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Wow, things have really changed since I worked at Target years ago. Things didn't seem as rushed and chaotic as they are now. What happened over the last decade to get it to this point?!
I'm not sure if this is normal, but the store that I work at doesn't have nearly enough devices for all of the team members. I guess the protocol is that TMs are supposed to give up there devices to those who need it for pulls and back stocking, but seriously, who wants to do this when you have 100 items to replenish the aisle with, and you don't know where all the items are?! You end up staring at the bay for like 30 seconds trying to locate the item, which is difficult when half the pegs are empty.
When I come in in the mornings, it's like a huge cluster**** trying to get a device. I hate having to ask my fellow TMs and make it harder on them. When I have no device, I have to run to the aisle scanner to locate an item location, or ask someone nearby lucky enough to have a device. Then, of course, management complains because it takes longer, and saying I need to go faster. Well sorry Spot, but that ain't gonna happen. I'll go as fast as I can but I'm not going to run around like a chicken with my head cut off, and risk falling or doing something stupid, because corporate can't pull it together and get us more devices. If they don't like it, well, I'm very sorry, but I could be going twice the speed if I just had a device.
Then, there are the pointless huddles, where management drags us from our job, which we are under deadline to complete, to give us a 15 min lecture on whatever the topic of the day is, I guess, but then still expect us to get done in a timely manner.
I have just completed my first week at Target, and I do love the job, but the way they run the show is just chaotic. My manager complained to me today saying that because I wasn't faster with my Go Backs, that now it's going to screw up her payroll because someone will have to finish what I didn't complete. Oh well, I'm sorry, but if there were more devices I could have done the work in a timely manner no problem. Instead, I wasted time running to the scanner every time I couldn't find a location. Half the pegs were empty, so I had to do it by code rather than visually -- not to mention there were over 50 GoBack items up front when I came in this morning.
Normally, I take pride in my work, but it's really hard to do when you're being pulled in 30 different directions, then questioned as to why you're not going faster.
I'm going to give it another week, but if things continue like this, I'm not sure I'll want to stay. I am not going to rush around and stress just because Target doesn't want to fork out the money to pay for employees or devices. I'm going to go as fast as I can, and if they don't like it, they can get rid of me. Things are run so chaotically, and it seems management doesn't understand the word "efficiency," but are for the most part masters in the art of time suckage.
It's too bad too because the job is a blast and I enjoy the work.
I'm not sure if this is normal, but the store that I work at doesn't have nearly enough devices for all of the team members. I guess the protocol is that TMs are supposed to give up there devices to those who need it for pulls and back stocking, but seriously, who wants to do this when you have 100 items to replenish the aisle with, and you don't know where all the items are?! You end up staring at the bay for like 30 seconds trying to locate the item, which is difficult when half the pegs are empty.
When I come in in the mornings, it's like a huge cluster**** trying to get a device. I hate having to ask my fellow TMs and make it harder on them. When I have no device, I have to run to the aisle scanner to locate an item location, or ask someone nearby lucky enough to have a device. Then, of course, management complains because it takes longer, and saying I need to go faster. Well sorry Spot, but that ain't gonna happen. I'll go as fast as I can but I'm not going to run around like a chicken with my head cut off, and risk falling or doing something stupid, because corporate can't pull it together and get us more devices. If they don't like it, well, I'm very sorry, but I could be going twice the speed if I just had a device.
Then, there are the pointless huddles, where management drags us from our job, which we are under deadline to complete, to give us a 15 min lecture on whatever the topic of the day is, I guess, but then still expect us to get done in a timely manner.
I have just completed my first week at Target, and I do love the job, but the way they run the show is just chaotic. My manager complained to me today saying that because I wasn't faster with my Go Backs, that now it's going to screw up her payroll because someone will have to finish what I didn't complete. Oh well, I'm sorry, but if there were more devices I could have done the work in a timely manner no problem. Instead, I wasted time running to the scanner every time I couldn't find a location. Half the pegs were empty, so I had to do it by code rather than visually -- not to mention there were over 50 GoBack items up front when I came in this morning.
Normally, I take pride in my work, but it's really hard to do when you're being pulled in 30 different directions, then questioned as to why you're not going faster.
I'm going to give it another week, but if things continue like this, I'm not sure I'll want to stay. I am not going to rush around and stress just because Target doesn't want to fork out the money to pay for employees or devices. I'm going to go as fast as I can, and if they don't like it, they can get rid of me. Things are run so chaotically, and it seems management doesn't understand the word "efficiency," but are for the most part masters in the art of time suckage.
It's too bad too because the job is a blast and I enjoy the work.
