Well thanks for discouraging me guys 
This is the only place that has called back after 10 or so applications... no one is hiring.
Is it really that bad? Or is everyone just bitching because all retail jobs suck?
This is the only place that has called back after 10 or so applications... no one is hiring.
Is it really that bad? Or is everyone just bitching because all retail jobs suck?
Use to work at Target, I worked softlines so it wasn't too bad but hardlines had it up the a** during xmas.
I cannot believe what I am hearing here! When you have a job you should NEVER be late for work except in very extreme circunstances.Can you imagine that 4 store employees in a place that only has 5 employees are late for work and the customers have no way to pay for their purchases? If they pay you on time you should be to work on time.
Bleep
Bleep
Vortex - it's just the usual retail. Some places are worse than others, some better than others. 99% of the time it's not the corporate policy that makes it suck, it's the managers. You'll have either really cool good managers, or really asswipey managers. Very few inbetween. Worst you can do is quit if you don't like it, simply put. Retail places like that have a high turnover ratio anyway.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Softlines = Clothes and some Baby accessories (strollers, etc.)
Hardlines = The rest of the store. Pets, Chemicals, Sporting Goods, Health and Beauty, Electronics, Toys
SarcasticDwarf
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It depends on how the timeclock system is set up. You have to clock in within 2 or 3 minutes of your scheduled time. That means 2-3 minutes BOTH WAYS, even when you get there 20 minutes early and a manager asks you to do something.
Wait... so if you get there early, you arent allowed to clock in early and the manager can tell you to do something? Then you have to clock in exactly on time even if you're in the middle of something? That's sh!tty.
I should be able to get there right on time since I live so close though.
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Definitely true. When I worked in the stockroom, our manager was great. She didn't let us slack off, but she let us know when we were doing a good job and stuck up with us against the other managers. When you work in the stockroom, you are basically never to leave it. However, other store managers see you as an available pool of labor and are constantly trying to get you to do their work.
I ended up quitting when a hardlines manager came into the stockroom and tried to pull one of the pallettes (on wheels) out to stock the floor. A couple of things about this though:
1) That was not from a pull, it was items that came off the truck. All she was doing was dragging it out onto the floor and hoping to find a place for all the items, which jacks up inventory.
2) Because the items came directly from the truck, they were stacked 5 feet high and were not ment to be moved.
3) She knocked the whole pile of liquid and solid detergents onto the floor and broke half a dozen open.
4) She then told me (not asked nicely, told) to clean it up.
Being a good employee, I said ok and walked off to get the stuff really pissed off. I let one of the other stockroom employees, who I thought had some brains, exactly what I thought of her. He, of course, went and told her. I denied it of course and immediately gave my notice. What BS.
So, my manager was awsome, but all the other managers I ever met were d*cks.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
At our store the EARLIEST you can clock in is 5 minutes before, unless the LOD (Leader on Duty) needs you to do something.
My favorite people are the Team Leads who need 10 minute smoke breaks after 45 minutes of work.
They are constantly out there smoking. Its amazing our store is still standing.
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Exactly. You can't clock in early or late.
Example: I worked in the stockroom which was in the back of the store. The timeclock was in the front. Sometimes, it would take me 20-30 minutes to get to the front because of customers asking me to help them. Because of the fact that the stockroom was understaffed and we could go overtime for the next decade without running oer on hours, it was no big deal. For all the other employees, they got yelled at.
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The entire point of having the LOD is to have them open up the door to the electronics stockroom as they are one of the only ones with keys
Anyone that has worked there... what was/is your official job title? Do you just have one task or do they switch you around, like from floor to register?
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Target B!tch.
Seriously I have no clue what my official title is now. When I was in the interviewing process they assured me a spot in Electronics. Then somehow I ended up being a Cart Attendant when I started actually working. I got pissed off naturally and basically said "Look, i was promised a job working on the floor in Electronics, not this sh!t job". Now I cashier, occasionally do Carts, and once in a great while the vindictive assholes will put me on sales floor.
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Jee, I feel like I have posted like 8 times in this thread. Oh wait....
In the stockroom, we were only to be in the stockroom. All other groups would be called up during busy hours to cashier. I tihnk it was supposed to only be used on rare occassions, but backup and all cashiers were called to the front most nights.
Generally you have a variety of tasks depending on your shifts and the season. For instance, all that one person in the group (I think it was electronics because it was considered office supplies?) that covered school supplies did during "back to school season" was stock the shelves. Generally, most stocking is done during the night. Seasonal items though have to be restocked during the day (grills and such, school supplies, etc). Also, the people that cover softlines have to hand clothing items back up that were dropped off at the dressing room.
It's either this or nothing. And I need $$.
And thanks to everyone that replied with useful info, especially DeathbyAnts and McFly. Even though you said stuff that I didn't want to hear, thanks for the info
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Originally posted by: Vortex22
It's either this or nothing. And I need $$.
And thanks to everyone that replied with useful info, especially DeathbyAnts and McFly. Even though you said stuff that I didn't want to hear, thanks for the info
youre welcome. Just PM me if you have any more questions...
Best advice, walk in and tell them to go fvck themselves. I worked for Target for awhile and it was not fun. If you get overtime by any amount (w/o approval) like 3 times your fired. Yah I interviewed and was hired to work in electronics. Three months later I still hadnt worked there once, folding clothes f***ing sucks. Then when I told them I didnt want to work 6 out of 8 weekend days in a month they told me I had to. I told them shove it up their a$$ and I was done. Oh and not knowing when you get out is sweet too. Like Friday and saturday nights it was not uncommon to not get off until after midnight. Often I would leave because of curfew (law) at 1:00am. Even though you are hired for the floor you'll be a cashier too, although cashiers have it easier. It seemed every 15 min there would be a call to go upfront to cashier and then that means you cant do your job so you get out later. Then the store isnt making enough money in a month and so they cut hours and then you get f***ed and get to work even later into the night because they are short people.
But if you still want the job tell them what they want to hear.
What was your proudest moment?
What would you do if you caught a friend clocking in early and sitting in the break room?
Bla bla bla give them bullsh!t answers and you'll get the job.
Oh and like 90% of your job is zoning which sucks huge.
But if you still want the job tell them what they want to hear.
What was your proudest moment?
What would you do if you caught a friend clocking in early and sitting in the break room?
Bla bla bla give them bullsh!t answers and you'll get the job.
Oh and like 90% of your job is zoning which sucks huge.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Zoning = straightening everything up. Pushing all the items towards the front of the shelves... Causing each aisle to look like a "wall".
Yeah it sucks.
SarcasticDwarf
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damn you, I hadn't had to think of zoning in years!
Seriously though, I would reccomend applying for the stockroom. You don't need to be really strong or anything, you just have to be able to stand on ladders about 4 steps above the line that says "no step above this line" (as they stack stuff way higher than they should at night).
While I have no retail experience to compare to, I would take Ants' advice about being a stockboy. Much more of a bond as a group, imo ..
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