Do Target workers deserve a shortened Black Friday?

[R8RFAN]

we can all sit here and point fingers but tell me if your wife forgot to buy a turkey roasting pan (cheap one) or the thick metal kind you buy from wally world . you know you would hop in the car and go get it and be just as guilty as anyone.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by R8ers

we can all sit here and point fingers but tell me if your wife forgot to buy a turkey roasting pan (cheap one) or the thick metal kind you buy from wally world . you know you would hop in the car and go get it and be just as guilty as anyone.

Figure out a way bitch. Football be on.

[Gary]

Every store I managed, I tried to make the holiday schedules as fair as possible. I put up sign up sheets for the employees and asst managers to pick 2 of the last 3 holidays(Thanksgiving, Xmas, & New Years) they preferred to work. I also kept track of how many holidays each employee worked, so on one was having to pull all the holidays while someone else always had them off. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best I could do within company guidelines.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Gary

Every store I managed, I tried to make the holiday schedules as fair as possible. I put up sign up sheets for the employees and asst managers to pick 2 of the last 3 holidays(Thanksgiving, Xmas, & New Years) they preferred to work. I also kept track of how many holidays each employee worked, so on one was having to pull all the holidays while someone else always had them off. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best I could do within company guidelines.

I did the same thing. As long as you do all you can and the employees know everyone will be asked to work an equal amount it usually works out alright.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

I did the same thing. As long as you do all you can and the employees know everyone will be asked to work an equal amount it usually works out alright.

There's a few things different here. First, it sounds like there wasn't much advanced notice for Target employees.

Second, it would be different if we were talking about casual Thanksgiving day shifts. First, I don't know if you're talking about night shifts. Second, are you talking about pre-black Friday shifts? Because those working 9pm on Thanksgiving are going to have to deal with a ton of pre-black Friday bullshit.

[Gary]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

There's a few things different here. First, it sounds like there wasn't much advanced notice for Target employees.

Second, it would be different if we were talking about casual Thanksgiving day shifts. First, I don't know if you're talking about night shifts. Second, are you talking about pre-black Friday shifts? Because those working 9pm on Thanksgiving are going to have to deal with a ton of pre-black Friday bullshit.

The last year I was at Walgreens, corporate decided to make several normally non-24 hour stores stay open 24 hours starting Xmas eve and through Xmas day. That sucked because they did not give us more than a week's notice of the decision. Thank God my employees & I had a good working relationship and we figured out a way to make it up to those that I scheduled for that overnight shift.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by Gary

The last year I was at Walgreens, corporate decided to make several normally non-24 hour stores stay open 24 hours starting Xmas eve and through Xmas day. That sucked because they did not give us more than a week's notice of the decision. Thank God my employees & I had a good working relationship and we figured out a way to make it up to those that I scheduled for that overnight shift.

Back in the day when I worked at Treasury Drug (now CVS) the store was open like 9-3. The pay was time and a half (or double) and there would usually be a ton of us asking to work that shift. I used to almost every holiday by CHOICE.

These big box greedy companies not only do not pay holiday anymore but they don't even recognize the holidays as it pertains to their employees only their customers.