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okusatsuComic80s90sLover;37102]December 17th of last year, and I got hired as a seasonal, temporary employee during the Holidays, the reason why I feel suspicious is because for most employers, when they are hired for a seasonal temporary job to help during the Holidays, they are usually not released, let go until the first or 2nd week of January, and the fact I got released on December 17th, which means I did not get to work on Christmas Eve either, i'm worried if that I was released, let go from Target on bad, negative terms, and Target has not been completely honest with me behind my release.
Because I remember one of the Managers, Supervisors, when he called me into the HR Office, me and him had 1 on 1 talk, just to let me know I was getting released, let go, he did not sound like he was angry or mad at me, he just told me it was all a Business Decision, to not take it personally, he even literally said I am leaving on great-terms, that I am more than welcome to reapply, and I even spoke to one of my other Bosses, I asked him if I could put Target down as a Reference on Job Applications and he said Yes.
I had perfect attendence at Target, I was never late once, was always on time, never called in sick, and i remember i only got 1 call request from them to take over someone's shift because they could not make it, and i gladly accepted it and worked that day, and I had a full availibilty schedule, available 24/7 and I still do, but since it was a Seasonal Temporary job it was quite pretty obvious that I worked less than 24 hours a week.
However, eventhough Target said I was more than welcome to reapply, i have reapplied at Target since my Target job ended on December 17th last year, and have been unemployed since then, but I have not gotten any new interview at the Target location I used to work at, but I did get 2 Target Interviews this year at different Target locations each time, and both times, Target took initiative to call me first, as in they called me first after i submitted the application to schedule an interview with me, so i got the impression that if they called me first, they must have been interested.
The 2 Target interviews i've had since i lost my Target job, 1 was in February of this year, and 1 last month in May, did not get hired each time.
The reason why it is very dissapointing for me is because I do not have much job experience for someone my age, very little work experience, and I have been applying at other places since Target released me, i've been applying for entry-level service jobs like Target, and other retail places, fast-food places, customer-service places, minimum-wage paying jobs, etc.
Since January of this year I've had 10 job interviews including those 2 Target interviews, and most recently last week I had 2 interviews, 1 at Walgreens, and 1 at a Movie Theater, but still no luck getting hired yet.
It's frustrating because it is an infamous Catch-22 regarding job experience, you need experience to get a job but you can't get experience if nobody will hire you, not give you a chance, because in life, literally nobody is born with experience, and even places like McDonald's, Grocery stores, you know, menial, part-time, minimum-wage paying entry-level jobs expect or want experience too nowadays.
People have even said to me and they have really frustrated, pissed me off by saying this to me "don't think that calling them would do any good.
Maybe it's just time to realize that working at Target is not meant for you and start applying at other places. Target is not required to give you a job or provide you with any reason why you've been let go"
Yes I obviously know that Target is not required to give me a job, but the part about giving me a reason as to why I was let go, the reason why I want to know is so I can improve my situation, learn from my mistakes, i want to know what i did specifically wrong in the past so i will not make the same mistake again in the future, i want to know if i was a bad employee when i was at Target, why can't the bosses, managers, supervisors give honest feedback when asked? or never remind the employees?
This is what someone else said "It's very fishy that a seasonal employee was let go before the Christmas rush was over. Seasonal employees are hired strictly for the black Friday and Christmas shopping rushes. Only a few of our seasonal employees weren't kept on and they were let go the second week of January. There might be more behind your release than you think and I would check before including that job on your application/resume. The short time frame can also be a red flag for employers."
Something else people have said to me is that maybe Target overhired at my location where i worked and thats why i was released early, and some people have told me that if Target says I am more than welcome to reapply, and use them as a reference, then there is nothing to worry about, but since i don't have much job experience, it's very hard for me to get a job when applying somewhere else too, so, what do you any of you have to say about this?
Has Target not been honest with me? What could be the actual cause behind my early released and being unable to get rehired? if they were eager to get rid of me why didn't they just fire me instead? Because it's not just Target, i'm struggling to get hired at other places too.[/QUOTE]
You know the same thing happened to meer this year with target i was hired about the middle of November went threw 4 interviews and their computer test the drug test back ground check all that crap.well they finally gave me the job working way early in the mornings unloading the trucks making a dollar more then the ppl on the floor. They scheduled me 3 to 4 days a week. I had about 30 hours well before i even started my first day i was told they needed me to cashier at night instead so i did but was only getting about 14 hrs a week while all the other temps
Were getting about 30 hrs each week well each week i got less and less hours. Then on about the 12th of Dec after i signed up to work xmas eve i came in on a Saturday that i was scheduled to work and I couldn't clock in my number was no longer in the time clock the manager that was there had no Idea what was wrong and told me i was on a register that night so i went up opened my lane and then couldn't login to my register so they had me go work on the floor and he'd would let sOme one know to fix my stuff. About two days later i went in and did some shopping and my discount no longer worked and once Again the manager had no idea what was wrong and used his number to gives me the discount the next day I called hr to see what the deal was and they told me they had cut hours and let all the seasonal ppl go which was bull cuz I know 5 of them that are still there now on the 20th and getting tons of hours. I said so what you just delete my number and don't even tell me our give me any notice and she says we tried to call you several times and mailed you a letter which both was BS the only calls i got was for me to cover a shift and i never got any thing in the mail. To me it just all seams like crap idk if they just didn't like me after they got to know me a little or what the deal was but that was my experience with them.
