Archived So i got my yearly review the other day

[CartStryke]

I got an E as well. Noticed a few IEs on my review, but considering they stretch me (and the other cart attendants) so thin, is it any wonder I can't get everything done?

At least now I can get those people off my back that say I need a better paying job. As technically speaking, I do now.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Also capped. Gonna be fun sitting thru this yr's review without kvetching.

I am capped too.

 

[Ace944]

Was that a 3.5% raise for you? I'm curious if TL's get the same percentage raises for their overall scores (ex; EX=4.5%, E=3.5% ,ect) that regular TM's get. I would imagine the % would be higher for you guys since your scores are more difficult to obtain.

It was 3.5%

 

[scott17]

I have been with Target for 6 months, started at season. I got an I.E which was a .9% raise.

Im going to be making about $50 more a year with that LOL

I feel like i was going to get an I.E no matter what. I got an I.E on one box and they later complemented me on doing good in that area in the comments section.
Oh well

 

[FrontEndKnowItAll]

Yearly reviews came out at the new place I work at last week... Their scoring is much like Target only you get your weekly call stats emailed to you each week so you know exactly where you stand from week to week. From what I heard from the good workers there is that if your stats are good then you will get a 6-10% raise (around the E to EX range at target) That and it already sounds like I'm being slated for a promotion to a higher level technician spot that comes with 1.75 raise and then the rumored restructuring that they will be doing may get me an additional 1.25 on top of that, and then the incentive program that is supposed to roll out next month should be another 100-200 dollars a month.

The company I work for now just amazes me at how much they are willing to pay to keep people!! It seriously sounds like within a year I should be going from $12/hr to $16/hr.... the only thing that would make it better is if I didn't have to be there at 2:30 every morning!! But I still get every weekend off!

 

[redeye58]

For that kind of pay, I could become a morning person REAL quick.

 

[scott17]

Does anyone know if their target got an O for overall? My target got an E just wondering if it is even possible for a whole store to get an O

 

[Backtohardlines]

Have not gotten my review yet but as a former "specialist" I know I will never get a raise again for many years if at all.
Also, isn't it curious how some years you get a good review and other years a bad review, depending on what boss you had that year?

Haven't gotten my review yet but I curious to see what happens since I've had 3 different TL's since last review. Plus, my aligned TL... I hardly ever work with any more. Should be interesting.

 

[pellinore]

Isn't there a salary increase for TMs if the overall store score is green? Don't the ETLs get a bonus too?

If so, where do we look to find out if our store was green?
If I'm not able to access this info (which I doubt that I can since I'm just a regular TM) what will I ask a ETL so I can get the answer that I am looking for?

Doesn't the store being green score range with the numbers of 1 - 100? With the green being 89? I seem to recall that this is how the score numbers are calculated.

OK, I'm reading this question and it is a bit confusing....but I'm hoping that some one out there understands what it is that I am trying to ask.

 

[pellinore]

I got my review and was told to read it and ask any questions that I had......problem was I was given my review while up at GS (over in photo). How do ask any questions when you are in such a public place??

I did tell my HR about my review. I told her that at least one other TM got their review over in photo, too. She said that she'd remind the TLs that they need to be in a private area. She did ask me though if I had any questions about my review.

 

[Tiemypog]

It is not so much the reviews that bothers me, it is the way they do it. They call you into an office or such, give the review in 10 minutes, and you really have no time at all to think about it. And then you are asked if you want to write any comments.

The more I think about it, the more BS it is. They should give you a copy of your review, let you really, really read it, and then have the time to respond.

Other than that, it's just a "Hey this is how we feel about you, this is your raise, and sign this".

That's BS...

 

[filmer88]

I got my review yesterday. Got dinged with a few IE's, that were mostly with gtc's and CIHYFS. However, being in the back room we hardly have opportunities to do that,so I was expecting that. I got an overall E on my performance and a .32 raise (which was a step up from the .23 raise last year). So I have calculated it, and that puts about an extra $20-$25 on every paycheck than I would normally make. More money for my entertainment fund!

 

[LogisticsPeon]

Ive been slowly putting up GTC's on the bulletin board in BR for the past 3 months (up to about 14 by now) so they can't use that as excuse on mine. And if they DO, I'll have something to point at and tell them its BS.

 

[LogisticsPeon]

I got my review yesterday. Got dinged with a few IE's, that were mostly with gtc's and CIHYFS. However, being in the back room we hardly have opportunities to do that,so I was expecting that. I got an overall E on my performance and a .32 raise (which was a step up from the .23 raise last year). So I have calculated it, and that puts about an extra $20-$25 on every paycheck than I would normally make. More money for my entertainment fund!

What percentage was that?

 

[filmer88]

I believe its in the 6-10% range

 

[tgtgrl4life]

I received an O this year (same as last year) and have never had as low of an increase as i did. When I calculated it, it came to a little more than 2%, and I know that I'm not even close to the cap yet. I definitely know that the store didn't do well with the AE scores, so I'm sure they gave money to those they felt were more deserving and gave less to those of us who they figured would suck it up and take it. Either that, or they are just plain idiots.

 

[redeye58]

Plain idiots is what I'd bet my (measly) paycheck on....

 

[band_rules16]

I'm curious - do you have to be in the same workcenter as your TL to get your review? I work in about four different workcenters (photo, FR, backroom, etc.) and I wouldn't be in the same workcenter as the GSTL until next week or the week after. Not surprising, since I'm one of the last TMs to get their review.

Highest raise I've heard about at my store was 70 cents. Last year, I got 6 cents. I'm expecting 4.

 

[Backtohardlines]

Ive been slowly putting up GTC's on the bulletin board in BR for the past 3 months (up to about 14 by now) so they can't use that as excuse on mine. And if they DO, I'll have something to point at and tell them its BS.

The drawback on this is that they will call you out that it's not consistent, you haven't been doing it through the whole year.
My issue with GTC's is how can you give or get them when most days you rarely run into anyone? 4th quarter, tm's were tripping over each other because we had so much coverage, hours got cut and during the day... there's usually me, til noon ish, a tm in electronics, a sl and fitting room. How am I supposed to do 5 gtc's in a shift when if I'm lucky I'll see one other person on the SF and maybe 1 or 2 people in the backroom depending on my workload.

 

[lovecats]

I was told at my review that I should be writing GTCs. This is the first year that it's even been mentioned to me. I'm mostly a cashier with some SF. The TL who gave me my review said she has a problem with it too and agreed with me that it's just easier to just thank someone then write the stupid cards.

 

[greydot]

i by far write the most GTCs at my store and I only got an EX on the GTC category on my review. Its ridiculous. They said in order to get an outstanding that I would have to start holding the rest of the team accountable to write GTCs. What? Whenever I thank anyone at the huddle or during the day I always write it down. So much so that now the rest of the team has started to because it was 'making them look bad'. But no - still not an Outstanding on GTCs? Give me a freaking break. SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME.

 

[ISIS639]

i by far write the most GTCs at my store and I only got an EX on the GTC category on my review. Its ridiculous. They said in order to get an outstanding that I would have to start holding the rest of the team accountable to write GTCs. What? Whenever I thank anyone at the huddle or during the day I always write it down. So much so that now the rest of the team has started to because it was 'making them look bad'. But no - still not an Outstanding on GTCs? Give me a freaking break. SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME.

I know it is frustrating, but try not to worry about it. You were assigned a score (and in turn, a raise) before your team leader ever wrote your review. It wasn't changed in any way shape or form based off of the scores you get in each category. That doesn't mean that those scores don't matter. They reflect what your TL thinks you could work on to take you to the next level. Try bringing a couple GTC to huddle to hand out. Challenge your team to beat you on GTC writing for the week. Just b/c your awesome at something doesn't mean you can't be better.

 

[redeye58]

GTCs are a catch-22: they're supposed to recognize a job well done but, with the emphasis on quantity, they've become worthless & insincere.

 

[naterstx]

i by far write the most GTCs at my store and I only got an EX on the GTC category on my review. Its ridiculous. They said in order to get an outstanding that I would have to start holding the rest of the team accountable to write GTCs. What? Whenever I thank anyone at the huddle or during the day I always write it down. So much so that now the rest of the team has started to because it was 'making them look bad'. But no - still not an Outstanding on GTCs? Give me a freaking break. SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME.

Your TL had no choice in the matter. While we can put up a fuss if we think a review score is too low, and I personally got one changed (EX to O), the check boxes are supposed to "even out" with the overall score. You can't give someone with an E (overall) a bunch of EXs/Os in the checkboxes, it's lame, but it's reality. I can guarantee you that your TL doesn't like it any more than you, heck some of your ETLs probably think its BS (one of mine said, and I quote, "It's the dumbest system I could possibly imagine"), but they can't control it.

Take it all with a grain of salt and look at the things you got below E on, fix those things, and you'll probably get a higher review score next year.

 

[greydot]

Your TL had no choice in the matter. While we can put up a fuss if we think a review score is too low, and I personally got one changed (EX to O), the check boxes are supposed to "even out" with the overall score. You can't give someone with an E (overall) a bunch of EXs/Os in the checkboxes, it's lame, but it's reality. I can guarantee you that your TL doesn't like it any more than you, heck some of your ETLs probably think its BS (one of mine said, and I quote, "It's the dumbest system I could possibly imagine"), but they can't control it.

Take it all with a grain of salt and look at the things you got below E on, fix those things, and you'll probably get a higher review score next year.

I know they had no choice in the matter but its like - you play the game on all the little things to tidy everything up so that you can have a great review sewn up and still nothing. It's complete bullshht. Like - I completely realize that those checkboxes mean next to nothing and are intentionally vague so that they can mean anything you want them to mean. I bent over backwards and worked my a$s off this past year and everyone in that store knows it and its complete BS. I got nothing below E on my review. There would literally be no way they could rate me IE in anything. I go above and beyond in my role and in many many others that it would be impossible to do so. I spent well over an hour in the HR and STL office going over this and they tried to make it seem like their hands were tied (the ETL who wrote my review is no longer with the company and was a notorious low performer). I know that they just don't want to because they don't want anyone else to think they can get their reviews changed whether it was fair or not. HR even said "even if i change those boxes all around its not going to change the score" like its such bs. SUCH bs. I am so LIVID with the system. No way am I waiting around until next year. I am so out of here. It just goes to show I've completely wasted all my time and energy with this company.

oh, also my team said that they personally would have rated me higher but since they're new they don't have the stones or the know-how to stick up for their team members.