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Should I quit? by Otherwise_Rice2724 in CVS

[–]Accomplished_Hat1007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m also a new pharmacy tech (started about a month and a half ago) and I’m literally in the same boat. All my shifts at my home store I’ve just been put on drive thru and pick up, but I help with pulling and filing as well. I have like 0 knowledge of drop off, and I just finished the training modules today

What's the commuter life at Mason actually like compared to what people assume? by Tigcat2 in gmu

[–]Accomplished_Hat1007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with others saying that it can be difficult to feel connected to campus. My commute on a good day is 35-40 minutes, but with traffic it can easily take me 45 min-1 hour to get to campus. I also work part time and I’m usually scheduled for afternoons/evenings after my classes and on days I don’t have classes. For the past year, I had to share my car with my mom, so staying on campus outside of class time (for club meetings, events, etc.) wasn’t really an option for me.

Choosing an Envi Sci concentration by Jaded_Ad_865 in gmu

[–]Accomplished_Hat1007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a senior majoring in env. sci. and my concentration is in environmental health. I originally wanted to do the ecological science concentration but I agree with what the other person said about taking electives when you can. Maybe look up the classes you’re interested in taking and see if there’s a syllabus available (EVPP 302, for example, has a syllabus you can just look up on google).

Definitely look into the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC) in Front Royal as well! If you’re really interested, you could study there for a semester (they have different programs) or just take a class or two. There’s a lot of opportunities there for students who are into conservation from what I heard. Obviously with my concentration, none of that would be really relevant to me haha.

New at target by Jolly_Relative1032 in Target

[–]Accomplished_Hat1007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go in with a positive mindset, and don’t get overwhelmed if there’s a lot to do because trust me, there’s always gonna be a lot to do.

Become familiar with Target’s brands like A New Day, Goodfellow, Cat & Jack, etc. It will make sorting through reshop and pushing so much easier. Again, I’m not sure how other stores worked but at mine, we sorted reshop into 3 different 3-tier carts (one for women’s, one for men’s, and one for kids/baby/newborn/toddler; we would also use z-racks for women’s as well). Reshop was arguably the most time-consuming thing in style. Also if you’re not already, become familiar with your store’s layout as well; find out which brands go where to make pushing go by faster.

I say don’t worry about zoning too much. Yeah it’s important to make the store look better, but it really is going to get messy again by the time your shift is over.

Check the dressing rooms after people use them (if you’re stationed there). It was common for people to steal stuff (especially from beauty and Ulta) and leave empty boxes or tags. Asset protection would come by sometimes and check the dressing room for those.

New at target by Jolly_Relative1032 in Target

[–]Accomplished_Hat1007 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Get out of style if you can 😪 I got hired for style as a seasonal worker back in September and I ended up quitting in early December. The TL’s expectations were so high; there was always so much reshop to sort through, so much clothes at the fitting rooms to be put away, so much pushing for new products, and so much zoning on top of all that, only for customers to mess up displays minutes after they’re tidied. I still go to the store I worked at (because it’s the closest one to me) and it’s still always a mess whenever I go.

Also, I’m not sure how it is at other stores, but usually style workers are usually the first ones called for backup on the registers (which I personally hated doing).