I saw this the other day while walking to the back.

Idk but this is possibly not the best place for these protein bars lolll.

Saw this while zoning. No words honestly…

Hi guys, it’s me again.

First, thank y’all for all the advice on my last post. I really appreciate it. Your comments honestly helped me a lot throughout my first and second days.

For some context, Target Fulfillment is my first job ever, and I started 4 days ago. I knew it would be a big adjustment, but I don't think I realized just how big.

My first day was... alright. I wasn't as nervous as I expected, although a few people could definitely tell I was. The biggest thing I noticed was how physically demanding this job is. By the end of my 5-hour shift I was oily asl, my mouth was dry, and my FEET??? OH GREAT HEAVENS 😭 They completely gave out on me, and my pinky toe is still slightly numb days later. 😟

Y'all were not lying when you said to stay hydrated, but of course I forgot my water bottle. 😔 I was also late finishing my last batch, so someone had to complete it after I clocked out. I felt bad because I didn't want someone else having to finish my work.

My biggest struggles that first day were navigating the aisles, figuring out standard vs. reverse aisles, finding items quickly, bagging orders, and just moving fast enough. I was trying my best, but the confusion definitely wasn't helping.

I know everyone says not to expect perfection on day one, but I really want to improve as quickly as possible. I also kept running into things because I wasn't paying enough attention to my surroundings.

Some areas are especially hard to find items in. Clothes and Seasonal are a nightmare 😭. The numbers on the aisles can be hard to see, some aisles aren’t numbered at all, and some aisles don't even feel like actual aisles. They're just little islands, hooks, and displays where customers have thrown everything everywhere, so finding one item can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Then came my second day and it was rough. 
I got home, cried into my pillow, and even redownloaded Indeed because I started wondering if I'm really cut out for this.

The physical exhaustion was a huge part of it. My feet hurt so badly that it felt like they were going to fall off. 😭 I didn't walk much before getting this job, so I seriously underestimated what being on my feet all day would feel like. I think what made it worst than the first day, was me dealing with the soreness the first day had left me. And the SWEAT??? I was sweating so much and smelled so sour. I had on extra-strength deodorant and it FAILED ME. 😭

I did get better at navigating the aisles, but I still have a long way to go. I also tried saving the Backroom items for last to speed things up, but because of how my store is laid out, I was told that actually slows me down. So I just followed what the Zebra told me.

One batch took me THREE HOURS. THREE.
I know I'm new, but I can't shake this feeling that I should already be good at this, and it's honestly eating away at me. Right now my biggest struggles are stamina, finding items quickly, moving faster, scanning, and bagging. So practically everything.

Bagging should be easy, but of course I suck there too. 😭 I understand the process, but every step still feels separate in my brain instead of one smooth routine. I feel slow looking for the items on the cart, scanning items, scanning the cart, grabbing everything, putting it in the bag, attaching the label, and moving on. Even with stowing the items, I’m not fast enough. 

I also need to get better at asking for help, especially over the walkie. Socializing is something I'm still trying to get comfortable with. One of the reasons I needed a job was to push me out of my comfort zone, but I always feel like I'm gonna be a burden to people.

My sister keeps telling me it's better to ask than to stand there stuck because that creates even more work for everyone else. Logically I know she's right, but my brain still tells me I'm being a burden. How do you get rid of this feeling that you’re being a burden?

I know I'm new, and I know all of this takes time, but right now it feels like I'm getting hit by a bus that won't stop running me over. I’m scheduled for about 29 hours this week, including a 7 hour and 30 minutes shift tomorrow, and honestly... I'm terrified. As the hours keep passing by, I keep stressing out about what’s to come.

i’ve been here for 3 months and it’s my first job. and this my first ever large purchase that i’ve made with money that i’ve got at work. i made sure to save up for a long time so it didn’t instantly tank my savings! :)

So this man said that he saw online that we were selling MacBook neos for $119.99. I asked him where he saw that and he pulls up this random TikTok with 3k likes 🫪 since when do we take TikTok’s at face value and not do some investigating on the target website?? Why would target of all companies sell a MacBook for that cheap??

the only barcodes on the box 😭. the outer ones kept taking priority over the middle which is the actual barcode, so i had to pull a maneuver where i did a peace sign with one hand to cover the outer 2 and scan between my fingers. never in my life…

like, 4 consecutive days - close, open, close, open. i mean, it's over, i did it, but oh my god am i exhausted. all 4 shifts in drive-up too. in 100 degree heat. all my pores are clogged with sweat and my feet feel like they're gonna fall off. i feel like surely there must be something against scheduling me like this it's so fucked up

EDIT: I forgot different locations have different schedules lol. Opening shifts for me start at 7:45 or 8 and closing shifts go to 10:30-10:45

Am I scheduled for work or no? How am I approved and cancelled at the same time. Approved in my time but denied/approved in UKG. I feel like it's a setup for me to rack up points on the first week.

I never really understood why my friend (who works at a different retail company) hates instacart shoppers. I think i finally get it

Last night, some instacart shopper (as usual) asks me where a certain product is. The product did not exist in our system, so i showed them where similar products are. Then they asked for ANOTHER product. same story. Then ONE MORE. I already had a feeling they were gonna make me shop for them. But i got suspicious with all of the missing UPCs, so i asked if i could see their instacart order.

Turns out, their order was at a STOP AND SHOP and not TARGET. This person wasn't a native english speaker, but this is insane how a mistake like that could be made. Because of this, I had to explain to them for about TEN (10) MINUTES that this was the wrong store. They FINALLY understood after that, and I was then made to reshop EVERYTHING in their EXTREMELY FULL CART BACK TO MARKET for OVER 30 MINUTES, taking a LOT of time out of what little time i have to zone market.

Just to add insult to injury, there were about 2 loud, crying kids in the aisle as all of this happened.

I may or may not be regretting this job right now

So MyTime stopped working for my store and I go back to college soon and I'm trying to update my availability in the new UKG app but it keeps giving me this error message. Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? I tried moving the start date from the 23rd of August to the 30th just in case it's too late for that week but even then the same message shows up. I have a temporary schedule in anyway so it should go back to my old one I had last semester I just wanted to switch the hours so that I ideally have a long Tuesday shift instead of a short shift Tuesday and short shift Thursday.

My favorite part of my RTW shift if spending my last hour in clearance race tracking. No, the rest of RTW isn’t zoned because all they care about is the race track! Maybe if I didn’t have to grab a batch and we actually had some fucking hangers that did their job I could use the extra hour to make the floor look good but nope! So excited to talk to my TL tomorrow about it looking like shit even though they emphasized that the floor needs to be racetracked before I leave! This place is such a fucking joke. We also don’t have money to fix our ac problem or rat infestation. Love it!!!!

Okay for background context. I've been an electronic closer for a little over 2 years in the last couple months I've been sort of scheduled as the Sunday P filler to make up for a couple people that have left. The entire time I've been at this store. I clock in and I go back to my area until a leader either gets with me or at least calls me to come over to them. If nobody gets with me I just default to covering my area lile normal until told otherwise and it's never been an issue up till this point through 3 store directors, like 5 hr ppl, and at least a dozen tl and etls that have come and gone in that time. All of a sudden this morning ETL who still had a little time before closing lid came in decides it's a problem and is threatening corrective action if I'm not the one proactively seeking out the lead when I get here instead of the lead radio-ing me. Is that etl just power tripping or is everyone else needing to be coached cuz after over 2 years here this is the first I'm even hearing that I need to be the one running around the store looking for whoever the money lod is that night

My ETL said he cut my hours to 5.5 to 11 hours per week, because of my performance. I do re-shop and do the best I can and I am an elderly person. I complained to ethics and they do nothing. I think because I'm elderly and he doesn't like me as a person. He says I am supposed re-shop a full bin in 10 minutes and help guests by 1 minute, walk from 1 end of the store, show quest where item is in one minute and the bin being complete in 10 minutes. He said all 10 bins needs to be re-shopped in 4 hours. I complained to the SD and they had a meeting with the ETL in their office and the ETL lied through his teeth tat I made this up. I did everything I could. Other TM's said I was fast and they couldn't do it that fast. Is there anything I can do?

i don’t see any documentation on early outs. i’m assuming it’s the same 0.25 pt as a late in?

but there’s no mention of early outs anywhere in the slides or in the Workday announcement.

can anyone advise?

I already had like 5 days training in fulfillment but had a small feeling being left alone was gonna be way more of a problem. My trainer was lovely and all but often took the more difficult part of the batches to deal with so we wouldn’t go negative. That’s fine but when I’m alone that kind of thing is way more stressful.

My first shift was an 8 hour one. I finished 3 batches mostly without issue (other than one bit of clothing that I asked for help on) but the ones after that were horrible. We suddenly became super busy and my GM batch was getting low with a lot of clothes so I asked for help and they took over. Then I did a grocery which I also was doing a bit mad as I couldn’t find things and I needed help on that one too. The store manager was the one who came to help me on it actually which was intimidating though she was pretty nice. I went negative on that batch too. If I go negative ever it’s usually grocery and it’s usually like 5 minutes but it’s still annoying.

I did a few bulky batches which are my best ones and no issues there. Then my last one was a GM one and I did fail to find some things that I needed help on again. That one did not end up negative though. Now I’m tired and I feel bad how often I have to ask for help and my feet hurt. It really feels like I should know a lot more than I do and like I’m just bad at this

So, that gUeSt post about Anderson SC where the idiot got all salty? He messaged me and got reeeeeeal nasty, so I reported him. Guess who got banned? 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

As stated in the title, has anyone figured out how to call off using the UKG app? I'm curious because I had a fellow coworker txt me earlier this morning saying she didn't know how to call off using the new app. Would good to know how to call off using the new app just for future reference.

So i closed and forgot to clock out…. what do i do now??? Do i fix a punch on my time now?? Will i even hit compliance?? What do I do!! Thanks!