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Today I learned, from the SL, the reason my hours, as well as several other veteran Target co-workers' hours, have been slashed from 38+ to 12 and given to new hires is because when we put requests for time off we put conditions in our comments.
For example, the system won't let me submit a request without writing a comment first. I usually just put the truth: "There's a theater show I want to see that day." I didn't think much of it because I knew there's no guarantee it would be approved. My comment was seen as a demand instead of a request.
One lady whose hours had been cut was because she wrote in the comments she had her hotel to her honeymoon booked.
It was made clear to us that because of an influx of requests they will be hiring new people and giving them the hours because we've shown we aren't capable of being available for the company.
Zero missed days, zero call outs, zero late clock ins and about 12 requests off between a group of us within a year. It just doesn't make sense. Especially since there was a bunch of us not scheduled for Labor Day and would have gladly worked so those who requested off could work.
We were told to look up the definition of request since we obviously didn't know what it meant.
In short, I guess I'll starve to death on low hours because of a theater show.
I can see where the comment I wrote could be considered a demand. I wish I had written differently. I learned my mistake. But I still feel like this is a bad way to handle the situation. Workers who have been there for years are having hours slashed to nothing while new hires with no experience are given 38 to 40 hours consistently. The store stays an absolute mess.
Should I try to hang on through the low hours or just start refreshing my resume? Has anyone else encountered this problem before? I feel like it's such a bizarre situation.
For example, the system won't let me submit a request without writing a comment first. I usually just put the truth: "There's a theater show I want to see that day." I didn't think much of it because I knew there's no guarantee it would be approved. My comment was seen as a demand instead of a request.
One lady whose hours had been cut was because she wrote in the comments she had her hotel to her honeymoon booked.
It was made clear to us that because of an influx of requests they will be hiring new people and giving them the hours because we've shown we aren't capable of being available for the company.
Zero missed days, zero call outs, zero late clock ins and about 12 requests off between a group of us within a year. It just doesn't make sense. Especially since there was a bunch of us not scheduled for Labor Day and would have gladly worked so those who requested off could work.
We were told to look up the definition of request since we obviously didn't know what it meant.
In short, I guess I'll starve to death on low hours because of a theater show.
I can see where the comment I wrote could be considered a demand. I wish I had written differently. I learned my mistake. But I still feel like this is a bad way to handle the situation. Workers who have been there for years are having hours slashed to nothing while new hires with no experience are given 38 to 40 hours consistently. The store stays an absolute mess.
Should I try to hang on through the low hours or just start refreshing my resume? Has anyone else encountered this problem before? I feel like it's such a bizarre situation.
