Archived Would you quit Target for a "better" job?

[Kompa]

I did that with my last job. I really do not recommend. I ended up without a job for three months. Hell, even 12 years of steady employment later I still get asked why I was unemployed for that three month period in interviews.

Maybe stop putting that on your application

 

[can't touch this]

NO you wouldnt. Ask yourself do want to do non E2E flow without any computers what so ever. No plastic pallets no U Boats and very few flats.

but the 80s tho

 

[MIRSlave]

Maybe stop putting that on your application

I generally omit it, but for a couple of places I've applied to it would potentially help me get a job. In fact, both places I've been given offers. But I declined them because both were part-time offers and Target was actually giving me descent hours still at that point.

 

[starfishncoffee]

I mean...I left after 10+ years with no job offer, so yes I would leave for a better job. I’m open to jobs that are a pay cut for better work-life balance.

I took a pay cut at my new job or better work/life balance.

 

[qmosqueen]

And this is why I’ll be a lifer at Target

 

[Flow Warrior]

Been applying lots of places because I currently get zero work life balance and am starting to get tasks put on my shoulders that I know are actually TL responsibilities without the promotion or the pay. Combining that with the abysmal staffing situation at my store and it’s no wonder I’m one of the only “Core Team Members” the store originally hired (you get trained, then train everyone else they hire after you) that’s still around. I’ll take a pay cut to have a decent work-life balance, steady hours, a predictable workload when I come in (like I’m on the schedule as hardlines, but end up doing unload, or softlines, or covering electronics call outs, or market call outs, etc.) and no more constantly moving goalposts for what we’re trying to achieve as a company.

We HAVE Goalposts? Ours vanished a long time ago

 

[can't touch this]

broke: 12 hours a week @ $12/hr
woke: 40 hours a week @ $12/hr
bespoke: 40 hours a week @ $40/hr

 

[Leo47]

broke: 12 hours a week @ $12/hr
woke: 40 hours a week @ $12/hr
bespoke: 40 hours a week @ $40/hr

I wouldn’t know to act if I made $40 an hour even on part-time 🤪 whew

 

[can't touch this]

I wouldn’t know to act if I made $40 an hour even on part-time 🤪 whew

REAL SHIT, I know a couple people who do make $40/hr and at their jobs, overtime is not only allowed but mandatory, whew

 

[Leo47]

REAL SHIT, I know a couple people who do make $40/hr and at their jobs, overtime is not only allowed but mandatory, whew

My dad makes $60 an hour and he works 8 hours a day mon-fri and then on Saturday he works 8 hours DOUBLE TIME so $120 an hour I literally can’t even fathom making that much he makes more in hour than I do in an entire shift sometimes

 

[Times Up]

My dad makes $60 an hour and he works 8 hours a day mon-fri and then on Saturday he works 8 hours DOUBLE TIME so $120 an hour I literally can’t even fathom making that much he makes more in hour than I do in an entire shift sometimes

Union worker?

 

[Leo47]

Union worker?

Yup

 

[NPC]

At this point, I think I'd quit Target for a worse job.

 

[Times Up]

Yup

That splains it. I'm married to one and love those sweet benefits! Bet you have awesome insurance too!

 

[Black Sheep 214]

At this point, I think I'd quit Target for a worse job.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

[Noiinteam]

I retired from a better job. I'm livin the dream now, lol

 

[Leo47]

That splains it. I'm married to one and love those sweet benefits! Bet you have awesome insurance too!

My mom is union as well so I have double insurance 🤪

 

[kalaindra]

Abso-freaking-lutely. Do it.

I cannot stress enough that Target is going in the opposite direction of what it was a touch over a decade ago. ... I put in a decade's time (and a little more) and left making the same as someone who was just hired (or less, in some cases). I put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into my store, my team and my department (pricing) all to see it go down the toilet. I left each day stressed and not feeling like myself. A lot of times, I brough work home with me - the stress, the drama, the lack of being able to make bills at times. ... I left to take a job making *triple* what I was making there - complete with benefits, retirement and OT if I want it. I can seriously, honestly say that I am far less stressed and far happier than I have been in 10 years.

While I'll always appreciate the fact that I had a job at a point when they were hard to come by, I will never look back to Target again. The experience was valuable, the years spent there showed dedication (if nothing else) and I learned a lot about myself.

 

[can't touch this]

ITT: people who don't work at T1040

 

[The lost Soul]

yup got offered a position at another company doing what I do now with a higher, way higher pay. put my two weeks in today. I love target but I also got bills, etc and the need to live which in involves money... it was fun while it lasted at spot.

 

[HRLady]

Yes, or even just leave in general! I used to love working at Target but things have gone downhill. When you get paid around the same as a newly hired TM to handle responsibilities that could be separated into multiple roles at another company while being scheduled only 20 hours in addition to getting s**t from management about not doing enough, you definitely reach the point where you just want to leave regardless of whether you find a better job yet.

 

[can't touch this]

Yes, or even just leave in general! I used to love working at Target but things have gone downhill. When you get paid around the same as a newly hired TM to handle responsibilities that could be separated into multiple roles at another company while being scheduled only 20 hours in addition to getting s**t from management about not doing enough, you definitely reach the point where you just want to leave regardless of whether you find a better job yet.

broke: quitting your HR job
woke: keying yourself in at a higher paygrade
bespoke: hiring yourself at multiple stores and drawing pay from all of them at once

 

[Yetive]

Yes, or even just leave in general! I used to love working at Target but things have gone downhill. When you get paid around the same as a newly hired TM to handle responsibilities that could be separated into multiple roles at another company while being scheduled only 20 hours in addition to getting s**t from management about not doing enough, you definitely reach the point where you just want to leave regardless of whether you find a better job yet.

I think our HRTM gets almost 40 hours. She does ad prep too, but mostly HR. Are there 2 of you?

 

[HRLady]

broke: quitting your HR job
woke: keying yourself in at a higher paygrade
bespoke: hiring yourself at multiple stores and drawing pay from all of them at once

CTT, I have actually thought about the "woke" option but I won't have access to things necessary to do the job unless I am keyed as HRTM which is in the lowest pay grade.

I think our HRTM gets almost 40 hours. She does ad prep too, but mostly HR. Are there 2 of you?

Yes. My coworker is in the same situation as me though. There are not enough hours or people for our work center to realistically handle our big store workload.

 

[Amanda Cantwell]

CTT, I have actually thought about the "woke" option but I won't have access to things necessary to do the job unless I am keyed as HRTM which is in the lowest pay grade.



Yes. My coworker is in the same situation as me though. There are not enough hours or people for our work center to realistically handle our big store workload.

Can’t you also manually give yourself a raise? Of course not saying you should if you want to keep your job, but...