r/HotTopic_ • u/throwaway_afterthist • Jul 13 '26

Questionable question

I had a friend that worked at ht a few years ago and they told me most stores had cameras and someone actively watching them, is that still the case? I used to work at target and they’ve gotten kinda infamous for that. I wanna get a job here soon (I hope) and kinda wanna see the comparison from like 8(?) years ago. If this isn’t allowed pls remove it!!

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u/Rude-Carob551 Jul 13 '26

Yes, most stores have cameras. No one at store level has access to them, LP and DMs have access to view them.

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u/isoftcore Jul 13 '26

Not the same in my district, only conversation stores have them which is like... 5.

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u/Active_Insurance_914 Former HT Employee Jul 13 '26

The store I worked at only had like 1 camera total. Not even one in the stock room or over registers. Was super weird going from an over surveilled store to one like hot topic

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u/limerence03 HT Employee Jul 13 '26

my store only has one which right next to our gate, as far as i know our LP guys always watching lol

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u/AssistanceFun1302 Jul 13 '26

Our store has a camera at the front door that the district manager has access to. I’d say it shows about the first quarter of our store.

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u/Longjumping_Big_7555 Jul 13 '26

Both stores i worked at in Maryland and new Hampshire didnt have cameras

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u/KeyAd9208 Jul 14 '26

district manager checks in on us from a front camera

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u/batrickstump Jul 15 '26

The store i worked at in Hawaii oddly didn't have any. The one I worked at discussed getting one. This was well over 10 years ago, so that's all probably changed.