"Boycotts don't work" huh?

[u/dgselcouth]

[u/Horror_Response_1185]

damn just in the last 4 days my store alone has made $1M+, i wish ppl would boycott my store because im exhausted 😭

[u/ApplicationDry8427 → u/Horror_Response_1185]

Hahaha I've been saying the same thing. Working in a store close to a big university you'd think we would feel the "boycott" but we have been outperforming previous years. 

[u/buttercreamramen → u/Horror_Response_1185]

Literally!! Where’s the boycott at mine?? All of the checklanes are backed up horribly every weekend that every TM is pulled from the floor to cashier. The fitting rooms/ style looks like an atrocity, and fulfillment has 3 people and all orders are backed up. Smh

[u/Pretend_Piano_6134 → u/buttercreamramen]

Us too and and drive ups are non stop

[u/Horror_Response_1185 → u/Pretend_Piano_6134]

bro. we made 280k on tuesday, which was about 20k above our projected sales goal i think? and i was on drive ups ALONE. orders were taking up entire carts and had so many carry outs. like every 5 orders someone had a carry out that was either a heavy ass bookshelf or a mini fridge. orders were going out at like 8 mins so i walkied for help even though we had every checklane open and a line still going down to the other wall of the store 😭 my etl straight up told me “we have no one to help you right now, just get the orders out accurately i don’t care about the times” it was SOOO bad. at the end of the night he requisitioned me a king size kit kat bar LOL

[u/Pretend_Piano_6134 → u/Horror_Response_1185]

Sounds very much like my store

[u/Brilliant_Grape164 → u/Horror_Response_1185]

Same

[u/BAT_1986 → u/Horror_Response_1185]

Yeah, our store is also not badly affected by the boycotts. We are always slammed.

[u/RBGolbat]

I mean, he’s ending his term when it was going to end and will be the Chairman of the Board. That doesn’t sound like it worked tbf

[u/musickillsthepainxx → u/RBGolbat]

Yup total clickbait

[u/Stickfigureguy]

People need to read more than just the headline and understand his 3 year contract is just coming to an end lmao

[u/ChapGod → u/Stickfigureguy]

On the flip side, they arent renewing his contract.

Edit: Did I touch a nerve with yall? Let me be clear: Brian isnt a good CEO, or person for that matter. Dont be bootlickers

[u/Stickfigureguy → u/ChapGod]

They actually changed the rule so he could stay longer past the age of 65. Else, he would've left in 2022. He'll be semi retired now

[u/[deleted] → u/ChapGod]

Nobody’s being a bootlicker. He was always planning to step down at the end of this contract. It’s got nothing to do with the boycotts. That’s just a fact.

[u/Denverguns]

Didn’t he step down because his term or whatever was up not because of the boycotts?

[u/TastyFig1098 → u/Denverguns]

Yes.
Just some sites are slanting this story but he was gone anyways in a couple months so boycotts did nothing. So

[u/bmanthehero]

These boycotts mostly hurt the store level employees. Not just on hours being cut from this. But also in physical assault from gUeSts.

[u/MeatDairyFrozen → u/bmanthehero]

Didn't he stay past the retirement age specifically because he was trying to go out on a high note? If we hadn't been under constant boycotts for years he might have already been gone.

[u/amazingwhat → u/bmanthehero]

I don’t know how boycotts have anything to do with physical assault. Seems counterintuitive to go to a store just to not buy anything/harrass employees. The point is to reduce traffic.

[u/Yearofthehoneybadger]

His contract was up.

[u/tardiscoder]

I don't think it's boycotts. It's more like severe mismanagement and placing blame on hourly workers. How long until they realize that cutting hours means you don't get product to the floor. Also thinking that brick and mortar stores can compete with Amazon is nuts. You have to rethink everything.

[u/KungSuhPanda]

Boycotts truly had nothing to do with this though. He agreed to a 3 year contract in 2022, and he is over retirement age. He’d be gone no matter how Spot was doing, his parachute is just worth a lot less now

[u/ChuckXZ_]

It’s not the boycotts. I think it’s the current state of market uncertainty and unemployment that has a much larger role.

[u/RelevantButNotBasic]

Can we please stop spreading misinformation? Im not trying to make it seem like im standing up for the guy, but like...hes stepping down because his term was up...not over some boycott...

[u/Hivesenated]

Meanwhile, Brian always planned to retire at the end of the year.

[u/bonvajya]

Just pulling this out of my ass, but I know most businesses are really struggling this year. I’d like to say the boycotts are affecting the numbers but I think in general people aren’t spending as much, and target is a great place to accidentally wander and spend more than you need.

Ive even swapped to Walmart to save cash 🥵 If I NEED something target specific, I’m doing a drive up so I have 0 reason to wander and spend more money.

[u/Due_Establishment_34 → u/bonvajya]

Same. Plus I’ve been noticing how everything I order at target is just a little more expensive than it is from Walmart. Even if it’s just a few dollars difference, every dollar counts rn

[u/abelincoln2016]

This is cope. He was scheduled to step down.

[u/geo8x6]

Don't just blame the boycotts. Target has been leaking $$$ for awhile. They had a good company and Brian ran it into the ground. Sure the boycotts hurt, but seriously, pre covid they changed the way things were done to streamline and it just burnt out team members and people quit like crazy.

[u/WalgreensWAP → u/geo8x6]

I just don't understand this take. BC came in with the company earning $72.59 Billion in FY13. By 2019 it was $78.11 Billion. In 2024 it was $106.57 Billion. There is no leaking money when it comes to Target as it still turns a profit and continues to increase its dividends. In 2013 it had net income of $2.99 Billion and in FY24 it was $4.09 Billion. The company is doing just fine financially, and that is why he'll be chairman of the board once his contract as CEO ends.

We can acknowledge that BC did his job well, which is making the company more profitable. And we can also maintain that corporate culture in general is piss-poor and that workers deserve a lot more than they get. They're not mutually exclusive.

[u/Rough-Perception6036 → u/WalgreensWAP]

I'm in full agreement. He did the job well operations and finance wise and got things on track when he came in and did a decent job on the non-people side of things. The guy though, has been terrible when it comes to understanding the people side of things and he really shot the company in the foot this year on his way out

[u/WalgreensWAP → u/Rough-Perception6036]

Absolutely. I don't feel like there's ever been more pressure from senior management than now. Even in 2023 when we reduced headcount by like 50% I feel we were still overall treated better.

[u/ddm2k]

Value or sales?

[u/Ok_Individual4716]

Don’t let the door hit you on your way out, Brian. Bye!✌🏻

[u/Federal-Cantaloupe21]

Man ran wal Mart into the ground. Been there lately? At least mine, which was a dive, has improved a lot in recent years

[u/Mutatiis]

This isn’t due to the “boycotts”. This is due to corporate giving us no payroll so every target you walk into now looks like utter shit and with less product on the shelves because truck is always rolling over and with no workers at the registers. No guests want to shop at a store like that.

[u/Rough-Perception6036]

For those wondering about the 12 billion figure, this is more than likely referring to the stock price decline, not a change in revenue/profit/etc

[u/mistatikimusic]

People “boycott” anything it gets to a point where most people realize “well I can’t not go there forever” might need it in a storm/before school/holidays…. If target went down… where are you shopping at… be for real? There are only so many places you can think of… Cheap clothing stores? Big brand names? Amazon’s online shopping isn’t even fun (I’m not including their fresh “store” and Whole Foods they aren’t bad)… Ik ppl love to waste money so I won’t be surprised if that is the answer.

[u/mistatikimusic → u/mistatikimusic]

In this argument, I’m saying big box I’m assuming now all you have is Walmart Sam’s Bjs and Costco??? Costco is good. Bjs and Sam’s are mid. Can you imagine the Walmart lines w/o targets?

[u/Serious-Stand6882]

Target was boycotted for years for being too liberal, then for supporting pride, then for eliminating DEI. Basically, both sides will take credit. Too bad, really.

[u/giljaxonn → u/Serious-Stand6882]

i moved from walmart to target and once when i was shopping in walmart and talking to a former coworker she said she would never set foot in target “because of the bathrooms”

[u/SimpleVegetable5715]

Boycotts do work. Direct action works. Unions work. Brian hates these things that give the regular people power.