Hello,
I've worked for target for about a year and a half now. In my time, I've been consistently told I am one of the most valued team members at my store, all the managers like me, they have always done what they can to give me as many hours as possible and to accommodate my schedule whenever I ask, saying they know I will always work hard and return the favor.
In early June I took a two week vacation, I had to take a LOA for it which I thought was unnecessary but was reassured was normal. I've been back for almost two weeks now, and in that time I have been unable to clock myself in or to log into any registers. I also am not able to access mytime self-service and I do not appear on the posted schedules in the breakroom. HR and all of my managers are telling me this is normal and that it takes some time to get back in the system, and I have been filling out paper punch correction forms every day to keep track of my hours. I'm starting to get a little nervous though; should it REALLY be taking this long? Is someone dragging their feet? Are they preparing to fire me? I've been reassured multiple times but it's just starting to feel strange. It's like I came back from vacation and, officially as far as the system goes, I am a ghost at my store. Someone please tell me if this is normal or if I should be worried. This may be silly but honestly the stress of not being in control of my own team member functions and not being able to clock in and out and get a schedule like every other team member is causing me a great deal of stress, and I think it is beginning to affect my productivity and my general sense of well-being and morale at work.
I've worked for target for about a year and a half now. In my time, I've been consistently told I am one of the most valued team members at my store, all the managers like me, they have always done what they can to give me as many hours as possible and to accommodate my schedule whenever I ask, saying they know I will always work hard and return the favor.
In early June I took a two week vacation, I had to take a LOA for it which I thought was unnecessary but was reassured was normal. I've been back for almost two weeks now, and in that time I have been unable to clock myself in or to log into any registers. I also am not able to access mytime self-service and I do not appear on the posted schedules in the breakroom. HR and all of my managers are telling me this is normal and that it takes some time to get back in the system, and I have been filling out paper punch correction forms every day to keep track of my hours. I'm starting to get a little nervous though; should it REALLY be taking this long? Is someone dragging their feet? Are they preparing to fire me? I've been reassured multiple times but it's just starting to feel strange. It's like I came back from vacation and, officially as far as the system goes, I am a ghost at my store. Someone please tell me if this is normal or if I should be worried. This may be silly but honestly the stress of not being in control of my own team member functions and not being able to clock in and out and get a schedule like every other team member is causing me a great deal of stress, and I think it is beginning to affect my productivity and my general sense of well-being and morale at work.
