Archived HR team member responsibilities?

[TargetGuy]

I'm curious as to what HR team members do. The job description on workbench basically says train new team members and keep the break room clean. I'm sure there's a lot more than that as ours is always running around calling applicants to schedule interviews or team members to come in when there are call outs. So people in hr, what is a typical day for a team member?

 

[mrknownothing]

They handle the schedule, key in TM trainings, assist TMs with issues that can be fixed without calling HROC or the Benefits Center, and other various duties.

@Target Annie, @Moysoyjoy, and anyone I may have missed, we need a little help here.

 

[ZombiePanties31]

They sure as hell don't clean the break room at my store. And the only "training" we got was that lame anti-union video. My real training came from my fellow TMs.

 

[Mhugh220]

They sure as hell don't clean the break room at my store. And the only "training" we got was that lame anti-union video. My real training came from my fellow TMs.

Whoa, it's pro team not anti-union. Get it right 🙂

 

[tgtguy]

In my store if it wasn't for HR tm...we would be up the creek without a paddle....the etlhr doesn't know what she is doing at all.

 

[Producer]

My real training came from my fellow TMs.

There's an ongoing list of expired and expiring training for every TM that HR is on top of. HR is responsible for keying in the training before the due date and ensuring that the trainers/tls are following up with the TMs so that the training is actually done.

 

[Producer]

It depends on the culture of your store. Some ETL-HRs will delegate more tasks to their team than others. At my store HR TMs help with the following: scheduling, screen applicants, setup interviews, host new TM orientation, complete payroll tasks, complete terminations, follow up on attendance issues, update communication boards in TSC, head volunteer/community events, head FFF calendar events for the team, ensure TMs complete training, pay bills, order supplies, and yes, maintain a clean breakroom. Basically, a ton of communication and follow up with the ETLs and TMs.

That's pretty much accurate for my store as well.
It's not a core role, but I've also become the venting machine for any TMs who are pissed at spot, their supervisors, or life in general. I stop whatever I'm doing, sit back, listen, and nod my head. Once their done venting, I go back to what I was doing.

 

[commiecorvus]

It depends on the culture of your store. Some ETL-HRs will delegate more tasks to their team than others. At my store HR TMs help with the following: scheduling, screen applicants, setup interviews, host new TM orientation, complete payroll tasks, complete terminations, follow up on attendance issues, update communication boards in TSC, head volunteer/community events, head FFF calendar events for the team, ensure TMs complete training, pay bills, order supplies, and yes, maintain a clean breakroom. Basically, a ton of communication and follow up with the ETLs and TMs.

That's pretty much accurate for my store as well.
It's not a core role, but I've also become the venting machine for any TMs who are pissed at spot, their supervisors, or life in general. I stop whatever I'm doing, sit back, listen, and nod my head. Once their done venting, I go back to what I was doing.

Do they at least put a quarter in the slot first?

 

[Producer]

It depends on the culture of your store. Some ETL-HRs will delegate more tasks to their team than others. At my store HR TMs help with the following: scheduling, screen applicants, setup interviews, host new TM orientation, complete payroll tasks, complete terminations, follow up on attendance issues, update communication boards in TSC, head volunteer/community events, head FFF calendar events for the team, ensure TMs complete training, pay bills, order supplies, and yes, maintain a clean breakroom. Basically, a ton of communication and follow up with the ETLs and TMs.

That's pretty much accurate for my store as well.
It's not a core role, but I've also become the venting machine for any TMs who are pissed at spot, their supervisors, or life in general. I stop whatever I'm doing, sit back, listen, and nod my head. Once their done venting, I go back to what I was doing.

Do they at least put a quarter in the slot first?

Sometimes. It usually takes fifteen minutes in a hot shower for me to get it out.

 

[Mhugh220]

In my store if it wasn't for HR tm...we would be up the creek without a paddle....the etlhr doesn't know what she is doing at all.

My HRTL and TM were awesome. They ran that store very well in terms of HR. I feel Target should do 1 of 2 things: ETL HR should not be an LOD ever because I feel it is a conflict of interest for all TMs. How can you be a manager and a neutral third party? Or the ETL HR position should be eliminated. At my store the only neutral parties were the HRTL and her TM, that's it. They could handle every aspect of HR on their own and did better without an ETL-HR interfering. The ETL could never make a decision on her own. She always had to consult her HRBP. My TMS/TLs didn't trust the ETL-HR because she was more involved with the store process than running HR. Obviously this is isolated to 1 store, but if Target had to cut a position, this would be my first choice.