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- Dec 29, 2012
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Hello: I am sort of the opposite of most Target folks I met working there. I have a couple degrees and retired from a professional career a few years ago. I get bored in the winter and have taken part time work each year during the cold days. This year Target in central New York was my victim. I breezed through the interview, and was offered the job on the spot (seasonal).
The training was minimal, watched one video, took a few general knowledge tests, no problems. I was out on the hardlines floor the first day, had a ball. I love helping people and I found the pace fun. I then worked a day in toys, lots of crowds, cute kids, again very enjoyable. Next day on to seasonal and I have spent most of my time in that area for the past month and a half.
The store manager is very very young, I am over 50 and have worked for Fortune 50 companies all my life. I like the store manager, seems like a cool dude. I am not up on the structure at Target, but there were two LOD's who seemed to be the top dogs and actually ran the place. The loss prevention guy seemed to think he was cock of the roost too, and the HR people were part of the inner circle.
Things went down hill the second week when the lead LOD started calling on the radio to see if I would return his call. This continued over a two week period, he had nothing to say he just wanted to know my location or what I was doing. Then of course one time my radio was switched to channel 2 (probably by leaning on a shelf) and this LOD gets in my face about missing a service call. My bad, but not intentional. A few days later, the LOD for seasonal shows up one night, I never met the guy before though I have been there 2 weeks. He doesn't introduce himself, cuts off my conversation with a guest and starts barking orders at me. I continued with the guest and he interrupted that we didn't carry what the guest wanted. I calmly walked over to the guest and showed them two choices of the item this LOD moron said we didn't carry (in his department).
The security manager. Young guy, claims to know kung fu or some sh^t, was almost a cop in our city, oh and when the hottie college girls are in the break room he is a UFC fighter (checked with my detective relative - never heard of him). He is standing in my department and some kids come through riding the electric cart for disabled. This gang has been doing laps with different drivers for two hours. I remark that the "idiodic" behavior has been going on all morning. Mr Security launches into a lecture on guest relations for 15 minutes. A few nights later, four college age kids come into the back of the store, they proceed to break merchandise, scream obscenities, including performing oral sex back by the christmas trees. They are stoned out of their minds and I got to re-shop back there. I call the LOD after going halfway across the store and forget to use the code word for security. I just said he should have Mr. Security wander over there. My bad for not using code word, but no one is back there and a few customers left due to the show going on.
After the kids leave Mr. Ku-Fu starts to lecture me. He states that they heard the call to security (bald face lie - no radios over there) then he says the kids accuse him of be prejudice because they look different (tatoos?). Our HR lady is so far up the managers ass you can see her nose coming out this mouth. I take it all in stride.
Today I get the call to the office, letter thanking me for seasonal help, done in a week. No problem I don't have to work.
What is funny is that I work when I go to the store, I enjoy the physical labor (after jetting for 30 years). I listen to people farting on the radios, making zoo noises (my favorites). Guys in electronics tossing a football across the store. Not word from management about football in the aisles.
which I think is hysterical.
I was told that target was geared to younger crowd. It definitely is NOT focused on guests, the store I am in is run by two grocery store managers. The cans are all straight on the shelves at P-Fresh but customers looking for other merchandise might as well go over to Walmart.
The POG plan, facing, and reshop, took presidence over sales to customers and service.
I found Target employees to be really nice people, fun, who wanted to help customers, but were blocked by less than customer centric activities they are required to perform. Management is up in a tower, having secret meetings about who is doing what, making big plans for the next days push.
Well it is over and I have to say I will miss many people there. I only work winters, so I will find something else to do. Peace to All.
The training was minimal, watched one video, took a few general knowledge tests, no problems. I was out on the hardlines floor the first day, had a ball. I love helping people and I found the pace fun. I then worked a day in toys, lots of crowds, cute kids, again very enjoyable. Next day on to seasonal and I have spent most of my time in that area for the past month and a half.
The store manager is very very young, I am over 50 and have worked for Fortune 50 companies all my life. I like the store manager, seems like a cool dude. I am not up on the structure at Target, but there were two LOD's who seemed to be the top dogs and actually ran the place. The loss prevention guy seemed to think he was cock of the roost too, and the HR people were part of the inner circle.
Things went down hill the second week when the lead LOD started calling on the radio to see if I would return his call. This continued over a two week period, he had nothing to say he just wanted to know my location or what I was doing. Then of course one time my radio was switched to channel 2 (probably by leaning on a shelf) and this LOD gets in my face about missing a service call. My bad, but not intentional. A few days later, the LOD for seasonal shows up one night, I never met the guy before though I have been there 2 weeks. He doesn't introduce himself, cuts off my conversation with a guest and starts barking orders at me. I continued with the guest and he interrupted that we didn't carry what the guest wanted. I calmly walked over to the guest and showed them two choices of the item this LOD moron said we didn't carry (in his department).
The security manager. Young guy, claims to know kung fu or some sh^t, was almost a cop in our city, oh and when the hottie college girls are in the break room he is a UFC fighter (checked with my detective relative - never heard of him). He is standing in my department and some kids come through riding the electric cart for disabled. This gang has been doing laps with different drivers for two hours. I remark that the "idiodic" behavior has been going on all morning. Mr Security launches into a lecture on guest relations for 15 minutes. A few nights later, four college age kids come into the back of the store, they proceed to break merchandise, scream obscenities, including performing oral sex back by the christmas trees. They are stoned out of their minds and I got to re-shop back there. I call the LOD after going halfway across the store and forget to use the code word for security. I just said he should have Mr. Security wander over there. My bad for not using code word, but no one is back there and a few customers left due to the show going on.
After the kids leave Mr. Ku-Fu starts to lecture me. He states that they heard the call to security (bald face lie - no radios over there) then he says the kids accuse him of be prejudice because they look different (tatoos?). Our HR lady is so far up the managers ass you can see her nose coming out this mouth. I take it all in stride.
Today I get the call to the office, letter thanking me for seasonal help, done in a week. No problem I don't have to work.
What is funny is that I work when I go to the store, I enjoy the physical labor (after jetting for 30 years). I listen to people farting on the radios, making zoo noises (my favorites). Guys in electronics tossing a football across the store. Not word from management about football in the aisles.
which I think is hysterical.
I was told that target was geared to younger crowd. It definitely is NOT focused on guests, the store I am in is run by two grocery store managers. The cans are all straight on the shelves at P-Fresh but customers looking for other merchandise might as well go over to Walmart.
The POG plan, facing, and reshop, took presidence over sales to customers and service.
I found Target employees to be really nice people, fun, who wanted to help customers, but were blocked by less than customer centric activities they are required to perform. Management is up in a tower, having secret meetings about who is doing what, making big plans for the next days push.
Well it is over and I have to say I will miss many people there. I only work winters, so I will find something else to do. Peace to All.