Recent content by FlowTeamChick

Might depend on your state's labor laws. I've been with Target for 15+ years and violated twice in all that time, once when I was still just a seasonal TM. Had to sign an acknowledgement that I'd been reminded of the rules and promise to not do it again. Not sure if my state really does enforce...

TTOTM: Your gripe about how members of the cleaning crew chat on their phones while walking behind the floor cleaner (must be one of the most boring tasks ever) is duly noted. However, have you ever noticed how many TMs stand around chatting with each other, while on the clock, sometimes with...

Our bike wall has shrunk a lot - think there were maybe 4 hanging there a few days ago. Our bike builder is a long-time TM and has moved into doing other things, but I know he enjoyed the bikes. Although I won't miss seeing the occasional kid riding through the store on one. Didn't happen often...

For those of us who have worked only in stores, can you say a little about what all these positions do? (Well, I know what a trainer does. Not the others though.) If so many DC staff are being laid off, how are DCs going to function going forward?

I've worked in different situations with people who require accommodations, and those employees can do wonderful work if they're in positions to which they're well suited and properly trained. Huge problems arise, for everyone, when that doesn't happen. The person requiring accommodation is...

Interesting. My store is definitely sloppier than it used to be, but my friends who no longer shop there blame corporate's decision about DEI and kow-towing to the Orange Guy. If that doesn't change, it won't matter how neat and tidy things are.

Same at my store on the reason, but the "transparent" part isn't enforced at all. I've seen some without screw-on caps even. When bottled water is given out, that's usually just on the unload line when it's hot or at the check lanes during 4th quarter when it's super busy. I just bring my own...

It's unfortunate that Brad wasn't placed in a position more suited to his skills and given proper training. And it's unfortunate that you got caught up in the fallout from the lack of planning. Hope you find something better!

Didn't know about this, but my attitude about this subject is to not abuse the privilege. Can probably count on two hands the number of times I've used my discount for other than myself in 15+ years. And never for something expensive like a gaming console or a Dyson.

This. A gazillion times this.

I have seen this. Back when Seasonal at this time of year was the "stock up and save" thing with products like cleaning supplies and personal care items, there was a spot on a shelf for those quart-size spray bottles. The capacity was maybe 8, but the SFC was something like 700. Maybe if they...

This makes me nuts. I get it if the count is off by 1 or 2; it's usually because of the space the self-pusher takes. But the capacities are sometimes so ridiculously off that they must be just pulled out of the air. (Besides that, the math is sometimes just goofy; if a product has 2 or 3...

I wish. There have been some POGs with a large time frame that take a while, but nothing like what the zebra says. And others with a small time frame which, when I look at the POG details, I can tell will take longer.

Why?! There aren't already enough choices? Or are those sections no longer just deodorant and have others products in some shelves? Already, guests stand in front of those sections for a long time, either looking for what they've been using or trying to decide with so many choices.

Strikes me as odd also. I'm just a TM but have been through periods with no SD at my store. An SD from another store will work a day or two per week at my store and ETLs at my store pick up some extra duties with extra oversight from outside the store. As for oversight via cameras, thought that...