Are other Targets cost-cutting right now?

[simplymainer]

Are other Targets cost-cutting right now? I've been visiting Targets near me and I noticed there are hardly anyone in the cashier area, market, etc.

 

[redeye58]

Our hours have been slashed to the bone.
Nearly every one of our baristas or FATMs has taken a shift (or two) in the checklanes, fulfillment or on the salefloor

 

[NKG]

I would be the only team member on Sunday for Home, Domestics, Stationary and Tech (which is large portion of the store) for 2 hours and after I left it maybe would be covered by a GM team member

 

[flow4areasonuno]

Everywhere EXCEPT Fulfillment/DU/OPU. Those are the places where hours are sent to die. The store doesn't seem to much care for other places. We can just do backup calls right? Hey why isn't the floor work done???

 

[Zxy123456]

Drive up person here I got 40 hours this week. Every one on drive up got maximum hours they wanted.

 

[Dead and Khaki]

Welcome to Target. We are an online retailer that grudgingly allows the public to shop in its warehouses.

 

[Dream Baby]

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Our hours have been slashed to the bone.
Nearly every one of our baristas or FATMs has taken a shift (or two) in the checklanes, fulfillment or on the salefloor

Cutting hours at Starbucks is a good way to lose them to a stand alone store.

Also don't stores with Ulta have to be staffed when open?

Our OPU team is always calling to get things unlocked.

 

[KarmaToBurn]

Welcome to Target. We are an online retailer that grudgingly allows the public to shop in its warehouses.

Hit the mail right on the head....

 

[flow4areasonuno]

What is confusing is this thing of them wanting people to use the regular registers, and hounding cashiers to keep lines moving.

Uhhh how about you staff us right and stop stealing people for OPU and DU? Then maybe we'll be able to do that.

The hounding about asking for circle cards has resumed.

If they gave us commission for that maybe I would. But I got 8 cents in a raise this year. I'm not shilling shit

 

[Rarejem]

Everywhere EXCEPT Fulfillment/DU/OPU. Those are the places where hours are sent to die. The store doesn't seem to much care for other places. We can just do backup calls right? Hey why isn't the floor work done???

At our store tm's are given fulfillment hours and then sent to other areas to work. Most days there is one FFtm after 3pm. GM gets most of the hours, recognition and love.

 

[Xanatos]

I've been with Target for 14 years and I've noticed this exact issue for about 14 years now. It's just business as usual. Cut a little more each year to improve short term profits.

 

[redeye58]

Cutting hours at Starbucks is a good way to lose them to a stand alone store.

Then they wonder why our connection scores are tanking, new baristas aren't given enough training, Steritech scores are yellow & the list goes on

 

[OneGoodEar]

I remember when you can actually find someone on the sales floor.

 

[flow4areasonuno]

I remember when you can actually find someone on the sales floor.

If my store is any judge they are probably doing backup calls up front!

I miss when I had 1 job back when I first started.

 

[Powerwalker]

If my store is any judge they are probably doing backup calls up front!

I miss when I had 1 job back when I first started.

What they want in an eight hour day: set a 10 hour pog, pull 2sfs carts, help with opus, backup lanes, help guests on the floor, make a bale.

 

[Dream Baby]

We didn't have a closing expert Saturday just another body in Fullfillment.

We had a lot of call offs in the Front last week and this week there are lot of shifts posted already.

 

[flow4areasonuno]

We didn't have a closing expert Saturday just another body in Fullfillment.

We had a lot of call offs in the Front last week and this week there are lot of shifts posted already.

I mean I can't blame them at this point. People are fed up.

 

[Tarshitsucks]

What is confusing is this thing of them wanting people to use the regular registers, and hounding cashiers to keep lines moving.

Uhhh how about you staff us right and stop stealing people for OPU and DU? Then maybe we'll be able to do that.

The hounding about asking for circle cards has resumed.

If they gave us commission for that maybe I would. But I got 8 cents in a raise this year. I'm not shilling shit

Even they did do commissions knowing this place they would they would say oh you did something wrong loophole so can't have your commission. Then having people walking door tired of this shit not get their commission. Good for you not shilling that shit.

 

[Dream Baby]

Even they did do commissions knowing this place they would they would say oh you did something wrong loophole so can't have your commission. Then having people walking door tired of this shit not get their commission. Good for you not shilling that shit.

So true.

The funny thing is when I started at Target the Red Card goal was super high because of the security breach in 2013.

Target to pay $18.5M for 2013 data breach that affected 41 million consumers

More than 41 million customer accounts affected by 2013 Target data breach

www.usatoday.com

After the breach our goal was like 20 a day but we were barely getting 5.

Our store kind of gave up on that after a few months.

 

[jenna]

If my store is any judge they are probably doing backup calls up front!

I miss when I had 1 job back when I first started.

I miss the team effort. Like flow, instocks, pricing, back room.

We used to have fairly solid core teams. a few outliers, but there was a greater sense of team effort and comradery.