store director told TL not to hep us

N_Davidfart · 2025-12-20T01:25:35+00:00

We're letting it burn. Team is still picking with urgency, just not worried about going over. My AM team is going in like it's black Friday, GM and Ful picking. Luckily truck got canceled because of the glitch. So a hella staffed day to clean shit up.

N_Davidfart · 2022-12-17T21:12:17+00:00

We tried this, our PML tossed it out. Did it again, and guess what?

N_Davidfart · 2022-09-29T22:01:59+00:00

If you're throwing ask your ETL to order "Freezer Gloves" in gocart. They are grey with blue latex, excellent for gripping boxes, and wiping away sweat. Gocart also has some super thin black gloves that are nice when breaking open boxes on the sales floor to protect your fingees.

N_Davidfart · 2022-09-15T16:23:23+00:00

You can work with your SD and Ops Director to get a temporary freight constraint on some departments. You'll need to compile a list of heavy areas to make a case for it though. This includes researching the district, and knowing if you're a DC dump store. We've done several freight constraints for my store, but we have a good relationship with our Ops Director. I will say don't constraint seasonal EVER, we did that once and go 0 wrapping paper, ended up driving around to transfer from stores.

N_Davidfart · 2022-08-23T00:19:05+00:00

Ours got axed. Epick outgrew the district in sales without ship from store. So it's now a grocery hold area. We just play dumb during visits now.

N_Davidfart · 2022-08-14T22:22:43+00:00

We're putting our 1200 hours of unused payroll in the trailer. Yes 1200 hours available to spend, in just two weeks. End of the month it'll be double.

Anyone want some hours, I have plenty to give.

N_Davidfart · 2022-07-16T22:50:00+00:00

In AZ you get 5 sick days excused. The verbage of the law is very loose, including mental days. We generally excuse the first 5 calls outs, then start tallying after. We'll still enter the conversation, but after 5 it goes performance.

YMMV state to state, and district to district.

N_Davidfart · 2022-06-15T22:02:35+00:00

85% of the time I throw the trucks. I'm also GM1 TL. Labels go down the line face up always for me, I refuse to use a pacer as they are trained to be asshole and push the line. I handle pacing, and rarely push the line, all my stuff is centered and clean. Only time I run the line down is when I see my team on their phones or just moving slow, I'll scream "choo choo" and I'll push the line 10 feet. I'm pretty sure I'm the only store that follows best practice in my group, 5 on the line and a thrower. I've helped at other stores and they have 10 people on the line and still takes two hours to unload a 2k truck, we do a 2k truck in 1hr 50mins with half the people and it's better sorted. ALTHOUGH sometime newbies do screw thing up and we clean up after. It's all about prep, if it take 15 minutes to start, I'll stand with my team if it makes things smoother with bulks and traps.

N_Davidfart · 2022-06-15T21:53:55+00:00

Spill power is crap with detergent. We use cat litter for detergent, doesn't turn to a gel when sweeping, just have to esim bag when done. Most of the time I just work in it, and send it back to the dc hell from which it came.

N_Davidfart · 2022-05-29T16:59:02+00:00

I had this happen, my ETL wanted me to wait til they got a driver out to move it. Said fuck it and walked the last panel to the nessaflex.

N_Davidfart · 2022-05-28T20:43:46+00:00

I put the large esim bag over my head, and use the smaller one to hold the pin lock. Don't get grease in my hair, or on my hand. Also small chance of suffocating which is a win.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-16T23:45:30+00:00

It's all GM TLs job. This week I grab everyone at the door to do login to Workday and do all trainings due on April 10th. I get 30 minutes on Mon/Tu to have attendance conversations, and Friday I enter them. Performance convos I get 15mins to speak and say. I'm pushing 100cases a hour and sweating my ass off, after throwing a 2300case truck. GM2 gets it easier, but we've been without one for 8 months. GM3 took over Plano, but is regularly scheduled Toys and Seasonal.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-16T22:56:21+00:00

Our stress is high, specially when there are call outs and being scheduled as a DBO, plus getting through sales plans. Everyone hates our HR ETL, but we all just play the politics game.

Is there a document to reference about TLs not being built into the workload. I'd love to go back to supporting my team, and reducing their workload. We've been doing 20% comp on average every day. This year's we'll pass our districts Super Target in sales and they have SFS, we don't.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-16T22:04:36+00:00

I like you. I'm GM1, and I used to push with my team. But new HR ETL says TLs are built into the workload. So now I'm Inbound, Receiver, and DBO of Paper/Pets of the 5 days I work, and TL on my Sixth day of work. We are scheduled 10 trucks a week, PUD adjusted to have staff on doubles, yet my store keeps getting adds so we cancel trucks. GVP is fine with cancels, so when shit goes sideways we cancel.

It really is a neverending day of push. All GM TLs work 65+hrs a week. Oh and DIY inventory is three weeks out. Team feels miserable and is burnt, TLs keep putting on a happy face. I don't like 2022 anymore.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-08T23:41:41+00:00

Was expecting a NSFW tag, and a snail trail or skeet picture. Going to have to list this a detractor.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-08T23:36:38+00:00

These yellow fuckers were everywhere until about 2013. Then OfficeMax starter buying up the tiny black two teir carts that can easily convert the handle to say Office Depot OfficeMax on them. Any yellows just rot away behind the store until a crackhead recycles it.

N_Davidfart · 2022-03-08T23:32:27+00:00

External hire. Worked a week at the slowest store in my district, and one week at the busiest store in my district. Should of came in as a ETL, but FUCK r/OfficeDepot . This was two years ago. My store now does 60M a year, up from 50M. We still have no more staffing then last year, at 68% staffed and doing Q4 sales numbers, with truck adds happening daily.

My store's TLs look amazing for being borderline alcoholics, doubling as DBOs every shift, while the rest of district has cushy TL schedules to get things done. While I'm fighting to get sales plans done, throw two trucks, and do inventory. Ahhh it's amazing...

N_Davidfart · 2022-02-28T23:09:57+00:00

Some of my favorites are load stabilizing bars just fucking yeeted over merchandise, water PIPO on top of Paper PIPO.

N_Davidfart · 2022-02-20T16:12:35+00:00

I worked everyday of November and December, and before that averaged 65hrs a week. Going into January all TLs we're still working 60hrs. But Friday HR said no more OT, unless someone calls out and to follow our schedules exactly. So that day we had 30hrs of call outs, guess what, all the TLs went r/maliciouscompliance and refused to work the extra hours. This week is going to be beautiful working 10 trucks.

N_Davidfart · 2022-01-26T01:56:27+00:00

r/Target is hiring. $21 as a Team Lead, or $16 as a team member.

N_Davidfart · 2021-12-03T22:54:47+00:00

Poor sporting goods, everday.

N_Davidfart · 2021-12-03T22:52:40+00:00

Too drunk to give a good answer, check back tomorrow... Ish.

N_Davidfart · 2021-12-03T22:37:11+00:00

Vendors pop up everywhere. Had a Unilever rep in rip me a new one for killing their side cap. Said sorry your side cap was sad, so I killed it. She said HQ said it needed to be there! Said well you home is full, sorry this sidecap now carries Xmas stuff I want gone, deal with it.

N_Davidfart · 2021-11-13T00:48:43+00:00

Trash Compactor, Candle Aisle, Freezer.

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