Corporate Does Target truly care?

[happygoth]

Bob Uhler was the best.
Back then Target was a place I was proud to work at: Take Charge of Education, many good local civic partners, good local philanthropy. After his forced retirement, we started dealing with controversy. Greg made a PAC contribution to a pro-business candidate who was also anti-gay so the first wave of angry guests came in & closed accounts, chopped up their red cards. Then Q4 rolled out "Happy holidays" & the righties came in lambasting poor TMs demanding to see their CHRISTMAS trees, cards, etc loudly deriding us before storming out. Meanwhile, Take Charge of Education & local philanthropy was quietly cut. Then Target stated support for trans folks which brought the nutcases storming thru stores with megaphones stating that Target supported pedophiles & allowed men into women's restrooms. Never mind that these folks never addressed pedophiles watching their boys using urinals in the men's rooms but Target finally installed 'family' restrooms in each store to quell the outrage. Shortly after were the riots following George Floyd's murder & then the Pride retreat so the DEI debacle is just the latest of Target's fumbling instead of doing the right thing.
I've come to terms with their cowardice & deal with stupid guests in my own subtle ways while drawing a paycheck.

That Happy Holidays thing was so fucking stupid. It happened at Sears as well.

To make clear, no one ever told us to stop saying Merry Christmas. Was it an official Target directive? For some reason people online thought it was some heathen conspiracy to denigrate Christians, but at Sears it was never even mentioned. Had a customer or two make a point of saying Merry Christmas, but that's it.

In my book, Happy Holidays encompasses the entire holiday season and includes everyone. But saying Merry Christmas is perfectly fine as well. Talk about a tempest in a teapot.

 

[happygoth]

Bob Uhler was the best.
Back then Target was a place I was proud to work at: Take Charge of Education, many good local civic partners, good local philanthropy. After his forced retirement, we started dealing with controversy. Greg made a PAC contribution to a pro-business candidate who was also anti-gay so the first wave of angry guests came in & closed accounts, chopped up their red cards. Then Q4 rolled out "Happy holidays" & the righties came in lambasting poor TMs demanding to see their CHRISTMAS trees, cards, etc loudly deriding us before storming out. Meanwhile, Take Charge of Education & local philanthropy was quietly cut. Then Target stated support for trans folks which brought the nutcases storming thru stores with megaphones stating that Target supported pedophiles & allowed men into women's restrooms. Never mind that these folks never addressed pedophiles watching their boys using urinals in the men's rooms but Target finally installed 'family' restrooms in each store to quell the outrage. Shortly after were the riots following George Floyd's murder & then the Pride retreat so the DEI debacle is just the latest of Target's fumbling instead of doing the right thing.
I've come to terms with their cowardice & deal with stupid guests in my own subtle ways while drawing a paycheck.

I also recall there being a big fervor over Target taking away signs in Toys that specified "boys" and "girls" and replacing them with descriptions of the toys in the aisle. For instance, instead of labeling an aisle boys or girls it would say Lego or action figures or Star Wars, etc. People online were losing their shit over it. So, so dumb.

 

[redeye58]

They need to stop talking about what they're doing & just carry it out nonchalantly, like they did when they axed Take Charge of Education.

 

[jenna]

Don't forget the data breach for the Target credit card.

A quick "Duck Duck Go" search said that was in 2013

 

[OneGoodEar]

Is Uhler an actual name? I know that's a typo but anyway. I remember a few etls saying they miss Ulrich. When he was there, Target was one of the top companies to work for. Today not so much. By the way, when I first started there, whenever I heard about the CEO, I had to get the actor out of my head.

 

[redeye58]

It's a typo; my keyboard is borking lately.

 

[balthrop]

I also recall there being a big fervor over Target taking away signs in Toys that specified "boys" and "girls" and replacing them with descriptions of the toys in the aisle. For instance, instead of labeling an aisle boys or girls it would say Lego or action figures or Star Wars, etc. People online were losing their shit over it. So, so dumb.

Wasn’t that because when the rare chance someone reads the overhead signs they find what they’re looking for?

 

[happygoth]

Wasn’t that because when the rare chance someone reads the overhead signs they find what they’re looking for?

I assume the reasoning was that it would be easier to find certain toys, and also not to assume that only boys like some toys and only girls like others, but it was framed by the perpetually offended as trying to screw with gender identity, or something like that? I really don't know what the issue was, except that people like to get offended and go off about things they consider subversive or, goodness forbid, inclusive.

 

[Ashfromoldsite]

Is Uhler an actual name? I know that's a typo but anyway. I remember a few etls saying they miss Ulrich. When he was there, Target was one of the top companies to work for. Today not so much. By the way, when I first started there, whenever I heard about the CEO, I had to get the actor out of my head.

It’s Bob Ulrich

 

[OneGoodEar]

As I said, I know it's a typo. By the way, I guess no one has heard of actor Bob Urich? That's a correct spelling. CEO Ulrich and actor Urich can be easily confused as I have between the two men because of the difference of one letter between the two names.

 

[Captain Orca]

Does it really matter?

 

[rocky345]

@rocky345 Clock In. Do The Best You Can with what’s available to you. Clock out. Don’t take “Work” with you Home. Don’t take Home with you to Work. If looking for adoration, create a Social Media Page.

I received extreme praise at work; I was the top performer in my area, but it's not about recognition. It's constantly complaining about how the company runs without even trying to make any changes.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

On the DEI question, anyone think that the organizations that are starting to stand up to Trump's bullying might turn the tide? Harvard kind of kicked it off, but other universities are joining in, some even after their boards caved but faculty, alumni, and students are making their fury about it heard. It's spreading a little to law firms that have been attacked. And other groups of "offenders" are standing up too, like CBS about "60 Minutes" being a target. (Oh, not really a pun and not intended either.)
Anyway, the thought occurred to me and I'm hoping that these first steps might be the first of many.

 

[redeye58]

There have also been school districts & others that have said 'No'.
For some, it's about encroaching on states' rights - something the repugnicans *used* to care about.

 

[Frontlanegirl]

On the DEI question, anyone think that the organizations that are starting to stand up to Trump's bullying might turn the tide? Harvard kind of kicked it off, but other universities are joining in, some even after their boards caved but faculty, alumni, and students are making their fury about it heard. It's spreading a little to law firms that have been attacked. And other groups of "offenders" are standing up too, like CBS about "60 Minutes" being a target. (Oh, not really a pun and not intended either.)
Anyway, the thought occurred to me and I'm hoping that these first steps might be the first of many.

Just saw something online about Target CEO meeting with Al Sharpton