r/Target

Sometimes it feels like team leaders expect us to finish everything in five minutes. I understand that things need to get done, but there’s only so much one person can realistically accomplish when we’re constantly being given more and more tasks.
And honestly, why does it feel like hard workers get punished by being given even more work? If someone consistently works hard, gets their responsibilities done, and goes above and beyond, it shouldn’t automatically mean they get piled with additional work while others are left with less. Hard work should be recognized and appreciated, not treated like an excuse to keep adding more expectations.
We’re employees, not machines. We want to do our jobs well, but constantly increasing the workload because someone is dependable eventually leads to burnout and frustration. There should be a balance where everyone contributes fairly instead of the hardest workers constantly carrying more.

My GM team lead keeps telling me that I am the slowest puller on the team and I want to get faster so I don’t get fired. I feel like I pull fast enough but he said there’s times where I slow down and my carts aren’t neat enough. Anyone have any tips if possible

The HR team at my store is super chill but sometimes I feel like I’m getting too comfortable like should I be joking around w them or can that get me in trouble ….

my coworkers say hr doesn’t really do anything but idk chat …

I can’t even say what position I have because I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job. The HR ETL and Store Director in my store in WA are having an affair. What’s worse is she’s pregnant. A few people were spreading the rumor that it was his and there was an affair, but I thought nothing of it and just thought it was disgruntled people spreading drama, but then I walked right up on them kissing. They don’t know that I saw them, thank God, but I fear serious retaliation. Both of them came from HR, and I fear the head of HR will come after me and cover this up. She has done things like this before with other past employees, one of whom has a very serious lawsuit against Target for just that kind of behavior. Who do I report this to? I’m scared that no matter who I go to in my district, I will be made out to be the villain and there will be retaliation. Again, I’ve seen it before with these same “leaders.” Any advice would be appreciated.

Edit: Some people are saying it’s none of my business. And in reality, I suppose it’s not, but I think I failed to mention that they are both married and I’m pretty sure there are policies in place that state a Store Director can’t date an ETL. Maybe I should just leave it alone and let it take care of itself.

hey guys! i’m new to Target and was curious if a red cardigan would be okay to wear? it doesn’t button so a plain black t-shirt would be shown at the front, but since the majority of what i’m wearing is red is that okay?

has anyone ever had a guest make inappropriate sexual comments to them? i had it happen today and i was kind of taken aback 💀 it was a group of middle school boys (typical) asking me where the condoms were so they could "have some fun with each other" which i kinda just brushed off as typical 12 year old boy nonsense but then they asked my bra size which made pretty uncomfortable. just wondering if any others have experienced this with guests. i had no idea how to respond so i just walked away.

Hi, ETL here, Any other ETL's/TL's recognize top performing team members in clever ways? I have this team member who is always going above and beyond and consistently outperforms himself every day. Now I usually get him a red bull/monster and a card saying thank you. However, I feel like doing the same recognition over and over again is boring. What are some creative ideas you have to give a top preforming team member recognition?

Is anyone else who is cross trained almost store wide just tired of it?

Like I’m cross trained in 75% of areas (inbound, DriveUp/Service Desk, Starbucks, Receiving, and HR are not on my list of trained areas) and I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of being scheduled in my primary work center (Tech) and being pulled to support Priority Pulls for the store. This entire week I’m now supporting priorities because I know the store more then the new guy in tech that has been their like 3 months. I’ve been here 2.5 years and I want to be scheduled in tech. I enjoy tech. I’m tired of pulls. And I’m tired of FF. No one wants to wrap pallets. Like come on and do your job I’m tired of doing three jobs in one 8 hour shift. Like come on

You know what I hate when we get visits and they only talk to the team leads. Why don’t they talk to the rest of us who are actually breaking our backs for this place??? Just saying.