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My store still has 2 pricing TM with 4 more people that know how to do it. We are a very very store so I don't know if that matters or not. Cant imagine the departments doing their own pricing.
Without pricing team, we had fall harvest (obviously outdated) clearance baby food just now coming out of the backroom along with those peppermint mocha Eos lip balms we only sell at Christmas time. Yikes!
I do ad set and see this sort of thing with some frequency. It's not every week, but often enough that I wonder why Target can't program the system better to catch stupid stuff like this. (Not to mention that "manage inventory" part; in what universe does 10 + 0 = 21?) "Sale!" signs for items that have gone clearance. "Sale!" signs for a HIGHER price than what's on the shelf tag - and when I scan the shelf tag, that's the price that comes up.I have bargin on Swiss tea.
What’s up with this ??
Because this would make sense. Can't have that!Why not do it right from the start?
Oops I forgot a word when typing this out. It should say a very very busy store.My store still has 2 pricing TM with 4 more people that know how to do it. We are a very very store so I don't know if that matters or not. Cant imagine the departments doing their own pricing.
While I agree with the general gist, we are not "Barbies". When a guest wants baby water and it has to come from the back and all the boxes are still sealed, who is taking a 6 gallon 50 pound box off the top of the pallet and putting it on the floor to get a couple gallons out and then lifting the remaining box back on top of the pallet? Softlines TMs. When the last box of diapers is on the top shelf, who is climbing that ladder and then climbing back down one-handed, the other hand holding the box? Softlines TMs. When someone wants a crib, who is pulling it out and putting it on a flat and rolling it through the store to the front? Softlines TMs. When we either need hangers or need to get rid of hangers and there's tubs and flats in front of the hanger box, who is moving all that stuff out of the way? Softlines TMs. We might not be doing heavy lifting on a daily basis, but we aren't just standing around looking at our perfect manicures, we do actually work.I dont understand the logic in this at all. You have dedicated softness team members to make sure the department is stocked staffed and ready to help.They are committed to service (in theory). Why not the same with price change? Price and Plano are not just accessory positions. They get in and get out and keep the behind the scenes running (along with the backroom) so that the dedicated areas can run smoothly. It is just a hot mess. When everything backs up, they start adding hours like crazy so the backroom can "fix" it. Why not do it right from the start? Sending the backroom to clean up that shit show is crazy. Let them do it in the first place. They know what they are doing. Keep the barbies our of the backroom and in softness
While I agree with the general gist, we are not "Barbies". When a guest wants baby water and it has to come from the back and all the boxes are still sealed, who is taking a 6 gallon 50 pound box off the top of the pallet and putting it on the floor to get a couple gallons out and then lifting the remaining box back on top of the pallet? Softlines TMs. When the last box of diapers is on the top shelf, who is climbing that ladder and then climbing back down one-handed, the other hand holding the box? Softlines TMs. When someone wants a crib, who is pulling it out and putting it on a flat and rolling it through the store to the front? Softlines TMs. When we either need hangers or need to get rid of hangers and there's tubs and flats in front of the hanger box, who is moving all that stuff out of the way? Softlines TMs. We might not be doing heavy lifting on a daily basis, but we aren't just standing around looking at our perfect manicures, we do actually work.
I've never seen a softlines team member do that at my store. It's always the electronics team members because we're always the ones they can find near infants or they use the toys call button.When someone wants a crib, who is pulling it out and putting it on a flat and rolling it through the store to the front?
I kinda find it hard to believe that no one has seen the ghost softlines TMs in the back room. I started well before E2E, and first time I needed to get a crib and I asked a TL how to get it, the answer was "You go get it. Put it on a flat and take it to the front." Back room TMs have gotten involved only to show me how to properly tell the computer I'm taking something and when something is so high machinery is needed to get it down. A few times GS needed a baby item out of the back room they walki'd me to go fetch it. I've been told to teach newer TMs how to properly take items out of the back room, so I'm not just an amazing go-getter. Only reason I still need help when machinery is needed is because no one's gotten around to training me on it even though all softlines TMs are supposed to be, and I've seen softlines TMs using machinery to reach high stuff well before E2E started.
Every Signing TM already knows this.Apparently Softlines couldn't bring themselves to go up ladders, thus the "organization" project in the BR.
Softlines does get stuff a lot but at my store Electronics is in charge of Infant Hardlines at the very least