Third times the charm?

[Nauzhror]

Previously worked at Target from 2013-2016, and then again 2019-2024. Both times at the same store. Just got rehired at a different location. ETL who offered me the position said they'd try to get me as close to 40 hours as possible, even if it meant scheduling me in multiple departments. Curious to see how well that actually pans out with starting at a new store around the time of year most stores just let their seasonals go.

Pay's significantly worse than my previous position - but I enjoyed the workplace culture at Target much more than the other places I worked in between.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

welcome back...things are changing again...

 

[Nauzhror]

welcome back...things are changing again...

I figured new CEO would likely mean some changes, but probably not "that many" since he's not actually new to the company.

 

[Zxy123456]

Good luck getting close to 40 hours. Hours get slashed in all departments this time of year. I went from 40 to 33. I work drive up.

 

[Nauzhror]

Good luck getting close to 40 hours. Hours get slashed in all departments this time of year. I went from 40 to 33. I work drive up.

At my old store I worked 2:00-10:30 every day except Tuesday and Saturday, year round. Then would pick up extra hours 4th quarter whenever OT was available.

I imagine I won't immediately get that here, but hoping being trained in the front end, on the salesfloor, in fulfillment, and in Inbound, that between all of them the hours will be available.

 

[animalcrossing]

Welcome back! 2025 was an interesting year at Target. Who knows what 2026 has in store, considering all the new initiatives they have to wade off retail death- I mean, improve the store experience for guests and TMs 😀 /s

 

[Black Sheep 214]

Welcome back!

 

[Him]

Welcome to the Breakroom @Nauzhror

 

[Nauzhror]

Store sent me a 6 day training schedule via email before even attending orientation. First two shifts say they are "Store Basics" - and all 6 shifts have a specific trainer to partner with listed. Is this a common thing at other stores? I don't need anywhere near this much training, but the fact that they'd organize this much for new hires threw me for a loop. My old store used to give people like 1-2 hours of training total and then throw them to the wolves. We certainly never gave people 2 shifts of "Store Basics" training, before they actually started working in the department they were hired for.

 

[MrT]

Store sent me a 6 day training schedule via email before even attending orientation. First two shifts say they are "Store Basics" - and all 6 shifts have a specific trainer to partner with listed. Is this a common thing at other stores? I don't need anywhere near this much training, but the fact that they'd organize this much for new hires threw me for a loop. My old store used to give people like 1-2 hours of training total and then throw them to the wolves. We certainly never gave people 2 shifts of "Store Basics" training, before they actually started working in the department they were hired for.

Yes everything is scheduled now. You get the person you are being trained by and even your computer training should be scheduled. You get the training whether you need it or not because the store gets the hours for it. If you go in and you dont really need training they might just send you out there, but you gotta do the computer part regardless

 

[Nauzhror]

Yes everything is scheduled now. You get the person you are being trained by and even your computer training should be scheduled. You get the training whether you need it or not because the store gets the hours for it. If you go in and you dont really need training they might just send you out there, but you gotta do the computer part regardless

Definitely seems like a good change. Don't think I need anywhere near this much training, but in general for a typical new hire, rather than a rehire, it seems way better than what we used to do. We'd usually have a new cashier shadow someone for maybe a hour, then swap and have the person shadow them for another hour. Then they'd partner with someone for a hour or two on driveups, and that was it for their training, they'd never touch the salesfloor. Even our advocates with 5-10+ years experience typically couldn't pick a fulfillment batch, stow one, read a pick label, or pull an item from the backroom, etc.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Assume nothing. Take the hours on training

 

[Zxy123456]

Store sent me a 6 day training schedule via email before even attending orientation. First two shifts say they are "Store Basics" - and all 6 shifts have a specific trainer to partner with listed. Is this a common thing at other stores? I don't need anywhere near this much training, but the fact that they'd organize this much for new hires threw me for a loop. My old store used to give people like 1-2 hours of training total and then throw them to the wolves. We certainly never gave people 2 shifts of "Store Basics" training, before they actually started working in the department they were hired for.

That’s just on paper. Probably after day one of training you will be good to go. Day 2 you will be own your own.