, the metric isn’t extended into management. With the state of the job market, you can bring in a new OM and pay them 60% of what a 10 year vet OM makes, bonus points to the fact that they are aloof of what the company was, and what it has become.
HR is its own beast, has no idea what goes on operationally, and is weaponized often against management. They follow a formula to establish guilt, if you are able crack it you can get just about any manager/SOM let go or forced to resign.
It’s not the same company it used to be, I loved working at Target DC, but in the end I recognized over the last few years, the company I devoted 10 years of my life to is gone.
I am an OM at a different company now, and it’s a night and day difference, and has made me realize what a terrible state everything was in.
