What do you think will happen when we go to $15 an hour?

[Cynder]

Do you think it will be for better or worse?

I fear expectations will go up as hours will go down.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Less hours.

Archived - Base Over $15?

Anyone here live in an area (state, city) that has a $15 minimum? Is your stores base $15 or did Target go higher? In my state the minimum will soon be $15 and I asked HR if they would pay more than $15 at that time. They weren't sure. I can only imagine the flow of TMs out the door come first...

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[TheCartGuy]

Less hours/people scheduled.
Less work that get's done.
More chaos.
More stress.
Exclusively in that order.

 

[Planosss]

1. Great pay.
2. Superb training in retail +disaster mitigation.
3. Development of virtues like self reliance, patience, tolerance.
4. Super human strength
5. 100 % across all metrics
6. Smaller , accurate trucks
7. Invisible, evaporating packaging (no cardboard)
8. Guests who zone while they shop i.e no reshop

A typical shift for a TM would consist of :
*Admiring pristine aisles/backrooms
*chitchats with guests
*Reading product labels to better assist guests
*Walking the floor and admiring other work centers
*Fun sessions with TLs/ETLs
Edit:-😳

 

[seasonaldude]

Not much. Just more of the same old shit.

 

[SigningLady]

2. Superb training in retail +disaster mitigation.

Don't forget data entry! All those updates to sfc/sfq gotta count for something! 🤣

 

[Times Up]

Not much. Just more of the same old shit.

With fewer hours to accomplish that same old shit.

 

[Black Sheep 214]

Fewer hours, vanishing benefits (if there are any left), increased workload, less work actually getting done, higher expectations, lower productivity, less job satisfaction and smaller paychecks. All while leadership stands by drinking Starbucks and kool-aid, cracking the whip, putting people on paper to save themselves and watching the team struggle like Sisyphus with the same futility. Same💩, different day. On steroids.

 

[Captain Orca]

Off the clock super team building events (no exclusion, everyone invited) to be held at the nearest Ax Throwing bar. Free beer!

 

[buliSBI]

All Self Service lanes.
Starbucks Cafe will be a Starbucks machine.
Market will be sold to Publix or Whole Foods
Pets will be PetSmart
Softlines will be Kohls
Hardlines will be an Amazon storefront
Seasonal will be bulk pallets with One demo item

 

[happygoth]

Looking forward to the pay bump. I do what I can do in the time allotted, and that won't change regardless of pay. I'm not Superwoman.

 

[Captain Orca]

Unfortunately the 15 will result in hours reduced for TM's and the TL's are going to be pushed to the breaking point. Will that change anything for the ETL's? Probably not.

 

[Aredhel]

15 reduced? Really. Reducing 15 hours. Folks walk away from Target. Quickly.

 

[redeye58]

1. Great pay.
2. Superb training in retail +disaster mitigation.
3. Development of virtues like self reliance, patience, tolerance.
4. Super human strength
5. 100 % across all metrics
6. Smaller , accurate trucks
7. Invisible, evaporating packaging (no cardboard)
8. Guests who zone while they shop i.e no reshop

A typical shift for a TM would consist of :
*Admiring pristine aisles/backrooms
*chitchats with guests
*Reading product labels to better assist guests
*Walking the floor and admiring other work centers
*Fun sessions with TLs/ETLs
Edit:-😳

You forgot the sarcasm font.

 

[bikebryan]

15 reduced? Really. Reducing 15 hours. Folks walk away from Target. Quickly.

Although you sentiment is admired, Target could care less. For everyone that walks away, five people are in the wings waiting to come in. Target knows this.

 

[dcworker]

If you live near a distribution center transfer never have to worry about hours

 

[Captain Orca]

Point missed....yet again.....15 dollars...."the 15" ie. the $15 (to everyone) will result in an hours reduction.....read and process carefully.

 

[Ringwraith917]

Even fewer hours for TMs. When everyone is a Team Lead, no one is. How can you lead if you have no team? I guess it cuts back on how many coachings they have to do.
Further automation. More self checkouts, fewer transitions? Eliminate everything not owned-brand.

 

[Black Sheep 214]

ASANTS, but HR at my store would be doing handstands if they had five people waiting to jump in and replace anyone who quits. Or if the replacements would stay more than a week after their training ends...

 

[FlowTeamChick]

7. Invisible, evaporating packaging (no cardboard)
8. Guests who zone while they shop i.e no reshop

This whole post is great, but especially these 2 points.

 

[can't touch this]

I'll feel especially bad for anyone who's at a store within driving radius of Minneapolis

 

[SigningLady]

I'll feel especially bad for anyone who's at a store within driving radius of Minneapolis

Gee, thanks, good to know someone will sympathize! 🤣

 

[Dead and Khaki]

I'll be watching the skies for pigs.

 

[RedcardReba]

Same probably, with less flexibility on hours to schedule. My guess is the real rub will show up with call outs, and no one is called in to replace.

 

[Poofresh]

I had this thought that target is already downsizing target with these mini targets just to have less than 20 employees so they can have them at a rate of $12/hr