MEGATHREAD 2018-2019 Store Modernization Megathread

[glo]

Wouldnt crushing the baker be bloody?

Not if you’re careful.

 

[REDcardJJ]

Wouldnt crushing the baker be bloody?

there's a reason that cake decorator is a skill...

 

[Flow Warrior]

Not if you’re careful.

Touché.

 

[TTGOz]

Is there a list of test stores? I didn't hear anything about it at my store today, guess we'll see over the weekend.

 

[theissueoftissue]

Is there a list of test stores? I didn't hear anything about it at my store today, guess we'll see over the weekend.

There is apparently but nobody wants to be a hero and post it

 

[can't touch this]

gotta say that out of all the title changes, replacing the cashier title with "Engagement Advocate" is probably the most Orwellian corporate term I've ever seen. On one hand it's funny but at the same time irritating. It manages to be both pretentious and incoherent. Stellar job.

Apropos of nothing, one of the vidyagames I play has randomly generated weapons that have different names and prefixes depending on manufacturer, etc. One of them has a gimmick of naming their weapons with corporate buzzwords, so you can find a gun called "Customer Focused Thinking" and "Restructuring Vision" and "Redundant Outlay" and so on. Every time I read one of these internal memos loaded down with corp-speak it reminds of this shit and it cracks me up.

I mean, might as well go all-out and start using "triplicate void generator" for 3-hole punch and "alphanumeric manual input interface" for keyboard. Own your memery.

 

[TargetIn2018]

R100
G190 - D138
G192 - D141
G194 - D144
G195 - D135
G196 - D128
G197 - D177
G199 - D163

R200
G290 - D212
G292 - D248
G294 - D204
G295 - D220
G296 - D201
G298 - D258

R300
G390 - D375
G391 - D342
G392 - D304
G393 - D365
G394 - D334
G395 - D355
G396 - D349

R400
G493 - D421
G495 - D446
G496 - D459
G497 - G429
G498 - D454
G499 - D466

 

[theissueoftissue]

R100
G190 - D138
G192 - D141
G194 - D144
G195 - D135
G196 - D128
G197 - D177
G199 - D163

R200
G290 - D212
G292 - D248
G294 - D204
G295 - D220
G296 - D201
G298 - D258

R300
G390 - D375
G391 - D342
G392 - D304
G393 - D365
G394 - D334
G395 - D355
G396 - D349

R400
G493 - D421
G495 - D446
G496 - D459
G497 - G429
G498 - D454
G499 - D466

You’re a hero, you’ve earned TBR gold

 

[BackroomBear]

I don’t know my group or district number since transferring and it changed last year sometime. Woops. Guess I should look tomorrow!

 

[redeye58]

Is it wrong to want it to be bikini baristas?

You don't want THIS barista in a bikini.
Trust me.

 

[Aredhel]

^ me either. I have a varicose vein that looks like 4006. Waiting for the Count to one million thread...

 

[formerulvwarrior]

Looks like my former district is in this pilot. Hope it works out for them. They are an overnight store so I’m wondering if they will be switching to 4am. Anyone know what that does to stores who run pog overnight? I have a few friends that are still there.

 

[Rock Lobster]

My store is part of the pilot. All of the cashiers have HALF of the hours that they have the the prior 2 weeks. I know the higher hours are part of the Easter sales build up. However, it's still less than the weeks prior to the Easter sales push.

So I have serious concerns about how much engaging and advocating can happen with very little staff.

And this is the obstacle nobody is willing to identify. There are tons of leaders who will be very "cheerleader" about all these fancy new titles, org chart changes, and talk about how we will have time to sell to our guests (such a vague and intangible action). But at the end of the day, Target is cheap. We get X amount of trucks with a certain amount of freight, we get Y amount of guests in our buildings with that many amounts of items. Those are the basics of our business to keep running. We HAVE to do those two things to keep the building running (for simplicity ignoring other portions). Target hasn't done anything to address these two tasks to make them take less payroll... and these org chart changes, while major, do not do a single thing to help those either. For once, could the company accurately assess its stores and roll out something that will actually directly improve its issues?

 

[BoxCutter]

For once, could the company accurately assess its stores and roll out something that will actually directly improve its issues?

No. No, they can't.

 

[NPC]

How Target runs it's business.

 

[Digi_E]

And why exactly should they spend their time away from work learning about things for work? Target wants us to know everything, well then they better give us some damn training for it instead of expecting us to do it off the clock.

by that logic why are we on this forum getting and exchanging information about work while at home?

 

[myDevice]

You don't want THIS barista in a bikini.
Trust me.

Just a question. Are the barista's expected to pull/push their deliveries now? With the amount of payroll they give you, I see no way this can be done while also keeping the Starbucks open. At my store, we only have one Starbucks TM working an 8 hour shift from X pm to closing (don't want to give away my location, corp hates me enough for starting this thread tbh). One of my ETL's used to work for a Safebux, so she covers the TM's lunch to avoid compliance. I have no idea how this roll-out will fare in my store, but it's Not My Problem.

 

[Xanatos]

Just a question. Are the barista's expected to pull/push their deliveries now? With the amount of payroll they give you, I see no way this can be done while also keeping the Starbucks open. At my store, we only have one Starbucks TM working an 8 hour shift from X pm to closing (don't want to give away my location, corp hates me enough for starting this thread tbh). One of my ETL's used to work for a Safebux, so she covers the TM's lunch to avoid compliance. I have no idea how this roll-out will fare in my store, but it's Not My Problem.

Who was doing your orders if the Starbucks team wasn’t doing it? It’s like the only workcenter in most stores that has always been end to end.

 

[redeye58]

We've always pushed our own pallet orders.
Our TL or someone from back will load up a tub or two & leave it at SB for us to work on in between guests.

 

[starfishncoffee]

My store is part of the pilot. All of the cashiers have HALF of the hours that they have the the prior 2 weeks. I know the higher hours are part of the Easter sales build up. However, it's still less than the weeks prior to the Easter sales push.

So I have serious concerns about how much engaging and advocating can happen with very little staff.

Clopening tomorrow so I should be going to bed, but when I printed my front end grid for tomorrow, I noticed I have loads of cashiers and exactly two who will need a meal. The sales floor is so thin, I feel like apologizing when I have to call for backup. (In fact, if we hit a lull I give cashiers walkies and SEND them to the floor to help zone.)

The mood in my store is very ... tense. Is that the right word? There's some sadness, some frustration, a lot of fear (because this is a huge unknown, and fear of the unknown is a not-uncommon thing). It's hard to stay bouncy and upbeat and guest-friendly when you're all worried about what's about to come down.

 

[Ahem]

Just a question. Are the barista's expected to pull/push their deliveries now? With the amount of payroll they give you, I see no way this can be done while also keeping the Starbucks open. At my store, we only have one Starbucks TM working an 8 hour shift from X pm to closing (don't want to give away my location, corp hates me enough for starting this thread tbh). One of my ETL's used to work for a Safebux, so she covers the TM's lunch to avoid compliance. I have no idea how this roll-out will fare in my store, but it's Not My Problem.

TL and the assistant whatever the hell the title is does that stuff in my store.

But I'm glad to hear this single tm no break coverage thing is common. I'm over it. I half assed my close tonight because I had a 5.5 and would've gone into compliance if I got everything done to my normal standards.

 

[OneArmedJesus]

R100
G190 - D138
G192 - D141
G194 - D144
G195 - D135
G196 - D128
G197 - D177
G199 - D163

R200
G290 - D212
G292 - D248
G294 - D204
G295 - D220
G296 - D201
G298 - D258

R300
G390 - D375
G391 - D342
G392 - D304
G393 - D365
G394 - D334
G395 - D355
G396 - D349

R400
G493 - D421
G495 - D446
G496 - D459
G497 - G429
G498 - D454
G499 - D466

I won't lie I don't know how I decipher this

 

[Asuras]

More title tidbits from my store. Most TL in my store had received their new titles and roles today. One such change for example, I work in a Super Target. Before the change, the food side had the following TL:

Market TL #1 - Dry Grocery
Market TL #2 - Paper/Chem/pet
Product TL
Deli TL
Bakery TL
Meat TL
Dairy/Frozen TL
Starbucks TL

After the change its just:
Food and Beverage Lead #1-6 (All the individual TL before are now responsible for each others departments. Everyone gets a LOD like rotation)
Food Service Lead - Separate from everyone

 

[subotai54]

Yes, and most are baler trained too. We have 3 sets of equipment keys in addition to them being part of electronics, backroom, GSTL, and beauty keys.

That sounds wonderful. I've had about 2-3 big TV sales not happen because no one could get it from the back.

 

[TargetIn2018]

I won't lie I don't know how I decipher this

Region -> Group - > District -> Store

There's one district in each group testing out the pilot.