I am an ETL and I’m told that we all have to work 50 hours a week... 10 hour days. I thought it would be ok, but I realized it’s taking time away from Home life. I’m starting to dislike the long days. Other targets in my region do not follow that rule, and I’m just wondering how Target gets away with forcing us to do this.
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Welcome to retail. You'll be approaching 70 during the holidays if my Target memory is correct.
Just like Macy's, Kohl's, Bloomie's, etc. They all work management to death and then tell you you're grateful for it. I eventually told them I'm no longer doing it and found a better position. And finding that position was not terribly hard to do. Can't tell you how much better my life is.
There is life after big box, slave labor retail. Find it, you'll be thrilled.
You are salary. It’s the gig. Most salary jobs make you work 50 hours a week that are not retail, and almost half of the jobs in America are salary. I get it, not great. If you perform more management functions then you do associate hourly tasks it fine. If you do the same tasks more than 51% of the time then you should be hourly. I do believe that Bed bath made all of their assistants hourly last year because of this, they had a major class action suit. It didn’t end great because now that position has been eliminated.