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Have you asked your doctor for their medical opinion? Also, I wonder if wearing a back brace would help? (I know nothing about your diagnoses, so the brace idea is totally off the cuff. Could be exactly the wrong thing - which is why I think talking to your doctor is best.)

Same at my store. We used to be more stable than most, considering how high turnover is in retail. Not this year. It's not all because of an awful SD either. We had a couple guys on unload who couldn't be bothered to show up on time, which is kind of a problem when there's a truck to unload.

Exactly. Walkie chatter at my store is awful, depending on the ETL and TL staffing for the day. Yesterday was stupid. It's really kind of embarrassing, knowing that guests can hear it too. We don't have the time management stuff going on, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Used to be able to get away with this, but now TLs will name missing TMs over the walkie. They're such a stupid waste of time. There are a few of us who hang on the outside edges and bolt as soon as we can.

The story I've heard is that the SD is saying a former TL has told lies about him. Nothing to do with his micro-managing or his slimy way of interacting with TMs. (It's nothing *inappropriate* - more like the kind of thing where he probably thinks TMs are laughing with him when they're really...

I'm no expert on these things, but really, who thought that was a good idea? What a waste.

The funny thing about this is that our current SD is always saying "thank you" over the walkie for the most minor things. He's taking what should be a good thing and doing two bad things with it, imo. One is making "thank you" into something cheap because it's handed out for practically...

My store had a good run of SDs, although there was an interim one when our SD was on medical leave for a few months who wasn't so great. She wasn't awful though. Our current one is driving TMs away in droves.

I used to bust my buns and where did it get me? Absolutely nowhere. I don't slack or stand around chatting with other TMs like some do, but I'm done with going the extra mile.

Depends. Given that your HR ETL is also awful, they might make it hard for you. Do you know anyone at another store in your area? Might be worth it to reach out to them and get the lay of the land there. Or check "career opportunities" or whatever it is on Target's web site and see what...

Not sure we get enough to make it worth sorting by valley? (We're not a high-volume store.) I do get a pile of repacks, more for OTC than Pers Care, and maybe it makes a difference how a store's aisles are situated, but I don't know that this would help. A repack will hold items for aisles that...

Anyone know if corporate lurks on here, reads all this grousing about a new system? Maybe we can hope this guided POG thing will just die a quiet death and we can go back to what it was before?

That's really kind of insulting to anyone who's set more than a handful of POGs. It's definitely not faster, making me click through all those steps, not letting me pull a batch first so I have the new product while I'm setting. Not sure if it's any smarter either.

This, so much this. We got a new one a few months ago and it's not going well. Lots of TMs quitting, some, including myself, requesting transfer. Although we may have been spoiled by having a run of good SDs who did such a good job that they got promoted to bigger stores. One of them is at the...

Pretty much exactly what I said when I protested being forced to use best practice. Am I producing bad results? Or am I getting things done accurately and quickly? While I'd never say my way is the only way, I've been doing this for a while and have refined my process over the years. This way...