Archived Sr TL Hardlines struggling

[dek067]

i think my etl team is spoiled. theyve had a great team for so long, they dont realize what a struggle is. theyve got it easy. the tl take the brunt of the work, and the long time tm know and run the teams as well as the tl. they schedule the srtl so they cover 99.9% of the lod shifts. i can't tell you the last time i saw an etl doing lod duties.
friday we set 11 aisles and a back wall. with 18 vehicles and 7 pallets of push, plus the pulls. and my stl just gripes because he took it upon himself to clear a random aisle that sets next week and i told him we'd have to stay over to get it done. then he gripes about TWT planning. im like WHAT? i can't plan because you change your mind 859 times in two days. i dont think he realizes that when he does that, the entire plan has to be deleted and rekeyed. and heaven forbid they actually walk with ME or MY TEAM and ask what is going on and see the work we did. all they do is pick it apart. (what---you cleared, set, pulled, pushed, researched, multilocs, ppa, and priced all the clearance in the br and worked it to the floor? we gave you (insert random flow tm with 2 wks of experience). why didn't you get miniseasonal set too?). ok. sorry for the rant. very glad the workload is dropping off the next couple of weeks. i need a brain break.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I need your team, dek.

 

[SrLOGtL]

Man, it's been a while since I've been around, but not much has changed. As a HL SrTL, you are 100% set up for failure. There is no way to get 100 sales planners done, do 3 LOD shifts, and drive BS like AAR.

When I left my ULV store about 10 months ago, we were running on less than 1800 hrs/wk for a 20M/yr store. It was insane. Unless you have an ETL team that is willing to do a ton of sales planners, you're screwed, because almost every TM in the building is performing a necessary function already or they wouldn't be scheduled.

I'll share a bit of personal info in hopes it helps some of my old friends on here.

I left and went to Lowes. When I was a SrTL in north east Kansas I was making $17.88/hr to kill myself with stress cramming 60 hrs of work into 40 with no support. My leadership team changed overnight around me, and I was no longer in the "club". In 3 months I went from Hi-Po to bottom 10%.

I went to Lowes as a Department Manager for a 20 cent pay cut. It's the best thing I ever did. The leadership and execution skills I learned from Walmart, and the tools and terminology I took from target had me WAY ahead of other DMs there. I soon promoted to an Assistant Store Manager. The starting salary with my experience was more than 12K over what a ETL starts at plus up to 30% yearly bonus. We promote from within here and do not have a degree requirement for any position outside of corporate. It's been an amazing 10 months.

The workload is much more manageable. We are a $25M/yr store and we staff about 3,800 hrs/wk. DMs actually have full time and part time associates that report to them, and I have DMs and Sales specialists that report to me. We have recently adopted many target-like development tools, but we are taking the good stuff, and skipping the crap that just got pencil whipped like business walks.

I have met a TON of ex-target folks here including my market director, former store manager, and others at all levels. If you're looking for a place where you can take the best from target, and skip the BS, check out Lowes. I love it. If anyone has any questions or wants more info, let me know. There's more out there than just Target guys!

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Thanks for the update, sr!

 

[dek067]

Man, it's been a while since I've been around, but not much has changed. As a HL SrTL, you are 100% set up for failure. There is no way to get 100 sales planners done, do 3 LOD shifts, and drive BS like AAR.

When I left my ULV store about 10 months ago, we were running on less than 1800 hrs/wk for a 20M/yr store. It was insane. Unless you have an ETL team that is willing to do a ton of sales planners, you're screwed, because almost every TM in the building is performing a necessary function already or they wouldn't be scheduled.

I'll share a bit of personal info in hopes it helps some of my old friends on here.

I left and went to Lowes. When I was a SrTL in north east Kansas I was making $17.88/hr to kill myself with stress cramming 60 hrs of work into 40 with no support. My leadership team changed overnight around me, and I was no longer in the "club". In 3 months I went from Hi-Po to bottom 10%.

I went to Lowes as a Department Manager for a 20 cent pay cut. It's the best thing I ever did. The leadership and execution skills I learned from Walmart, and the tools and terminology I took from target had me WAY ahead of other DMs there. I soon promoted to an Assistant Store Manager. The starting salary with my experience was more than 12K over what a ETL starts at plus up to 30% yearly bonus. We promote from within here and do not have a degree requirement for any position outside of corporate. It's been an amazing 10 months.

The workload is much more manageable. We are a $25M/yr store and we staff about 3,800 hrs/wk. DMs actually have full time and part time associates that report to them, and I have DMs and Sales specialists that report to me. We have recently adopted many target-like development tools, but we are taking the good stuff, and skipping the crap that just got pencil whipped like business walks.

I have met a TON of ex-target folks here including my market director, former store manager, and others at all levels. If you're looking for a place where you can take the best from target, and skip the BS, check out Lowes. I love it. If anyone has any questions or wants more info, let me know. There's more out there than just Target guys!

SR--how do your daily tasks compare to what you did at target? what about for someone not familiar with lowes? would the transition be difficult as far as product knowledge?

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Man, it's been a while since I've been around, but not much has changed. As a HL SrTL, you are 100% set up for failure. There is no way to get 100 sales planners done, do 3 LOD shifts, and drive BS like AAR.

When I left my ULV store about 10 months ago, we were running on less than 1800 hrs/wk for a 20M/yr store. It was insane. Unless you have an ETL team that is willing to do a ton of sales planners, you're screwed, because almost every TM in the building is performing a necessary function already or they wouldn't be scheduled.

I'll share a bit of personal info in hopes it helps some of my old friends on here.

I left and went to Lowes. When I was a SrTL in north east Kansas I was making $17.88/hr to kill myself with stress cramming 60 hrs of work into 40 with no support. My leadership team changed overnight around me, and I was no longer in the "club". In 3 months I went from Hi-Po to bottom 10%.

I went to Lowes as a Department Manager for a 20 cent pay cut. It's the best thing I ever did. The leadership and execution skills I learned from Walmart, and the tools and terminology I took from target had me WAY ahead of other DMs there. I soon promoted to an Assistant Store Manager. The starting salary with my experience was more than 12K over what a ETL starts at plus up to 30% yearly bonus. We promote from within here and do not have a degree requirement for any position outside of corporate. It's been an amazing 10 months.

The workload is much more manageable. We are a $25M/yr store and we staff about 3,800 hrs/wk. DMs actually have full time and part time associates that report to them, and I have DMs and Sales specialists that report to me. We have recently adopted many target-like development tools, but we are taking the good stuff, and skipping the crap that just got pencil whipped like business walks.

I have met a TON of ex-target folks here including my market director, former store manager, and others at all levels. If you're looking for a place where you can take the best from target, and skip the BS, check out Lowes. I love it. If anyone has any questions or wants more info, let me know. There's more out there than just Target guys!

SR--how do your daily tasks compare to what you did at target? what about for someone not familiar with lowes? would the transition be difficult as far as product knowledge?

Pm him.

 

[slinesslave1]

im a tm and they have team of people who come in weekly and set endcaps for hardlines. softlines has there own brand tm who sets all the sales planners