I wont be working for the company much longer, a competitor hired me pretty much over night that's known for being a better work environment and saw all of the potential Target ignored for years. Better hours, more vacation time, overtime, bonuses, and all that fun stuff and more.
Funny enough a ton of people just after I put in my two weeks started doing the same, and many more are making moves to get out and just have not made it official yet. The store likely wont have any of the same staff in 3 months and will practically be unrecognizable after as far as staffing.
Corporate and its choices are eating the store alive and things are going to get real bad after the first wave of people are out, things barely get done day to day as it is. Basically all of our "All-Stars" that get all the hours and actually carry their weight and train are jumping ship in the next few weeks. There will be nearly no one with real experience left in "owning these areas" to train or help the new employees thrive especially since interviews have not been going well. The management left behind will be of little to no help in making them productive, they will tell them their role and maybe express how things were getting done and that's it.
The store is basically going to be operated entirely by new hires for months, and with my experience with that locations management they will give very little productive feedback and just crack the whip while giving them 20 hours a week, or maybe 28-32 if they are lucky. They will find their own system that works, or be pushed out trying.
The availability demands and terrible hours honestly pushed out the majority of the team members, most of the staff we have either have kids or other jobs. As soon as they pushed those changes through this month that nuked hours and demanded full availability people were put on notice to resolve the issue soon by reaching a higher pay-grade (lol), resolving their availability to fit Targets needs, or find a new job. Most of them at which point basically gave Target the finger and either put in their two weeks notice or have taken the following weeks to find a way out quietly.
Best part is, Target treating all of these employees as Team Leads effectively has just made them prime hiring candidates for other companies grab up. Target basically gave people a ton of experience, then tried to underpay them drastically while cutting benefits. They while doing this somehow forgot they do not exist alone in a vacuum, and they have in effect created a situation where they have given talent every reason to leave, while also giving them all the skills they need to come out on top in the interview processes in other retailers.
I called this months ago, many other stores will follow suit i'm sure. If my experience is anything to go on, corporate could honestly be looking at way worse than a 50% turnover this year and this could be a financial blood bath if they don't resolve this fast.
