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Everything about their operations in stores has been pretty solid through this pandemic. I will go out of my way to choose Target because their training and employees are doing a great job, and I'm glad to see they are getting some additional compensation.
I hope it sticks, I hope their hours stay up and I hope the stores and management teams go out of their way to help their teams when they can.
I hope it sticks, I hope their hours stay up and I hope the stores and management teams go out of their way to help their teams when they can.
Is it weird that I love shopping at Target? It's like a relaxation exercise to just walk through Target with a coffee in hand.
Article says "The retailer had previously pledged to raise its minimum wage to $15 by the end of 2020."
their original statement from back then was to have it at $15 by some time.
This must be entirely subjective, because the people I've talked to who work there (PA and OH) mentioned lack of PPE, plexiglass, training, or communication, up until recently.
Anecdotally, I went to one for the first time yesterday, hardly any customers were wearing masks and even a few workers were without them. I grabbed my pharmacy order and got out of there asap.
I thought this happened a while ago?
But still, Target is the only place my family shops regularly. The stores are clean, and most of the employees are actually nice. My local one has been great during the pandemic.
But still, Target is the only place my family shops regularly. The stores are clean, and most of the employees are actually nice. My local one has been great during the pandemic.
I'm in NJ when I visit their stores - everyone has masks, I don't think I've seen a single person without it - customer or employee, there's plastic barriers up where they can, they have someone constantly cleaning their self check out after each customer... It's been a few of their stores where I see this.
That's nice, and I hope everyone gets consistent hours. I worked at Target for six years and was lucky to get more than 20 hours a week until October, and then back down to 20 or less in January.
Edit: The lack of hours prevented me from being eligible for benefits, too. I'm not sure if that changed in ~8 years.
Edit: The lack of hours prevented me from being eligible for benefits, too. I'm not sure if that changed in ~8 years.
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I can't tell you how many times I've run into coworkers at Target during our lunch breaks.
It doesnt work for everybody, but those shops are made to make you feel like you want to stay there, including the lighting and temperature. Theres been tests done about this, how having dimmed out yellow tinted lighting can relax you and make you lethargic
Ah, so I'm not crazy, I've always enjoyed walking through a Target
Dam they nailed it. I love the Target experience (especially their shopping cart) vs Walmart, but if I need something cheap I'm going to Walmart. During the pandemic though, I'd never set foot in Walmart
A pandemic is really not the time to start building a metric based around total hours worked in retail.
as someone who worked for that company for a few years, they absolutley did
The increase means nothing if they are only getting a portion of their old hours.
40 hours at say $12 = 480
Now they bump your pay up to $15, but are only giving you 32 hours = 480.
40 hours at say $12 = 480
Now they bump your pay up to $15, but are only giving you 32 hours = 480.
I mean, it still means something. It means you're working 8 hours less a week but making the same wage.
Ehhh... it means you get a day off a week for the same money.
I've debated trying to get on at ours for a while, they've been at $15 since January I believe. Even if it sucks more than the fast food I'm at now, going from $10 to $15 would have to alleviate some stress.
And I won't lie, hearing "less hours (for comparatively still more money)" sounds real freakin nice right now.
I hope that the $200 bonus isn't strings attached like our place's was. A $150 bonus to anyone who worked 30 hour weeks for a month.. while management purposefully cut you to make absolute certain you didn't hit it. Next to nobody got that bonus.
And I won't lie, hearing "less hours (for comparatively still more money)" sounds real freakin nice right now.
I hope that the $200 bonus isn't strings attached like our place's was. A $150 bonus to anyone who worked 30 hour weeks for a month.. while management purposefully cut you to make absolute certain you didn't hit it. Next to nobody got that bonus.
exactly, which is what everyone says they want to have happen, isnt it? not sure why the "European" model that some people love all of a sudden is bad when it is actually implemented
This morning our store director said it was for anyone hourly regardless of schedule.
Yes.
There's no balance between free time and being financially secured. We're probably not gonna get there until the minimum wage is $20.
In Ohio, at least, that would be pretty decent as long as it was full time
Working 40 hours, that would be about $1980 after taxes:
Rent - 1 bedroom: $700
Internet: $50
Phone: $25
Electric: $100
Health Insurance: $275 (this is marketplace price for my plan, much lower through target)
Gasoline: $80
Water: $50
Food: $250
Netflix: $17
Misc: $100
Left Over: $333
Target stays winning. They are headquartered here in Minnesota so they are my preffered place to shop anyway since they are so prevalent. That and all of the walmarts nearby are super trashy/ill maintained dim depressing places. Back in Indiana, Walmarts and Meijers were pretty decent, but they all suck in Minnesota
I once saw a car in a Target parking lot with an "I <3 Target" bumper sticker. We said 'surely that's the manager's car'... maybe that was just you haha
I worked there for years, and still know plenty of folks who still do. The $15 an hour is PR bullshit cause the average worker at my former store gets like 16 hours a week. No one outside of a few leads and lucky TMs get 40 hours a week.
Yup they cut hours, and they're getting rid of areas that used to have people that would work good hours by some standards (aka the food courts (starbucks stays mind you)
You obviously dont think the person working carts is going to have a living wage if they only work this job.
You obviously dont think the person working carts is going to have a living wage if they only work this job.
Isn't this an issue with most retail/fast food? I feel like I'm always hearing complaints about those types of businesses never giving enough hours.
My sister has worked at Walmart for 10 years and she still struggles to get 40 hours/week.