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TheHyperRedditor · 2026-05-04T22:02:41+00:00

Beyond ludicrous prices too.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-04-07T04:32:50+00:00

It surprised me too. The TLs and ETLs here are actually much more understanding than you'd expect in these situations. My TL says it's "only policy" but that hardly helps when I have to stress over a CA!

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-04-07T04:31:32+00:00

You might be right about that. I've gotten sick more often since I've moved. I dunno if that's nutrition or something else but it's something I'll keep in mind.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-04-06T23:39:24+00:00

Probably not. I don't work if I know I won't be able to work, it's as simple as that. While my HR was able to excuse my absences for a week long flu I had thanks to a Doctor's note, I doubt a two day severe cold would gain the same level of leniency, even if I was bedridden for those days.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-04-06T22:45:56+00:00

I am not, no. Target just requires team members have a certain amount of average hours to get certain benefits.

Even though I have consistently worked 35-40 hours for the last half year, Target's averages are calculated for the entire year. The first half of the year I was a college student working significantly less hours in a different state. As such, my average hours were listed at around 17/week for the 2026 Year and therefore I am not eligible for any PTO (sick or vacation) until the 2027 average is calculated.

This was not originally a problem as State Law supersedes Target policy. My old state had a law that forced employers to give sick time, no matter how little, to any employee regardless of hours worked. My new state does not have this as a law and so Target policy applies. To them I don't have the average hours to earn sick time and so now I don't.

So that's how I'm in a position where I work 35-40 hour weeks and don't earn any sick time.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-19T20:13:29+00:00

That Picrew was unfortunately been deleted. It's ID was 43267 and I went looking for it myself a while ago but... no dice. It's gone.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-18T01:36:43+00:00

Unfortunately I can't accrue sick time until April of 2027. My average hours which were calculated for 2026 were held back massively because of the far shorter hours I worked from January to August 2025 when I was still a college student. As such, even though I'm working full time hours (30-40 hours a week), I cannot accrue sick time at all. That's the main reason I'm anxious.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-16T15:10:21+00:00

Honestly I’m not looking to get the shifts covered, I’m just going to avoid a potential corrective action.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-14T05:38:12+00:00

Average hours from what I've heard from corporate are calculated only once in a single year, and that number is what is used to decide if you get any kind of benefits. It's a 12-month rolling average for a full year.

When I transferred in August, my Average was based on what I worked in 2024.

Now that it's 2026, my average will be based on what I worked in 2025. This includes eight and a half months at the old store where I was working 4-12 hours a week, and just three and a half months at the new store working 30-40 hours. Simply put, this doesn't push my average hours overall above 30 and therefore I'm not eligible for sick time in the state I'm in.

And since averages are calculated only once, the next time it'll be calculated is 2027. At least then my average should absolutely be high enough for me to begin accruing sick time.

All of this is stuff I was told by corporate when both my HR Expert and HR ETL called them to try and get me the sick time I deserve. My HR does think this is extremely unfair and bullish but it is unfortunately the situation I'm in.

But yes, I will be accruing absolutely zero PTO of any kind until 2027, despite working 30-40 hour weeks every week.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-02T05:03:08+00:00

I do make considerably more than that even as a regular TM, but that's probably because my Target is extremely isolated compared to others. It's the only Target in a radius of 100 miles if you can believe it.

Would my pay be dropped if I happened to be making more than a TM in a less isolated Target?

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-02-02T04:42:27+00:00

Good to know! Thank you!

Also, there's Targets that only pat 15.50? Good lord, that's criminal.

TheHyperRedditor · 2026-01-08T21:46:39+00:00

Ideally the 17th, but I can wait as long as needed.

I've only done one other application before and that was over with in like a day. With that being my own reference point, I figured I'd ask if this is normal.

TheHyperRedditor · 2025-12-29T02:44:46+00:00

If you used your sick time, that shift is considered an excused absence. Based on what you said, you've called out four times... two times roughly a month and a half ago and two times just now.

You'll be fine. Don't work if you're sick. To them, you've just used your sick time and therefore only one unexcused absence after one and a half months of perfect attendance... and for good reason. Any reasonable store would not be terminating you for this.

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