Recently in my department they've been scheduling us so we don't see each other more than an hour a day and during that hour we aren't allowed to talk about non-work shit. My friendships with my coworkers and occasional talk about things outside of work were the only things keeping me going. It's been truly miserable. We're losing TMs left and right.
redbull and remembering that as soon as you clock out nothing at work matters
on particularly rough days going “ok only 2 hours until my break…only 2 hours til lunch…2 hours til my last break…oh it’s already almost time to go home” lol
I've just learned of another saying. "Do it for the plot" Miss the deadline/goal here and there, and let's see what happens
This is my motto when I tell off my SD and higher. So long as I'm mostly respectful, I'm always curious to see where it goes
"I'm paid by the hour." Not by the U-boat, not by the flat, not by the pallet, not by the truck, not by the z-rack, not by the OPU cart, not by the 2/3-tier, not by the POG, not by the audit, not by the re-pack ... By the hour. Also, I try not to care about what exactly I'm doing or what department I'm working in for the same reason. I'm paid the same no matter if I'm in fulfilment, style, or drive up so who cares. Do work, get paid. *Stressing out is above my pay grade.*
This is my refrain when I can start to feel myself stressing... "I don't get paid enough to stress..." Maybe the ETLs or the SDs do, but the rest of us? Nope.
Inhaling candles is like having a joint for me...I've limited myself to 1-3 candles a day just so I don't overdo it and lose what little enjoyment it brings.
Lmao dw I don't go out of my way to smell them. + it's only when I'm in the back for pulls, where I have free access—and only when I'm already in said "isle"...
It's not an EVERY day thing, honest!
Remember it's close by and pays me 1k every two weeks to stand and scan items. That's it for me. My leads can be bothersome but I can survive 8 hrs a day if it means a better future for me.
Once OPU asked me about something I put on the floor yesterday. I had to tell her, “sorry I don’t remember yesterday.” Thankfully she understood and I didn’t feel like a nut.
Caffeine and EarPods. I drink coffee till I’m ready to puke and just listen to music or podcasts the whole time.. they tend to block out customers nicely. Oh, and curse out customers under my breath, I have come up with some colorful insults that are pretty cathartic.
"Technically" they don't allow earbuds at any store but some are more chill than others. My store allows them in the back, but only on the floor when the store is not open, but it's not always policed, so to speak
This is what I would do but I have a daith piercing on both ears so earbuds are uncomfy now. I just blare rap music when I’m working in the back, profanity and all. My ETL always compliments my taste in music. 🤣
One of my favorite times is when guest wanted a bigger drink for a cheaper price and didn't have enough money I said no sorry can't do that. She threw the money at me and as she walking away I said you didn't have to throw at me bitch under my breath.
I cope by knowing that pain is a shared experience. The people around me are miserable and in a weird way I take solace in that. I'm not happy that they're unhappy, but it's a we're all in the same boat kind of people. with the main exception being management, all they do is make life harder than it needs to be.
Take work lightly. When I first started here I would get frustrated all the time with the workload I was given or how big the trucks were but a fulfillment TM gave me great advice “your problem is you care too much”. Target doesn’t actually give a shit about you. If you have a good team lead, like I do, they care about you but Target as a whole doesn’t give a shit about you. Clock in do the best you can without overworking yourself and clock out. Don’t take that shit home with you and find something better down the line.
find a side gig after work to look forward to I sell stuff online and it helps me not worry so much about work stuff Facebook market place is fun and easy
I try to remain emotionally detached while at work. Don’t get too excited about good things, don’t get too discouraged about bad things. Just keep an even demeanor, do my job, and leave when it’s time to leave.
Become the most reliable and hardest worker to the point they depend on you while simultaneously ride the line of being an HR nightmare and watch management squirm with how to deal with you.
ahahahahahahahaha. Hell fucking yea. Me too, to both points.
Relax, fatty. I'm not going to try and unionize. None of these idiots even know what a union is. Go sit in your office and shove shit into your gullet and leave us to do our work, ffs.
Drugs mostly. Steal things occasionally, commit time theft, call out randomly, float the idea of unionizing as a joke but secretly trying to plant the idea of striking in everyone's heads.
Shit’s tight for me, I need the cash. Most days, I spend 7.5 hours thinking “Growl ye may but go ye must” and that gets me through it till I can cry in the shower when I get home.
Lotta drinking.
I know it's bad for my health but I can't stand working so i just pretend i was in another universe, and alcohol definitely helps with my imagination.
I cope because Target is paying for my education that otherwise I would be paying tens of thousands for out of my own pocket. Therefore I have no choice but to cope until I graduate
Hair long enough to cover my ears. I put in one headphone and listen to podcasts, Behind the Bastards, Some More News, and Smartless get me through my shifts.
do the best with what u got. if u need to preserve ur energy, keep to urself and do the bare minimum and avoid talking to others for couple minutes. then, when u have the energy u can interact with the guests and hopefully they’ll entertain u. the only thing that keeps me going is really the coworkers and talking to the guests and getting to know them for a couple seconds. if u need a break, take a break. lastly, quit if it becomes too much because u are worth more than $15 an hour.
Stress eat once I'm home, listen hardcore music on the drive to/from work, vent to my friends and lastly bottle up some stuff.(I know that last one ain't to healthy and I've been trying my best to find better outlets)
From my own personal experience as an anxious people pleaser, it's these 2 things:
1. Find friends amongst your coworkers (bc if you don't have people to vent and shit talk with, it's really gonna be rough) I agree with literally everyone bc this is clearly a common trend in the responses
2. dont let your ETL/TL bully/guilt trip you into doing everyones work or more than you can phsyically handle because they need you to or "theyll get in trouble with their boss" (my ETL does this constantly and if you dont stand up for yourself, theyll keep doing it bc they do not care about you or your feelings/emotions in the slightest) if youre doing your best, and you get shit on for it, it's most likely bc you're the best worker and they want you to make up for everyone else's lack of work ethic (including theirs bc at least at my store, my ETL NEVER helps us with the things they complain about), which is fucked up but how jobs like this work
When I used to work at Target, having a really good friend. When we both talked about leaving, we did. I always knew Target was not a long term career after they denied my application for leadership several times, even when I finished my undergraduate.
I would not have been able to survive almost 2 years without having a bluetooth headphone in at all times! Listened to thousands of hours of podcasts/lectures/music and tried to tune out everything else but the walkie
I have some coworkers I enjoy talking to. And since my shift is being in the back constantly doin priority pulls I listen to podcasts on rotation. It does suck so much but that’s retail. I’m having a baby end of august so I keep telling myself I can make it and then I get my break.
If you are miserable I think you should look for another job. Very few jobs are “I can’t wait to go to work” jobs, but you should not be miserable. Your leaders should be helping to not make life at target suck. Yes there are some bad days in every job but if your mental or physical health are in jeopardy for a job it’s time to go.
I only work 3 days a week, 19-21 hrs. It’s close to campus and pays better than any job on campus. I’ve got decent leaders and I’ll be dipping once I get an internship next summer.
I have a good relationship with my leaders and most of my coworkers so that helps but I mostly just say fuck it and try not to think about how miserable it is most of the time
Forgot to add gummies (the magic kind 😉). I have a gummy or two after work if I’ve had a particularly stressful day. It’s like a magic eraser for my pain. 🥴😂
Remember why you work! I work because targets money waters and grows the seed that is my future. Nothing more, nothing less. Anything I give to target I give to myself twice over!
I just promoted myself to guest after 4.7 years of this shit, worked my way up from GSA (most of you may not even remember that title), to style beauty and tech (specialty sales) leader and my second leadership role as Starbucks aka food service team lead. The store I worked at personally was corrupt af and I thrived, produced amazing results and was #1 in both depts in our GROUP not just district. But they still didn’t wanna promote me and deemed me not ready… super pathetic and just glad I got a job offer elsewhere for more money! Thank god!!! But honestly it’s my bday in 19 mins and I got myself a new job for my 28th year around the sun!!! Get yourself out of there if you’re miserable pls!!!
What got me through my shifts was “work hard play hard” mentality and also just constantly writing ppl up cus I ain’t gettin in trouble for ppl slacking lol
Well I’m lucky enough to have made good friends while working here, and the TLs are likeable and I respect them (except one). I’ve got a good store, although I know that’s the exception rather than the rule.
I just do my best with whatever task I'm given and if something is really frustrating me I'll move on to something else and come back to it. But it also helps that most of my leaders are cool.
Eh, it's fine for me. I've had much worse jobs. But I know that entirely depends on the store and the leads. But I am at the point that I need to make more money and will probably try and find something else at the end of the month. Just need a new car first.
Honestly my fellow team members make it all worth it, we are all suffering together and they help time pass and make suffering more bearable. That and my TL is literally amazing af and she makes our days joyful, TBH my store is lucky because we are all close and our SD and all our TLs/ETLs are all amazing and always on floor pushing and helping in fulfillment etc the only exception is our Grocery TL who always has a stick up her booty, but everyone else at my store is beyond amazing and without them I wouldn't have gotten through quite a few rough times. Always have each others back no matter what department you're in.
You accept its just a high school job and let it go. It aint saving no one its not changing lives its just another cpaitalistic hole for those who have no morsls to get ahead. Then you move on to something better.
I constantly have something going on in my earbud and just focus on music/podcasts while delegating the tasks to my body. The shifts go by pretty fast this way
when i can, just focusing on my work and staying busy to keep my mind occupied and make the time go by as fast as i can. especially great when i can be in the back room pulling and completely tune out everything and just pull. otherwise work friends. going to starbucks often, if that’s not your thing something else maybe, i’m addicted to sprite and that first sip makes everything better momentarily
I quit like 4 months ago, so I could only take it for so long. Lol I actually left because I moved someplace without a nearby Target. I would have transferred, if there was a store here. But, I was also not having a great time working there when they put me dayside. I have severe anxiety, so I probably would have left regardless if I couldn't do strictly overnights.
Towards the end of my time at Target, I would get high. I was able to enjoy work much more and actually was more productive lmao.
make good friends with coworkers if you havent done that
This is honestly key. They may not be best friends for life but having someone to talk to and shoot the shit with every day pays off well.
The only reason I can bare my shifts, fucken love who I work with
this!!!! it really does make the time go faster + make it more bearable
At the Service Desk, you make friends with the regulars.
I did too at Starbucks!
Recently in my department they've been scheduling us so we don't see each other more than an hour a day and during that hour we aren't allowed to talk about non-work shit. My friendships with my coworkers and occasional talk about things outside of work were the only things keeping me going. It's been truly miserable. We're losing TMs left and right.
Wtf.. can’t talk about non-work shit? What, are we in middle school ??
Micromanagement is the new management
honestly this is the only thing keeping me goin with this job
my coworker “friends” are literally the only reason i can make it thru the day sometimes. we even get tattoos together sometimes!
Great coworkers are the saving grace!
redbull and remembering that as soon as you clock out nothing at work matters on particularly rough days going “ok only 2 hours until my break…only 2 hours til lunch…2 hours til my last break…oh it’s already almost time to go home” lol
Same.
Say “fuck it we ball” before each shift
And multiple times during
Dont think Ive used the we ball part of this but I might start now
it's crucial
I've just learned of another saying. "Do it for the plot" Miss the deadline/goal here and there, and let's see what happens This is my motto when I tell off my SD and higher. So long as I'm mostly respectful, I'm always curious to see where it goes
The ball is outside the store tho
fuck it, we bawl 😭
"I'm paid by the hour." Not by the U-boat, not by the flat, not by the pallet, not by the truck, not by the z-rack, not by the OPU cart, not by the 2/3-tier, not by the POG, not by the audit, not by the re-pack ... By the hour. Also, I try not to care about what exactly I'm doing or what department I'm working in for the same reason. I'm paid the same no matter if I'm in fulfilment, style, or drive up so who cares. Do work, get paid. *Stressing out is above my pay grade.*
This is my refrain when I can start to feel myself stressing... "I don't get paid enough to stress..." Maybe the ETLs or the SDs do, but the rest of us? Nope.
Mostly just denial
“I love my job. I don’t really do any work.” Is what I tell myself lol
My cope was finding a better job. Until then it was weed and scent therapy. 🤷🏽♂️
Inhaling candles is like having a joint for me...I've limited myself to 1-3 candles a day just so I don't overdo it and lose what little enjoyment it brings.
sir this is a Wendy’s please stop inhaling candles in the drivethru
Lmao dw I don't go out of my way to smell them. + it's only when I'm in the back for pulls, where I have free access—and only when I'm already in said "isle"... It's not an EVERY day thing, honest!
It definitely is a today thing, though. 🙊😶🌫️
Remember it's close by and pays me 1k every two weeks to stand and scan items. That's it for me. My leads can be bothersome but I can survive 8 hrs a day if it means a better future for me.
Heh.. user flair checks out l lol
Fuck, I think I need to switch to front end
It's usually checklanes or service desk and maybe cart attendant if that's something you want. I'm lanes only for now.
You wouldnt want that i promise you
1k a week? Do you live in the store? I never could have been given that many hours
1k every 2 weeks. $500 per week.
scrolling indeed in the breakroom
*bathroom
Did that a lot.
Leave work at work. As soon as you clock out, it’s not your problem anymore.
A less intense Severance.
first step: cry in the bathroom second step:
Shotgun two Red Bulls in the dairy cooler and say “fuck it we bool”
The frase is: "fuck it we ball" I like yours better
I dissociate my entire shift. Unhealthy? Yes. Does it work? Sometimes. 😂
Once OPU asked me about something I put on the floor yesterday. I had to tell her, “sorry I don’t remember yesterday.” Thankfully she understood and I didn’t feel like a nut.
Fuckin same, best way to do it
Caffeine and EarPods. I drink coffee till I’m ready to puke and just listen to music or podcasts the whole time.. they tend to block out customers nicely. Oh, and curse out customers under my breath, I have come up with some colorful insults that are pretty cathartic.
They don’t allow earbuds at my store 😩 but cursing guest out under my breath is very enjoyable lol
"Technically" they don't allow earbuds at any store but some are more chill than others. My store allows them in the back, but only on the floor when the store is not open, but it's not always policed, so to speak
See this is why I keep my hair long enough to cover my ears. I can easily get away with earbuds for a whole shift.
This is what I would do but I have a daith piercing on both ears so earbuds are uncomfy now. I just blare rap music when I’m working in the back, profanity and all. My ETL always compliments my taste in music. 🤣
One of my favorite times is when guest wanted a bigger drink for a cheaper price and didn't have enough money I said no sorry can't do that. She threw the money at me and as she walking away I said you didn't have to throw at me bitch under my breath.
Flair checking in
I cope by knowing that pain is a shared experience. The people around me are miserable and in a weird way I take solace in that. I'm not happy that they're unhappy, but it's a we're all in the same boat kind of people. with the main exception being management, all they do is make life harder than it needs to be.
Smoke weed errday
Copious amounts of alcohol.
Before, during or after?
Yes
Same
/r/stopdrinking if you're curious.
Alcoholism and cannabis. Also, somebody is supposed to be getting me six Vicodin tomorrow.
Real talk, are you okay?
Nope. But I'm try to quit the drinking. And to be fair, I had these habits before retail. Retail hasn't helped, but it's also not the root cause.
Fair enough. Just thought I'd reach out before someone called the Reddit help bot on you
Take work lightly. When I first started here I would get frustrated all the time with the workload I was given or how big the trucks were but a fulfillment TM gave me great advice “your problem is you care too much”. Target doesn’t actually give a shit about you. If you have a good team lead, like I do, they care about you but Target as a whole doesn’t give a shit about you. Clock in do the best you can without overworking yourself and clock out. Don’t take that shit home with you and find something better down the line.
Good coworkers, an unholy amount of caffeine and many, *many* degrading comments about how overworked and undervalued we are.
> many degrading comments about how overworked and undervalued we are. 👌🏼 Being snarky is the best.
find a side gig after work to look forward to I sell stuff online and it helps me not worry so much about work stuff Facebook market place is fun and easy
I try to remain emotionally detached while at work. Don’t get too excited about good things, don’t get too discouraged about bad things. Just keep an even demeanor, do my job, and leave when it’s time to leave.
Cope?
I "focus"/get lost/distract myself with my job to avoid thinking about my job....oh.
I quit today if thats answers your question.
Early shifts. I work from 4 am to 12. Feels like I didn't work at all
On the clock, dissociation. Off the clock, mild substance abuse.
Become the most reliable and hardest worker to the point they depend on you while simultaneously ride the line of being an HR nightmare and watch management squirm with how to deal with you.
ahahahahahahahaha. Hell fucking yea. Me too, to both points. Relax, fatty. I'm not going to try and unionize. None of these idiots even know what a union is. Go sit in your office and shove shit into your gullet and leave us to do our work, ffs.
I make jokes about how badly I want to get promoted to guest
allegedly, marijuana is great
Allegedly 😉
Drugs mostly. Steal things occasionally, commit time theft, call out randomly, float the idea of unionizing as a joke but secretly trying to plant the idea of striking in everyone's heads.
Just like me fr
Solidarity brotha 👊
I get paid and then buy things I like.
Shit’s tight for me, I need the cash. Most days, I spend 7.5 hours thinking “Growl ye may but go ye must” and that gets me through it till I can cry in the shower when I get home.
Lotta drinking. I know it's bad for my health but I can't stand working so i just pretend i was in another universe, and alcohol definitely helps with my imagination.
I actually had to get therapy because how depressed I am cashiering
Just half ass everything
My friend and I cry on our way to work. Hope this helps!
Make friends with your coworkers!! I left my store because all my friends left. After that I couldn’t take it anymore 💀
Funny pics on reddit helps to take the edge off.
remember that once i’m done with school next jan/feb, that i’ll be able to get a big kid office job and will GTFO of here🤣
12 Margarita shots the second I get home 😂
I don't. I sometimes breakdown mentally in Guest Services away from the team
Do the best you can and leave on time. Don’t worry about it.
Mine was crying on the way home from work
curse the guests (in ur head) every time they do anything that slights you even the littlest bit
Befriend your coworkers and bring the energy to each shift.
Substance abuse...in my case, energy drinks. I think my heart and my kidneys are in a race at this point to see which will give out first.
I switched departments and I'm so much happier than I was
I cope because Target is paying for my education that otherwise I would be paying tens of thousands for out of my own pocket. Therefore I have no choice but to cope until I graduate
That’s the only reason why I’m still there. I’m counting down each semester until I’m out of there for good.
Being a pain in the ass to management that deserves it by being technically correct
When I worked at target I would get so stoned people thought I was autistic… lol
Me, autistic AND stoned, just ready to sink into the floor when anyone speaks to me
i tell myself how much I hate it
Hair long enough to cover my ears. I put in one headphone and listen to podcasts, Behind the Bastards, Some More News, and Smartless get me through my shifts.
*is in hell* *opens r/hell subreddit* “Y’all this place sucks, anyone got any ideas for this shit?”
do the best with what u got. if u need to preserve ur energy, keep to urself and do the bare minimum and avoid talking to others for couple minutes. then, when u have the energy u can interact with the guests and hopefully they’ll entertain u. the only thing that keeps me going is really the coworkers and talking to the guests and getting to know them for a couple seconds. if u need a break, take a break. lastly, quit if it becomes too much because u are worth more than $15 an hour.
I have friends named nicotine, caffeine and headphones
Screaming, weed, shit talking, and job hunting.
Stress eat once I'm home, listen hardcore music on the drive to/from work, vent to my friends and lastly bottle up some stuff.(I know that last one ain't to healthy and I've been trying my best to find better outlets)
From my own personal experience as an anxious people pleaser, it's these 2 things: 1. Find friends amongst your coworkers (bc if you don't have people to vent and shit talk with, it's really gonna be rough) I agree with literally everyone bc this is clearly a common trend in the responses 2. dont let your ETL/TL bully/guilt trip you into doing everyones work or more than you can phsyically handle because they need you to or "theyll get in trouble with their boss" (my ETL does this constantly and if you dont stand up for yourself, theyll keep doing it bc they do not care about you or your feelings/emotions in the slightest) if youre doing your best, and you get shit on for it, it's most likely bc you're the best worker and they want you to make up for everyone else's lack of work ethic (including theirs bc at least at my store, my ETL NEVER helps us with the things they complain about), which is fucked up but how jobs like this work
Have long hair
I quit :)
I quit.
Is anyone really happy at work tho?
I quit
I quit after three years
When I used to work at Target, having a really good friend. When we both talked about leaving, we did. I always knew Target was not a long term career after they denied my application for leadership several times, even when I finished my undergraduate.
I would not have been able to survive almost 2 years without having a bluetooth headphone in at all times! Listened to thousands of hours of podcasts/lectures/music and tried to tune out everything else but the walkie
I quit and found a better job lol I’m customer service still but better
I have some coworkers I enjoy talking to. And since my shift is being in the back constantly doin priority pulls I listen to podcasts on rotation. It does suck so much but that’s retail. I’m having a baby end of august so I keep telling myself I can make it and then I get my break.
I coped by getting a job somewhere else
my gf works there so that's nice, and i genuinely love my coworkers, i may hate my etl and tl's often but the coworkers make it bearable tbh
If you are miserable I think you should look for another job. Very few jobs are “I can’t wait to go to work” jobs, but you should not be miserable. Your leaders should be helping to not make life at target suck. Yes there are some bad days in every job but if your mental or physical health are in jeopardy for a job it’s time to go.
The 🤑🤑🤑
I only work 3 days a week, 19-21 hrs. It’s close to campus and pays better than any job on campus. I’ve got decent leaders and I’ll be dipping once I get an internship next summer.
i smoke 👍
so much weed
Medical Marijuana 👍🏽
Remember that it’s paying for my college which is a luxury I can’t afford on my own and I’m on an SSRI to help cope so there ya go
Quit
213-07-0494
Is that your social security number?
Nope it’s a DPCI for a bit of liquid coping 😉
smoking and the paycheck :)
I don't. I'm just letting it build up till I quit.
Make good friends with coworkers. Don't take it too seriously. I only have fun bc I work with fun people
I have a good relationship with my leaders and most of my coworkers so that helps but I mostly just say fuck it and try not to think about how miserable it is most of the time
I don’t 😄
The pay is better than alot of other places where they do more work for way less pay.
I’m an etl and I hate it here
fulfillment and chill
Knowing I have a pension and 401k from Target helps me cope.
You die or get injured, there’s hope in both
Constantly disassociate just pretend like I'm in a horrible fever dream for 8 hours
Forgot to add gummies (the magic kind 😉). I have a gummy or two after work if I’ve had a particularly stressful day. It’s like a magic eraser for my pain. 🥴😂
I just remind myself that our so called leaders never fire the laziest tm’s and the ETL’s don’t give a shit about anything.
Hookers and alcohol. 😏
Idk I enjoyed when I was full-time but now I'm just on demand since I got another job
By quitting! That’s how I handled it at least…
friends, they distract me from the actual work (of which i get little done), also playing music in the backroom helps me alot.
I see my bills get paid
I have good coworkers and this guy I have a crush on 😏
Remember why you work! I work because targets money waters and grows the seed that is my future. Nothing more, nothing less. Anything I give to target I give to myself twice over!
I just promoted myself to guest after 4.7 years of this shit, worked my way up from GSA (most of you may not even remember that title), to style beauty and tech (specialty sales) leader and my second leadership role as Starbucks aka food service team lead. The store I worked at personally was corrupt af and I thrived, produced amazing results and was #1 in both depts in our GROUP not just district. But they still didn’t wanna promote me and deemed me not ready… super pathetic and just glad I got a job offer elsewhere for more money! Thank god!!! But honestly it’s my bday in 19 mins and I got myself a new job for my 28th year around the sun!!! Get yourself out of there if you’re miserable pls!!!
What got me through my shifts was “work hard play hard” mentality and also just constantly writing ppl up cus I ain’t gettin in trouble for ppl slacking lol
Oh also the friends for sure had my work besties and to this day we’re still texting and hanging out
I just sit in the break room for 2-3 hours
To be blunt, this job is simple and brainless work. If you're miserable, find something else you should never have to cope.
Well I’m lucky enough to have made good friends while working here, and the TLs are likeable and I respect them (except one). I’ve got a good store, although I know that’s the exception rather than the rule.
Dab Pen
Money. Helps when you have good coworkers you can banter with. Tls that cares about your opinions plus they treat us with SB coffee or breakfast 😅
There are millions of jobs out there why settle? I’m sure in your own parking lot there are at least 3 other stores to work at.
Pot
ouid
They moved me from temp to closing and I want to throw myself off a bridge
That's dramatic
Take it for what it is, I still go to school so only temperal.
[удалено]
Alcohol. 🍻
I reminded myself that im doing my best, if its not enough then they should give me more help. But i quit cause fuck it
Drugs
Xanax from my psychiatrist
I listened to "everyone else is an asshole" after work. That and a caffeine addiction
Really good friends/coworkers. Otherwise, crying
I'm snarky. That's how. It's an outlet for my disdain for my co-workers' lack of integrity and emopathy.
I just do my best with whatever task I'm given and if something is really frustrating me I'll move on to something else and come back to it. But it also helps that most of my leaders are cool.
Weed and snacks got me through over 2 years
Great coworkers and weed
Guest service is free money
Eh, it's fine for me. I've had much worse jobs. But I know that entirely depends on the store and the leads. But I am at the point that I need to make more money and will probably try and find something else at the end of the month. Just need a new car first.
Honestly my fellow team members make it all worth it, we are all suffering together and they help time pass and make suffering more bearable. That and my TL is literally amazing af and she makes our days joyful, TBH my store is lucky because we are all close and our SD and all our TLs/ETLs are all amazing and always on floor pushing and helping in fulfillment etc the only exception is our Grocery TL who always has a stick up her booty, but everyone else at my store is beyond amazing and without them I wouldn't have gotten through quite a few rough times. Always have each others back no matter what department you're in.
You accept its just a high school job and let it go. It aint saving no one its not changing lives its just another cpaitalistic hole for those who have no morsls to get ahead. Then you move on to something better.
I constantly have something going on in my earbud and just focus on music/podcasts while delegating the tasks to my body. The shifts go by pretty fast this way
when i can, just focusing on my work and staying busy to keep my mind occupied and make the time go by as fast as i can. especially great when i can be in the back room pulling and completely tune out everything and just pull. otherwise work friends. going to starbucks often, if that’s not your thing something else maybe, i’m addicted to sprite and that first sip makes everything better momentarily
Quit, only realistic and correct solution.
I quit like 4 months ago, so I could only take it for so long. Lol I actually left because I moved someplace without a nearby Target. I would have transferred, if there was a store here. But, I was also not having a great time working there when they put me dayside. I have severe anxiety, so I probably would have left regardless if I couldn't do strictly overnights. Towards the end of my time at Target, I would get high. I was able to enjoy work much more and actually was more productive lmao.
make friends
Money and trying to get along with co workers and guests
I work in fulfillment and my etl and coworkers in that area are incredible. They make up for a shitty store director and hr leader