Thank you guys. I know exactly what was going on now. We have a selected person that hands out the labels. One of their friends would take out the big orders in the stack and then they were giving me the rest of it, falling apart and stuck together. Everyday my name would be on the stack of labels that had been ran through and saved for me(the new and friendly guy).
The labels would all be 1, 2, 3 piece orders on multiple aisles and spaced out, making it extremely difficult to get my numbers.
After some labels came up missing my OM inquired about what happened and I couldnt explain it. Then, the label handler told on herself without even trying to...the OM wasn't concerned though and only jokingly told me not to do what they were doing.
I probably wont be at Target very long. They are groups and cliques already established and I dont stand a chance with these cutthroat and ruthless group people. I feel defeated, but ill fight through it a little while longer.
Sounds exactly like target. Funny like 5 people replied to you and none of them mentioned the obvious, that they all know goes on constantly. probably all "teachers pets" lol.
The instant I read your post I could have told you what was going on.
Yes, 9 times out of ten if the labels are "handed out" rather than chosen, it's a big favoritism scam. and 9 out of ten is being charitable, it's probably more 99/100.
I would say dont give up if you want the job though, try to learn the ropes of cherry picking, that way you can understand whats happening and fight it as best you can, do it yourself (you have to fight fire with fire, and (almost) EVERYBODY does it) explain it to superiors as to whats going on with your numbers, etc. It takes time. Also of course, work! If you A) work B) show up You should be able to keep the job, but it's not for everybody.
Edit: Also mind you I'm not advocating cherry picking (however you can) early on. Only do that once you learn the ropes. Learn to do things "the right way" first, or you will just get caught because you dont know what you are doing, and getting caught early on would be a disaster. Play it by the book to begin with.