Archived Work Center Woes

[Doglover89]

I know I've posted about this before but the situation has changed some. I've been at my store a year now and can't afford to simply quit without getting another job to move onto first, but I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to leave. Basically: was a cashier, got cross-trained for sales floor, worked exclusively there for weeks then was thrown back on a register, fast forward a few months and people had to leave to go back to school and whatnot, so back to the sales floor I went. I was working a day job at the time and decided to give it up. Went to ETL-HR, asked if I can work at Spot full time (tms at my store get 35 hours+ if they are available/want it), can I stay on the salesfloor, said yes absolutely, and that was back in August. Had one cashier shift in early Sept, ok no big deal right? Well, I got my BF week schedule and I have three eight-hour cashier shifts. Spoke to ETL-SF and hrtm asking what is going on?
I want to call one work center home. No one else in my store works in one place exclusively for months and then gets tossed aside as soon as new hires are brought in. Also, I feel like my TL treats me differently because I'm not really part of her team. Hrtm said she needed me to cashier just to help out for a few days (which she could've, you know, told me), and etl-sf told her to keep me on the floor from here on out. I thought everything was good now, but the etl-ge is threatening to keep on the front end. I told him about my conversation with the etl-sf and he said he doesnt care because the hrtm didnt key me in as salesfloor. I had one of the three eight-hour cashier shifts yesterday and came to the conclusion that I physically cannot cashier anymore. It is brutal on my neck, back, and feet. Obviously I have to back-up cashier and wouldn't mind picking up a shift up there every so often but I don't want to cashier full-time. I don't know what to do besides quit and I can't do it right away.

 

[PullMonkey]

Pretty much everyone will cashier at some point during Black Friday, especially sales floor.

Unfortunately, being a part of SF still involves cashiering. Say you're one of a few and backup is needed. You have to be willing to respond.

 

[Doglover89]

I am willing to respond for back-up, even to work a cashier shift or two every so often. I just don't want to work exclusively as a cashier.

 

[buliSBI]

Pretty much everyone will cashier at some point during Black Friday, especially sales floor.

Unfortunately, being a part of SF still involves cashiering. Say you're one of a few and backup is needed. You have to be willing to respond.

I have seen whole Flow Teams being scheduled as cashiers in order to make the schedule work.

 

[Doglover89]

I'm not talking about BF week only. I understand that things are different for this week. This is an ongoing issue.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

You must get a lot of red cards. That's why they are keeping you.

 

[PassinTime]

You must get a lot of red cards. That's why they are keeping you.

I was just thinking along those lines. More specifically, that you should make sure to not get too many RedCards.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I was just thinking along those lines. More specifically, that you should make sure to not get too many RedCards.

When review time comes around, spot will judge this tm on it. Transactions vs red cards, very sad event. I have seen many times, stay off register when possible.

 

[Doglover89]

I was just thinking along those lines. More specifically, that you should make sure to not get too many RedCards.

I would say I'm an average cashier. I get a redcard or two once in a while but am far from a superstar. We've got some cashiers who consistently get five a shift. I'm not a salesperson; I ask and if the guest is not interested, I drop it. I avoid stores that harass customers about signing up for any type of card and figure that many Target guests already avoid us or if not they will soon.

The one reason I could see they like me as a cashier is because I am reliable (called out once in an entire year) and I am always polite to all guests (this is an issue with some of our cashiers). But overall, this is a personal issue my ETL-GE has with me. Still I don't get what's going on. If I am such a good employee, why not allow me to grow and spend time in other areas? This is a major issue I have with my store. Many people on this site discuss how your stores encourage cross-training but that is not the case with mine.