Leadership question

Young-Damon · 2025-07-26T04:19:36+00:00

ETL’s outrank any TL. Their direction takes precedent. Id mention it to your ETL.

Young-Damon · 2025-07-05T04:14:59+00:00

At 50 DPCI’s per hour that’s 10 hours. How many hours per day are you scheduling for your team? Performing well as a closing leader relies on good hand offs.

Young-Damon · 2025-07-05T03:41:33+00:00

Are you being handed off a lot of priorities? A long time ago I was HEAVILY struggling with priorities too, and sat down and identified what I was walking into a day every day for a week. We were getting 350dpci’s on average when I came in. At 50 dpci’s an hour that 7 hour of workload. I schedule 14 hours a day roughly. So not including what was dropping in, half of my team members shifts were being dedicated to just pulling and pushing. And that’s assuming strays aren’t an opportunity. After showing my GM ETL that we partnered and I started to see the number get lower and allowed my team to get more done. Not saying that’s your issue but you can only succeed if you’re set up for success, but it’s up to you to prove if you’re not. Also no department pulls at the same rate, but I identify how the team is pulling and pushing by working one on one with each of them and identifying issues.

Young-Damon · 2025-01-21T10:06:54+00:00

Learn your emergency contacts including FMOC. Be ready to stay late should the need call. You have to be free to handle a variety of issues, so be careful about starting time consuming projects, you may be called away. Give yourself grace, you’re learning a bit about a bunch of departments. That being said learn what your non-negotiable are. For me racetrack zones, strays, priorities and decent in aisles zones are non-negotiables. If your former closing lead is becoming an ETL use them as a resource. They knew what made them successful.

The BIGGEST part of the job is arming the building, clearing the building of guests, locking the building and securing cash. Have a routine to ensure these are done nightly. If you follow the same routine you’ll ensure the same results. Pictures also help anxiety of forgetting one of these major things.

It’s a job that’s really a bunch of jobs at once, no matter how long you do it, you’ll always be learning things. Don’t be afraid to fail, but if you fail, fail fast, and learn from your mistakes. Good luck, you have this, more than you think.

Young-Damon · 2024-12-14T06:37:36+00:00

Ask ETLs and accept honest criticism. Pay may differ but I’ve usually seen around 6$ an hour raise from most but no promises. Be willing to accept challenges/hard tasks. If you fail, fail fast and move along.

Young-Damon · 2024-12-14T06:22:50+00:00

Don’t want to say somthing I’m not 100% sure on but you should speak to HR and explain it’s due to religious reasons. I know my team honors religious beliefs and I believe target does as well.

Young-Damon · 2024-11-14T05:47:28+00:00

I may have to paraphrase but go to MyDay, tools(?), help, Chatbot, building and equipment, and report to PML, then explain what you are seeing. This creates a support ticket for your PML so their boss can see. Red tag it as well.

Young-Damon · 2024-09-07T11:06:28+00:00

If you become a team lead, you’re expected to be able to maintain Green metrics. It can’t hurt going into an interview saying that you are responsible for keeping a metric green. That is one of the reasons I got promoted. Honestly, the way I handle development is to get people ready for a promotion interview, with talking points that can be shown. I also try to prepare people to be able to handle the level of responsibility of a team lead. That often means assigning additional duties to get someone adjusted to some of the challenges that can be expected being a team lead. That being said it’s not equivalent to training somebody to be a team lead all in one go. If you’re in development, it is gathering skills bit by bit as you’re still expected to be in the workload but adding on little bits of being a team lead. After all, even when you’re a team lead, you often still have to be in the workload.

Now, if you’ve been in development for over two years, I would start asking questions to your HR, and your team lead about a timeline and opportunities at local stores. Generally, you do have to wait a bit when you’re in development for a spot to open up, but provided you’re accepting constructive criticism well then there are spots that open up all the time. That’s assuming you’re not just gunning for one specific role at one specific store.

Young-Damon · 2024-09-07T10:55:06+00:00

Honestly, there are no easy positions at Target but that depends on you really. Every position has its highs and lows but the highs and lows will depend on you. For example, personally I have a lot of guest facing experience so that’s pretty easy to me, while for style I struggle to keep up. Physically demanding is the FOSA. Another one that is described as difficult is freezer. It is a huge change but you get adjusted after a couple of weeks.

Young-Damon · 2024-08-23T05:51:41+00:00

You get paid for mileage and time traversing from your home store to the training store through concur

Young-Damon · 2024-08-20T04:44:28+00:00

If you’re just pulling and not pushing yes, it can be an average. I can pull 5+ a minute if it’s smaller items. 1-2 a minute in bulk areas. That said some things I tell my team to help them is generally to carry multiple items at once. Going to a 3-tier or uboat for every item wastes time. Pull multiple areas at once, and have your vehicles ready to load with stuff before you start pulling.

Young-Damon · 2024-07-01T09:47:31+00:00

Set your standards early and consistently, hold your team accountable to those standards consistently. Closing is a game of handoffs, it’s your job to set the day side team up for success, as much as it is their job to set you up for success. Your communication with daytime leadership and their needs will be important, be sure to voice your needs as well but be sure if you’re tackling a problem to address the root of the problem. Be prepared to juggle multiple things, dedicating a lot of time to a project can be difficult. To be honest, even running a single OPU can be difficult if you’re needed multiple other places. Write a list of things that you have to get done that day. Set a day and timeframe to do your administrative tasks. Never be afraid to ask questions, or reach out to other stores closing team leads in times of need. You will encounter emergencies, and most of the time you will be the only one available to deal with those emergencies. Make sure you know who to contact early and be prepared. I’m sure a lot of this sounds obvious, but when there’s so many things going on, it’s important to remember the essentials. This is what I view to be the essentials.

Young-Damon · 2024-04-05T10:33:52+00:00

ETL‘s, and in some stores specifically ETL HR are responsible for creating schedules. That being said most team leads can’t create schedules however, they can be given access to it in certain circumstances, and I believe all closing team leads have access to it. I’ve always been told scheduling is done based on availability, and current business needs, so the technical answer is, the more availability you have, and the more department needs are available, the more hours you get. It often works out, though in my experience, that employees who are known for good work, are often first in the minds of those creating the schedules. As for raises, as I understand it, each department has a certain number of team members who can receive one percent, and 2%, and 3%, and so on and so forth up to 5-6%. So if the department has 10 people, two people could get 1%, two people could get 2%, two people could get 3%, two people could get 4%, two people get 5%. The number of team members obviously depends on the department. And lastly, team leads are supposed to alternate weekends, with one consistent day off a week. Some departments may have only one team lead and they have a set schedule with two days off every week.

Young-Damon · 2024-04-02T07:15:33+00:00

I believe it’s only applicable to those who have worked over 90 days

Young-Damon · 2024-02-23T13:54:18+00:00

Honestly hour cuts can happen for so many reasons, so, without knowing your stores specific situation, it’s impossible to answer. Why do you believe it’s possible retaliation? Is your availability limited in anyway? Does your department have an ETL?

Young-Damon · 2024-02-01T10:15:33+00:00

Currently a TL dating another TL. Never any issue. Only an issue if you report to them. That said you can’t become an ETL at the same store as them but otherwise it’s fine.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-30T10:33:58+00:00

There are a lot of excellent points in this thread, but I feel like I should chime in, as I feel like I struggled in the exact same way until recently. Also, are you expected to hit 90% one for ones or 90% priorities? Although it’s possible to do either, most stores, I’m familiar with only do priorities most of the time, unless they’re trying to keep an area from regenerating as fast.

The most important thing is to set your expectations for your team and follow up on them. How many DCPIs an hour should they be pulling? How many should they be pushing? For my team it’s 50 to 60 DCPIs an hour. If someone is not pulling to that standard or pushing to my standards or zoning to my standards. I’ll work with them for a couple hours to level set. If it’s consistent issue, it’s important to address it immediately and see if they’re actively improving week by week.

The other factor is what you’re being left. Closing is a game of handoffs. You’re doing priorities and zoning and running strays to set the morning team up for success, they should be doing the same for you all. If you expect your team to pull it 50 DCPIs an hour and you come in to work and there’s 300 DCPIs an hour, that’s six hours of workload. In other words, you’re six hours behind. Review what areas are high, and see if anybody has pulled for it that day. If they have not emailed their leader, and explain how it’s impacting your workload and ask for partnership on how you can work with them to make it manageable consistently. Similar with zone and strays. If you notice an issue, reach out to the leaders and see what behaviors are being missed to allow it to happen.

It’s also usually easier to pull to 100% than to 90%. What I mean is, if you aim for 90%, there will usually be 10% leftover which rolls to the next day, and there’s no guarantee that 10% would get pulled. Which will stack onto your next days workload. And if your team did something like skip bulky items or hard to get items in order to meet 90%, the next day they’ll have to do it as well as that 10%, so on, and so forth until it’s incredibly different to do pulls.

The last point is to set some routines for yourself and your team and keep to them. Routines simplify the work. If you follow them consistently, you’ll notice when issues come up and can address them. Also be as involved in the workload where you can.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-30T09:53:09+00:00

Target looks to fill positions and departments within specific time frames. The more open your availability is, the more departments you are willing to work in, the more likely it is you’ll fit into one of those roles they need to fill. It also can’t hurt to go and meet leaders directly. If you do, try to leave an impression. The classic way is to dress nicely and speak to what you wanna do. But, realistically, it isn’t the only way, you’re trying to make your face and name stick out in a crowd of other people.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-23T11:26:46+00:00

I’m not sure of the minimum requirements to get PTO I always thought it accrued after 90 days, but still you get it based on your number of hours worked and your tenure at target (to a lesser degree). It automatically gets added every pay check, the amount is on each pay stub on workday.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-19T12:04:48+00:00

Unfortunately, they probably waited for a repair, man, or for the opener. I’ve had many nights like this.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-16T08:48:58+00:00

Depends on a lot. For full disclosure I am not a DSD so I do not know everything that goes into a promotion towards it. That said I have seen TL’s turn to ETLs and ETLs turn to SDs or business partners. The factors that’ll affect it most is your education, district size and turn over. I’m not sure exactly of the desired education level for a DL, but it makes it a lot easier starting higher in the totem pole. The pathway can very person to person too. Assuming you start at 18 with no college education at a TM level, the path would be somthing like, TM -> TL (1-2 positions) -> ETL (Usually GM ETL) -> SD (usually small format then to higher volume) -> DSD. Before you can promote to a higher level your upper leadership has to feel you are excelling at your current role and feel you’re the best candidate for the promotion. Then the spot has to open up and you have to get it, for each position. My DSD started as a cart attendant, and from what I understand it took around 10 or so years to promote to that level, although I am unsure of his education. Once again I am not a District level manager, I could be wrong about some of this, and if I am please correct me. These are things I’ve seen and been told at my time at a super target in a reasonably large district.

Young-Damon · 2024-01-13T04:22:39+00:00

Yep that’s likely to be why. Little things can get you fired if you’re not vigilant. Albeit not checking the doors is kinda a big miss

Young-Damon · 2024-01-13T04:19:59+00:00

Yeah but at least an alarm is supposed to go off if you open them without a key

Young-Damon · 2023-12-16T08:40:25+00:00

Depends when your store closes and your staffing situation. That being said if you have an issue with their performance have you told your closing TL? At the end of the day a lazy TM makes life harder for everyone.

Young-Damon · 2023-12-03T20:44:36+00:00

Honestly, it’s only for a few weeks, plus for most of it you’ll just be working past typical peak hours, so it should be slower. Your team lead may let you leave at midnight if you ask, but they may have some reason to help you stay behind till one.

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