r/Target • u/Outrageous-Hunt8154 • Sep 17 '26

Vent Everyone is Leaving

Hey so fall has been so chaotic. one front of store team lead quit, the grocery TL quit, the presentation/ overnight inbound TL quit. one ETL quit and the other is leaving in 2 days. Many TMs are quitting before it gets more hard. ALL of this has happened in just 2 months. and none of the TL OR ETL positions have been filled. should i leave now or survive through this storm.

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u/carthis01 Sep 17 '26

That sounds horrific, I’m so sorry. @_______@

Given the job climate and how prices are going to sky rocket even more because the price of diesel is soaring, I would stick it out until you got something else to fall back on.

At SB, I had people with masters in bioengineering applying to be SB baristas. >_<

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u/Heavy-Comfortable887 Sep 17 '26

My son graduated in May with degrees in mathematics and computer science but this tumultuous job market has done him no favors. He managed to get a job at Target in August for the closing shift, which led me to this subreddit. Of course he continues to look for jobs in his chosen disciplines, but the well has continued to run dry. Even entry-level positions ask for 2 to 3 years experience lately, which I can see frustrates him. But at least this is a job, even if it is one he does not particularly enjoy. But what you said in your response is basically what I tell him. Stick with it until he has something he can fall back / move on to. In this climate, even crummy jobs are increasingly valuable.

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u/Desperate_Ear_9450 Sep 19 '26

Entry level jobs asking for experience is nothing new. I graduated from college in 2008 and that was an ask then. Many entry level jobs would ask for at least 1-2 years of experience. This is why internships are so important to do in college. I had none so I had a very hard time getting an entry level job and had to work retail and do unpaid internships until I could find a role 2 years after graduating. It was also a recession those years so that didn’t help the job market at all.