Archived Social Media Push?

[SiLENT]

Is your store or district pushing the use of social media to team members? Recently, an ETL created a FaceBook group and started adding team members and other ETLs. Also on Twitter, I noticed ETLs are posting pictures and retweeting others (Vibe related and such) from stores in the district and stuff.

 

[Bosch]

Not that I have seen and I would block any attempt.

 

[buliSBI]

Usually its a ploy for Execs to follow TMs who post negative social media comments or posts.

My sage advice...never friend a person at your work (Target or not) unless you really trust them or they are source of information.

I only friended one GSTL on social media during my Target days. It was only because I highly trusted them and they told me about all the Target forums.

 

[oath2order]

I'm friends with a GSA (we were friends before her promotion), and a TL on Facebook.

I also happen to know said TL is a member of this forum.

 

[commiecorvus]

I was reading an article about part of the new generation of training the 'modern' manager is to get them to master social media.
Can't find the link but the gist was that part of their duties as a manager was to push the companies goals and ideals through social media.
There was an entire section on how you should create a 'connected structure through social media' with your employees.
It was kind of creepy.

 

[Megaparsec]

Most of our ETLs have their accounts set to private

 

[consume]

You know, on a slightly different topic, I'm glad they got tired of forcing tms to get/show the cartwheel app to guests.. I told them no way in hell

 

[Barcode]

I think its not a terrible idea if executed properly. Making a private store Facebook Group wouldn't be horrendous, considering you could share information with each other (out of sight from Guests/Public), and you wouldn't have to friend everyone. Might be some worries about it constituting "working off the clock" though I'm sure.

Social Media in your store is only going to work as good as the store does. If you have a great team, should be no problem. If you have a problematic team, I would NOT friend anyone or get involved in Social Media....

 

[FoldingPro]

I've never seen any specific Facebook groups for my store, but everyone, TLs and TMs, have each other on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. I guess maybe we're just a really close store.

However, I have seen the Twitters of both the STL and ETLs, and they do tend to post a lot of store-related material.

 

[consume]

Its all working off the clock and spy-ery

 

[redeye58]

Sounds kinda freakish & creepy.......freepy!

 

[mrknownothing]

Isn't that what RED360 is for?

I'm friends with several TMs, TLs, and even my former STL on Facebook. But I rarely post about anything, let alone work.

 

[tarZHAYnotTarGET]

I'm not friends with any of my coworkers. Maybe when I leave this job, but not for the time being.

 

[SiLENT]

The common hashtag they're using on Twitter is #FriendlyIn2

 

[daninnj]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/friendlyin2

I think I'm about to throw up a red-and-khaki colored mess.

 

[daninnj]

...and not that I am suggesting anything... but this kind of campaign can be easily hijacked.

 

[redeye58]

Hmmm.
In the hashtag, I see "friend lyin' 2".
Subliminally speaking.

 

[balthrop]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/friendlyin2

I think I'm about the throw up a red-and-khaki colored mess.

This is frightening in so many ways. Down right bloody bone chilling creepy. I mean I know these folk have to drink the Kool-Aid but come on don't swim in the stuff.

 

[balthrop]

Hmmm.
In the hashtag, I see "friend lyin' 2".
Subliminally speaking.

right up there with "expect more pay less"

 

[commiecorvus]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/friendlyin2

I think I'm about the throw up a red-and-khaki colored mess.

This is exactly the kind of stuff they were talking about.
Creating a positive synergy by using using the thrust of social media to your advantage, not allowing others to overwhelm your message.
You do realize this is their way of dealing with groups like us don't you?

 

[Bosch]

Want to have some fun? Two words: burner account

 

[PugMuffin]

Friends with supervisors on social media? A Target Facebook group? Definitely sounds like something to steer clear of.

 

[Jill of All Trades]

Aw hell nope. I have a long-standing policy of not being FB friends with anyone I currently work with. That goes double for management.

 

[PinkZinnia]

I would not like that at all. My social life is my social life - Do not want the two to meet.

 

[PinkZinnia]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/friendlyin2

I think I'm about to throw up a red-and-khaki colored mess.

Oh yeah, do that and there will be no way to keep people off their phones while they are working. I can't stand it when cashiers are reading their texts when they have guests - if we did this, they wouldn't even try to hide the phones anymore.