I don’t know exactly how to approach this topic; do I answer the seven key questions or go on a rant? Is there really any right or wrong way to discuss the community I know so much about and so very little about all at the same time? I work for Target and that is really the only community I am involved in other than my family life. Up until a week ago I loved my job and I loved the community and atmosphere as a whole. My community of Target consists of the morning or day crew and as of this week I learned that all of these people have very selfish goals and aspirations in mind. Each member of my community is in the position they are with the intent to one day be in a higher position. In order to be in a higher role in my community you must do everything for yourself and attempt to be noticed by any and all members that are above you. Each day we gather in a “Smart Huddle” and discuss any events or information that is valuable to each and every one of us. We are given updates on “The Numbers” and what departments are “Green, Yellow and Red”, this information is vital to you only if your department is anything but Green. My Target is a new store, not even a year old, so we try as hard as we can to measure up with those stores that have a history as we do not. There are many stereotypes in the workplace as far as what jobs do what type of work and what sort of person you are for holding that position. The FLOW team is considered the lowest, least important yet, without them the store would not even have products on its shelves. And the “big wig” at Target would be the Store Team Leader, the guy that everyone is intimidated by. The fun part about that is, last week I had to work with him and he was asking me questions about how to do things.
Target is my community I loved and grew to hate. There’s so much going on in every community it is difficult to imagine and picture how it functions day to day.
