At least in my local stores, quite a few seniors are hired for cashier work.Does Target hire Senior Citizens for cashier work? Thank you
😢Very very rarely, maybe like 15 years ago. The oldest we would hire is around 40s. There's defiinately some age discrimination but that's everywhere.
We had some at my store. I include myself. I could run fucking circles around 90% of the young assholes (only a few) most were decent kids and fairly good workers. Since we didn't have blue hair, nose rings and weren't covered with tats we suffered. Personally I think the tat thing is absurd, cheap, classless and a waste of money but to each their own.
My most veteran inbound tm was a 75 year old man who put kids to shame when it came to sorting market, and put to shame pretty much anyone who would try and make a bale and spend more than 5 -7 min to make it.We had some at my store. I include myself. I could run fucking circles around 90% of the young assholes (only a few) most were decent kids and fairly good workers. Since we didn't have blue hair, nose rings and weren't covered with tats we suffered. Personally I think the tat thing is absurd, cheap, classless and a waste of money but to each their own.
At my store we have a drive up team specifically for running orders out to cars. Only when we are super busy do we get help from cashiers. I am not a senior citizen but, I am 55 and I do drive up all day every day. 35 to 40 hours a week.It can be difficult for a senior citizen to work in retail these days- especially at Target. Every area of the store has physical aspects to it that if you haven't worked retail before, you'll not be prepared for. Even something that sounds easy like sorting clothing onto z-racks is physically demanding and cashier positions have to know more than just cashiering now- they also have to be able to run order out to cars.
That being said, sometimes exceptions/accomodations are made.
Depends on the position. Self checkout, cash office, HR an older team member might do better. Heck I’m 55 not quite senior but, I’m a harder worker than most of the young ones.Legally they have to say they do. But no. There's like 0% chance you'll beat out the competition
Well said!!!Going by this thread, I'd say this issue is very much ASANTS. I'm officially a senior citizen and I think the oldest TM at my store although there are several who are close to my age. Before covid, there were quite a few more. (They didn't die, but took advantage of the leave offered and most didn't come back.)
Just because a job is physically demanding doesn't mean an older person can't keep up. Some of the TMs on our unload line are close to my age. The TM who builds bikes at my store is probably in his 60s (and everyone will cry when he retires).
If a TM has a solid work ethic (which I can tell you even some of the nicest younger TMs don't have), it doesn't matter what their age is at my store. For some people, age brings wisdom and a natural "work smarter not harder" mindset.
We have senior citizens (including me!) in every department except inbound. We have one senior ETL.