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Luck said:
Oh God please never make the mistake of getting involved with a female at Targét. So many sexual harassment based firings and lawsuits ongoing at my DC.
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100 percent! As my mentor always said," Never shit where you eat." I admit, the women looked good at the DC, very fit bodies, but naw I've had issues with women at my previous jobs and always ended up not being good.
 
SunnyShine said:
UPDATE:
For any new outbound hires .... I had thoughts of suicide. Broke down. Didn't feel like I could make it through the day, but I did.
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I'm sorry to hear that. Some days they really just pull everything out of you and your stuck trying to figure out how to get the energy to finish the last couple of hours.
If it makes you feel better, on those days everyone is feeling the pressure.
On days like those you will find me flipping the bird at the sorter, singing how much I dont want to be there, and daydreaming about my plan to hop on an RC and drive right out the building with it to escape.
That said, is there anything in particular you found you were struggling with? Maybe I can offer a few more pointers.
 
Cruisin down the wing in my PRT & realized the stores now have a new color associated with them. Does any TM know what exactly that association is 👀
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RWTM said:
Cruisin down the wing in my PRT & realized the stores now have a new color associated with them. Does any TM know what exactly that association is 👀
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(The PRT that bounces)​
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What are the colors you are seeing? My DC has had colors for awhile now
 
RWTM said:
Same I was wrong
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Ah ok so the colors are associated to the rating of how busy that store is. 🔴 Is an A to A++ door which means it's one of the busiest doors, 🟠 is a B door which means it's a pretty busy door/store, 🟡 is a C door and 🟢 is a D door. 🔴 Busiest store 🟢 slowest door. If they are used the same way in your DC as they are in mine I am not too much of a fan of them because they are based off the stores yearly sales, meaning for the YEAR that store is an A door but for the month it can be a D door because said store isn't busy that month and vice versa, D hitting like an A door. A++ doors will just always be busy.
 
Hal said:
I think they mean tm mentor. Someone who's not a full trainer but can teach portions of the job.
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My OM is my mentor. They approved it today! Also completed my part of the Trainer Expectation Guidelines & Interest form. Sent an iCloud link of the completed part of my portion to my Senior Operation Manager, Operations Manager/Mentor, Training Operations Manager, Training Specialist, ICQA Leader, and Continuous Improvement Manager.
 
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Gabrigawr said:
Ah ok so the colors are associated to the rating of how busy that store is. 🔴 Is an A to A++ door which means it's one of the busiest doors, 🟠 is a B door which means it's a pretty busy door/store, 🟡 is a C door and 🟢 is a D door. 🔴 Busiest store 🟢 slowest door. If they are used the same way in your DC as they are in mine I am not too much of a fan of them because they are based off the stores yearly sales, meaning for the YEAR that store is an A door but for the month it can be a D door because said store isn't busy that month and vice versa, D hitting like an A door. A++ doors will just always be busy.
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RWTM said:
Out with the Star ratings I see. DOES ANY TM OF TARGET OR CORPORATE KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE. This company is fucking ridiculous
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Oh man we've been doing the colors for as long as I've been with Target. It's interesting your building didn't do it. Not just a lack of communication but the lack of consistency.
 
Gabrigawr said:
Oh man we've been doing the colors for as long as I've been with Target. It's interesting your building didn't do it. Not just a lack of communication but the lack of consistency.
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Im truly embarrassed to see how my key/dept went down the shithole. We had an A team. We don’t even have a team now. Hell we only have 1 lead and they cover Depal. Plus they have been there for less then I have. So ya we have a new OM (They have serious potential) who is still learning Target and a lead who stays in Depal and a trainer who does plan and acts as a lead. I have new hires trying to open up their own dock doors!!!🚧🚨. Need to talk to the director asap
 
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RWTM said:
Im truly embarrassed to see how my key/dept went down the shithole. We had an A team. We don’t even have a team now. Hell we only have 1 lead and they cover Depal. Plus they have been there for less then I have. So ya we have a new OM (They have serious potential) who is still learning Target and a lead who stays in Depal and a trainer who does plan and acts as a lead. I have new hires trying to open up their own dock doors!!!🚧🚨. Need to talk to the director asap
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Yea I would say my whole building went downhill in the past years. That trainer who acts like a lead are they actually good at it? Or just doing it to kiss ass? I would assume if they are going to pre shift and making plans they should be a lead unless they aren't doing it because they truly want to and just using it as means to an end. Your DC isn't allowed to open their own dock doors? We train all of our team members in lanes how to do it so the closer just closes it and they open it
 
RWTM said:
Im truly embarrassed to see how my key/dept went down the shithole. We had an A team. We don’t even have a team now. Hell we only have 1 lead and they cover Depal. Plus they have been there for less then I have. So ya we have a new OM (They have serious potential) who is still learning Target and a lead who stays in Depal and a trainer who does plan and acts as a lead. I have new hires trying to open up their own dock doors!!!🚧🚨. Need to talk to the director asap
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Your building sounds like it's just gone rogue. The DC version of ASANTS.

There's a lot of buildings that have building-specific rules and standards that they created themselves ages ago. But they're not written anywhere and the person who came up with them is long gone.

So you have all these different generations of standards that don't work together if they work at all, and you have all these people trying to follow different standards and rules that aren't documented anywhere.

2022 is all about standardization. If its not written in the standard work bundles or listed in the safety standards, its not real and it doesn't exist.
 
Gabrigawr said:
Yea I would say my whole building went downhill in the past years. That trainer who acts like a lead are they actually good at it? Or just doing it to kiss ass? I would assume if they are going to pre shift and making plans they should be a lead unless they aren't doing it because they truly want to and just using it as means to an end. Your DC isn't allowed to open their own dock doors? We train all of our team members in lanes how to do it so the closer just closes it and they open it
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The trainer I’m referring to has potential to be one of the best trainers my key could see. Just needs to be shown the right way. My key has trainers with years of experience and has trainers that are “newer” TM’s that need to be shown the correct way. Or that’s how I feel especially when they start training TM’s for functions that require more experience such as QC, Sorter/Mezz, or even RWTM. No or so I thought. Only a QC can open or close a dock door regardless of the dock light. Our yard had a fatality within the last year and half. Also I know we have a third party company for the yard and the drivers. Or so I thought. Whenever I see a truck close by I honk cuz I probably closed that door the right way 😉🦺🏎 cuz when I’m QC I have yard management lit up with my Z #… haha
 
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RWTM said:
Cruisin down the wing in my PRT & realized the stores now have a new color associated with them. Does any TM know what exactly that association is 👀
ice cube bounce GIF
(The PRT that bounces)​
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GPM’ers know
 
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Gabrigawr said:
Yea I would say my whole building went downhill in the past years. That trainer who acts like a lead are they actually good at it? Or just doing it to kiss ass? I would assume if they are going to pre shift and making plans they should be a lead unless they aren't doing it because they truly want to and just using it as means to an end. Your DC isn't allowed to open their own dock doors? We train all of our team members in lanes how to do it so the closer just closes it and they open it
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We do this also, train everyone on opening trailers.
 
SunnyShine said:
Hey all!

Hired on as outbound, starting soon. What's the turnover rate in this department? Not very many friendly faces. What's the culture like in DC?

Stay groovy,
- Sunny 🌹
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Sunny OB is the best department there is. Aka Shipping wing. It might be a little sore at first but muscle memory about after a month. I can’t imagine doing another department as I’m about to be capped. RWTM doing quality by door 18 will help you. They are always nice TM’s. Plus OB TM’s get to drive the Scissor and operate the A Sort.
 
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SunnyShine said:
I'm new and just dipping my toes in, but I believe this is a great position for people who are OCD and enjoy puzzles. Wish we could listen to some tunes, though 😞
Guess I'll just have to scare off all the old-heads with my awful renditions of Whitney Houston.
Watch out, B2.
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Jenga pros. B2 is where the love is at 💪🏻
 
RWTM said:
See we used to do that. Now because the docks are so dangerous the QC or LWW is responsible for opening trailer doors. We have check lists and certain things to look for.
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We have dock checklists and what not. But i fear this might be what we end up doing if we keep getting calls over the radio about red lights from dispatch. Higher ups are marking each one called over the radio a near miss beecccccause of a couple of *almost* injuries. But we also have new closers who forget to F1 sometimea 🙃
 
WarehouseGoblin said:
We have dock checklists and what not. But i fear this might be what we end up doing if we keep getting calls over the radio about red lights from dispatch. Higher ups are marking each one called over the radio a near miss beecccccause of a couple of *almost* injuries. But we also have new closers who forget to F1 sometimea 🙃
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Ya I bust different QC’s “forgetting” all the time. It’s BS because it screws up the board. That actually makes me really mad when I bust someone doing this. Someone I thought I trusted. When you contact dispatch I ussually with contact the Yard Coordinator but if no reply I contact the Truck Gate. Let me tell you what, if AP or TSS comes over the radio and asks for a cut you better stop what you’re doing break that lane down back that extendo out and close that door. That’s the QC’s responsibility. They become the QC’s new chain of command till they get it closed.
 
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