Archived What does the Visual Merchandiser do now?

[TGT7]

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[Hardlinesmaster]

What's actually happening to Visual Merch?

So back in June 2018, I was hired on as a Visual Merchandiser in Texas. I come from doing visual merchandising for big fashion retail companys and not department stores. I was told at the time that the base pay is 15, and because I have 2+(which was really 5 years) of experience that I get an...

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[TGT7]

What's actually happening to Visual Merch?

So back in June 2018, I was hired on as a Visual Merchandiser in Texas. I come from doing visual merchandising for big fashion retail companys and not department stores. I was told at the time that the base pay is 15, and because I have 2+(which was really 5 years) of experience that I get an...

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That doesn’t answer my question. My question is about job duties, not pay.

 

[Overadecade]

Ours nitpicked the Style TLs about how bad their areas looked with 1 TM per day working in them for a 4 hour shift (if we're lucky) went on break with every single one of those TMs, even if that meant 6 breaks a day, and spent the rest of the time moving things around in the nearly empty "gifting" sections without filling them...

 

[FredPanda3]

At my store we are going through modernization, but the VM still does adjacencies and she also does Home and Hearth and Hand resets; when the VM position was first introduced they helped out the brand team members with adjacencies and POGs, when the second one came in she had more of a TL role, but still changed adjacencies after Brand TMs had done them if she didn't like something. The first one left for Nordstrom because she didn't like the lack of creative freedom at Target, the second one left to work at a Bridal shop which everyone was really happy about because she was just plain rude and we were annoyed that she changed everything after we had done it instead of working with us through the process.

We're on our third since the position was introduced and I've heard her say stuff like "What is the point of me being here" too, but she's lasted a full year which is longer than the first two. What I'm trying to say is since the beginning, at least at my store, being a former brand TM and currently style TM, where I've worked closely with VMs is that they all had the same question. However, our VM has also taken on more of a leadership role over time.

 

[qmosqueen]

fuck ... they do nothing like before

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Per store mod.

 

[Bufferine]

Our visual merchandiser became the Team Lead over the front end of the store.

 

[SigningLady]

Our visual merchandiser became the Team Lead over the front end of the store.

Ours almost did that but then she changed her mind. Now she seems to only work when she feels like it. Which isn't often.

 

[Ashfromoldsite]

Same as before. Nothing

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[busyzoningtoys]

Ours almost did that but then she changed her mind. Now she seems to only work when she feels like it. Which isn't often.

Ours bitches for teams besides softlines to backup enough where you’d think she’s GSTL. “Softlines is being singled out for backup they’re expected up there more” NO SHIT they’re expected up there more there’s 8 of them here during lunch rush! I expect softlines to respond for backup 4 times as often as the dry grocery team of 2, as there’s 4 times as many of you.