Recent content by jackandcat

Does that mean guests could apply for the Debit Circle Card in-store without giving us a paper check? I haven't seen or heard anything serious about this. I wish guests could apply for the Reloadable Circle Card in-store. While the Circle Credit Card and Circle Debit Card are issued/managed by...

Very true indeed.

Mandatory OT isn't a thing for grade 35 store TMs, though at times it may be for grade 45 store TLs. For ETLs, of course, there's no such thing as OT as they are classified as exempt employees. I can see why it's extremely irritating to have last-minute schedule changes. Your life includes...

Sometime around the beginning of 2025, I noticed that sales at checkout of Stanley stainless mugs/tumblers dramatically decreased. What once had been a HUUUUGGGGGE seller apparently no longer is the must-have glamour status symbol. Apparently the infatuation bubble burst against the Stanley...

When an organization describes management and policy changes with verbage such as "transformation", "reform" and "modernization", one can be hopeful and optimistic but also skeptical. How many times throughout human history are we reminded of two truths 1) The Law of Unintended Consequences 2)...

Target is a company. They are in a dog-eat-dog competitive business. Unfortunately, they are sacrificing the fundamentals which made Target so brilliantly successful for quite a few years. IMHO, those fundamentals include: 1) Quick checkout with a real human being who helps create a...

Excellent insights.

Does anybody in your store go around late Saturday or early Sunday and actually pull down the expired promotional sales signs from the prior week? This seems to be getting worse at our store, and causes some embarrassing moments at the checkout lanes where a guest claims they should have gotten...

The new app has serious problems. One of the worst is when a pending Drive Up is being prepped, one TM preps the regular merchandise bags and scans them into the appropriate tier while you gotta wait until the guest shows up to prep the Cooler and Freezer items. Often the TM who started the prep...

Methinks that "friend" needs to get off his butt and return those walkies back to Target ASAP. Just bring them to the Service Desk and give them to the Team Lead, apologize, and in all likelihood the store will truly appreciate returning those walkies. If the "friend" doesn't have the integrity...

Welcome to Target! One thing you will learn from here, and from other sites like the Target Reddit, is the acronym ASANTS -- All Stores Are Not The Same. During your first 90 days, listen carefully to your immediate Team Leader (Target's name for a supervisor) and Executive Team Leader...

I am grateful for many things about Commie's participation here. He will be missed. It's been awhile since I came in here, and recall seasonaldude and Tessa120 quite fondly.

Selecting "print gift receipt" generates a bar code for the entire transaction. Individual items are not listed. The print receipt is interchangeable for anything in that transaction. FYI as for Target gift cards, there is a separate "Inquiry" app for checking a gift card balance and if desired...

Speaking of which, for three weeks now I've received Training reminders on this, to make the "Fulfillment in Action Self Acknowledgement 2025 for Service and Engagement". Our TLs, ETLs and HR ETL are all trying to figure out when the actual FIA training is to take place. Payroll hours have...

Sadly, this seems like the best answer. Once you start allowing TLs to let TMs take home stuff that's deemed "salvage", "ESIM" or "toss", it's a slippery downhill slope where this becomes commonplace. It also becomes easier to justify other violations of company policies and standards. That's...