The LODs at my store make some of the techs zone in front of the pharmacy when they're slow lol
LOL.
I "get along" fine with most of the ETLs & TLs in my store & am well respected. I "won't be a Target employee" much longer because I will be a CVS employee, it has nothing to do with my attitude.
Thank you!
We are never "slow," so that wouldn't happen...
We haven't been able to call for backup for close to a year anyway, so it won't make a difference at my store....
Come to my store and try working in the pharmacy and you'll see why I have the attitude I have. We've been treated like the "red headed stepchildren" of the store the entire time I've worked there. We are RARELY included in ANY "store-wide" incentives, huddles, TL meetings, etc. They ask us to jump and we are supposed to ask "how high?" yet when we ask for something from them (supplies, change, etc.), we're treated like an inconvenience or flat out denied. So sorry if I sound like a bitch, but if they want my respect, they need to treat me with some as well. Respect is earned.
That's how I feel about my work center. Pharmacy gets recognized more than Starbucks does in my store. We are the legit red-headed step child of Target. We don't wear the team colors, represent a different brand but we are Target team members.
Starbucks is even included more at mine than we are. It's sad that the stores are so divided.
Preach.
I heard this in Oprah's voice.
The ONLY time we get one is if there are "extra" ones available. We used to have one for which we just switched the battery, but were told, "other areas need it more than you do," so we had to give it back. The same with a PDA....we usually just check In our orders manually because "other departments need them more than we do," so we aren't even ALLOWED to "check one out." I had to do a return the other day & checked one out & within (no exaggeration) 10 minutes, an ETL was at the pharmacy asking if we "really NEEDED the PDA." I did our return as fast as possible so the other department could have it. Even then, the ETL came over twice while I was DOING the return to ask for it! THEN, when I was done, I took it back to the cabinet to check it back in and there were THREE on the chargers! I took a walkie off the base & called the ETL to tell her we were done with it & she asked me to "find X TM & give it to him..." I responded that it was in the cabinet "along with the other PDAs if TM still needed it." Sorry, but I'm not about to chase down a TM when there are MULTIPLE PDAs available if they just take the time to walk to the damn office! It turned out the TM who "needed it" was actually on his meal anyway....AND already HAD one!
this is what I don't get....half of our cashiers will have one when they're scheduled AS cashiers for their ENTIRE shift, but we can't have one in pharmacy???
The other store I work at does as well. We are lucky if we get to use one to check in our orders. We used to have a walkie that we just changed out the battery, but that was taken away from us as well, because "other departments needed it more than we did." Now if we need something, we have to call the operator and have her call for someone on HER walkie...
Walkies cost a lot more than $12. More like $60. I know AP walkies are around $75.
I heard we will be getting CVS-issued PDAs, which will be linked somehow to THEIR system, but that could be wrong....I don't think they've exactly figured out those logistics yet...
