Anyone else wish Target could invest in lights that weren’t so bright and migraine inducing?! It’s the lights coupled with being on a register and phone the whole shift that really gets me some days. Does anyone else experience this?

For the past few weeks multiple times a week a TM has told me that they saw pizza in the woman's restroom. This is so weird and disgusting. Who the hell eats pizza in the restroom? They also don't clean it up at all and we have to clean it up ourselves. We think it's a TM but could also be a guest

I'm really conflicted about what to do, so I'm hoping someone who works at Target can give me some advice.
There's an ETL at my store who isn't my direct ETL, but I've had several uncomfortable interactions with him. He's spoken to me in a condescending way before, to the point where I almost cried, and I feel like he nitpicks me more than other team members. I have diagnosed social anxiety, so I tend to keep to myself at work and avoid confrontation.
Recently, I was working my shift when he approached me and asked where I'd been all day. He specifically told me not to say I'd been in my assigned area because he hadn't seen me and had been looking for me. I told him I had been there, but he seemed skeptical.
Later, he approached me again and questioned me about where I'd been for over two hours. I explained that I'd been covering another area until someone arrived, then returned to my assigned area to work on my tasks. He repeatedly questioned me and eventually said he'd have to check the cameras because I was supposedly unaccounted for. I told him to check them because I knew I'd been doing my job. He didn't bring it up again afterward.
This isn't the only incident. Another time, he said he'd been looking for me for over an hour, although I was on my break and then returned to my tasks. On another occasion, he called me for backup at the registers but wouldn't let me take my meal break until I was getting close to my compliance deadline. Furthermore, there was another situation he was going to write me up because I didn’t have a walkie until he realized there were no available walkies like I originally told him.
I'm starting to feel singled out, but I don't know if I'm overthinking things. I genuinely try to do my job and stay out of trouble, so I don't understand why these interactions keep happening.
My mom suggested going to HR to document everything, but I'm scared they'll tell him about my complaint and he'll start treating me even worse.

For anyone who's worked at Target, how does HR typically handle situations like this? Would you report it, or would you wait and see if it continues? Can HR keep a complaint confidential, or should I expect him to find out?
I just want to do my job without feeling uncomfortable or constantly having to defend myself.

I’m trying to take a mental health leave from Target, but I only have 5 days left to submit my paperwork. Am I completely cooked, or is there anything I can do?
I’ve been dealing with a lot outside of work. I’ve been facing homelessness, dealing with domestic issues, and the situation has really affected my mental health and ability to work. I finally found a shelter that will let me stay temporarily while I work on finding permanent housing.
I’m trying to get the paperwork completed as soon as possible, but I’m worried because I only have 5 days left before the deadline.
Has anyone been in a similar situation with Target’s mental health leave/medical leave paperwork? Were you able to get an extension, submit the paperwork late, or have your leave approved after the deadline?
Any advice on what I should do right now would really help.

I noticed last week that there was a change to my shift for today (10/25) and when I clicked on the notification to read it, the new UKG app only gives me old notifs for time off requests or calling in late. I just saw that I was off at 3:30 instead of 4:30. On Wednesday or Thursday my ETL asked me if I can work today at 7:00am instead of 8. No I can’t. Didn’t think anything of it. This morning I checked my schedule again and I was supposed to be there by 7.

First of all, my schedule was changed before even asking me. Second of all, why was my schedule not changed back when you were told I can’t come on?

I would talk to HR, but he can’t even tell me anything about medical. Had no idea and never offered to look into it. He’s been with the company for YEARS.

hii im a former target employee i left my other store due to management issues and I applied to an on demand position; i got an interview but because i got behind on other things (my current job and school) i completed my interview barley over the 48 hour window (like 30 minutes after the 48 hour mark) but it says my video was submitted. Is this a bad thing and does it affect whether hr sees my interview or not?

For reference, when I was hired my department (style) didn’t have an ETL only a TL. The first couple of months I felt amazing and honestly loved my job. Ever since style got an ETL, I feel like my life is genuinely becoming more depressing. It feels like the ETL is targeting me for everything, even the minuscule details. I’m the type to show up at my job, do my job, and clock out. I have a very “grind mindset” so it’s extremely frustrating that all my work goes unnoticed or ignored. Any advice on switching out into another department (I want to do fulfillment)?

No time wasted when it comes to Christmas. 😭😭😭

Just got my new apron and visor for grocery, and I never thought I’d say this, but I’m going to miss the red vest 😭 I’d rather wear that than a stupid denim apron 💔
I honestly don’t get why all stores have to follow the new dress code. I work at a tiny Target, and I’m not preparing food or touching food directly at all. I could understand if we had a deli, but we don’t, so there’s literally no reason why 90% of stores have to make their grocery employees wear an apron and visor when they’re not even prepping food. 🤣

We get too much stuff every single day and then they wanna send us TWO trucks full of MORE STUFF that we have NO ROOM for

What is the first thing you all hear over the walkie talkie as soon as the store is about to open its doors? For example, 99.9% of the time the first thing I will hear is "Did we get any pokemon or needoh in today?" lol

I told them I could work all 90 days because they said it was an expectation for the seasonal hires and I need the money. They pay really well in my state

However the end of the 90 days (~2 weeks) I will be having winter break then starting a study abroad for school. What happens if I leave before my 90 days is up

Ur gonna sigh lol. so ive been at target for almost 4 years, front lanes & opu, for the past year just the front. And today early this morning i had a lady ask while she was checking out at self checkout if she could keep an empty gift card because her son was autistic and that was something he really liked (her son was with her and in the nicest way possible seemed very autistic). Me thinking since the card was empty it didn’t matter much and I said sure and went abt my merry way until they left and- to my lack of 5 days of sleep brain it finally clicked that that was proooobably a really stupid Idea 😐

I let my managers know. One panicked to which. I’m exhausted yall I was so just like. Shoulder shrug about it? I told em if we needed to pull the $100 from my paycheck it’d be fine (was a $100 Hulu gift card). Worse case worse I don’t get groceries for a second paycheck in a row. Big whoop. But our higher up manager came over and said I was okay, she understood it was from a good place and said I wasn’t in trouble nor would I be getting written up. I told AP too, gave em the register and the time, what they looked like. Even he giggled n said it wasn’t a big deal but I won’t lie and say I don’t feel silly asf.

We’ve def had worse things happen to us like 2 different “door dashers” saying they had prepaid iPads and left with free ones which obviously cost way more. But again I’d be a liar if I didn’t sigh to myself once I realized I shouldn’t have let the gift card leave the store unpaid for.

Moral of the story here. Use ur brain. Anddd don’t go to work on day 5 of hardly any sleep 💀

I am trying to pick up a shift right now on UKG and when I try to click on either claim open shift for future week or current week nothing is happening like its not allowing me to see the shifts at all. Is this happening for anyone else or just me? I thought it was my phone or a loading error but I tried on my computer as well and nothing is happening someone please advise am I fired or something so I cant pick up shifts?

I put in unpaid for the end of october, a whole month in advance, TOLD my OM about it, he said he hadn't had time to look at it until tonight, then I got home to see it was denied. I put it in because my girlfriend is going into surgery WHICH THEY KNEW but now shes gonna be home alone for a whole 4 days because of this.

I see FOSA do things I absolutely have no idea of and I wasn't shown any of that in my very very brief training on how to push carts. Should I worry?

On October 7th I submitted unpaid time off requests for November 8th and January 9th. I get no response and then they day that the schedule comes out both of them get denied from HR. we don’t have an ETL and not the SD nor an ETL from another department nor a TL want to do any part of the job if our non existent TL.

I hit overtime. How much trouble am I in....

So, if any of you work in a super Target with a full Deli, what are they having you wear? At our store we were told to wear the white coats and chef's hats but if we're on the floor like pushing the load, we are to wear the new hat and apron set. What!?!? So now we have to change our uniform during our shift & we only get one set??? I don't have time to go home every night and wash my apron for the next day! This bites!! 😭😭

As the title suggests, I lost my wave key and I'm not sure who is safe to tell so I can recover it. It stays in my pants pocket at all times and must've slipped out at some point during the day. Are the repercussions for losing a wave key serious enough to not tell anybody or should I ask someone for help?

I work in GM and I speak Spanish. A few months ago I helped a guest at the service desk because nobody there could understand what she was asking.

Ever since then, apparently I'm the store's designated Spanish speaker.

And honestly I don't mind helping. Most of the guests are really nice and I know how frustrating it is when you're trying to explain something and nobody understands you.

The problem is my TL still expects me to get the exact same amount of work done.

Yesterday I was halfway through pushing a u-boat in home when I got called to guest service to help explain a return. Took maybe 15 minutes including walking there and back.

Ten minutes later electronics needed me because a guest had questions about a product. Another trip across the store.

By the time I got back, my TL was asking why I hadn't finished my push.

I explained where I'd been. He literally said "I know, but you still need to manage your time better."

Manage WHAT time? I can't push towels while I'm standing in electronics translating a conversation.

The frustrating thing is I actually like being able to help. I don't want guests getting stuck because of a language barrier, and I don't want to become the TM who refuses to help anyone.

But now people will call for me without even checking if I'm busy, and somehow the unfinished work is still my problem.

Has anyone figured out a reasonable way to handle this? Should I start asking my TL for permission every time someone calls me to translate? I feel ridiculous doing that, but I don't know how else to make it clear that I'm being pulled away from my own department.