Thoughts from target workers?

1STmammal2wearPants

MH80359 wrote:

are we really discussing working at Target? I would be embarassed to claim that on my resume, granted we all need to make a buck but this is senseless.

says the person who probably had everything given to him and never had to work a job so beneath them, before..............

Ok

Cinnamon Girl wrote:

MH80359 wrote:

are we really discussing working at Target? I would be embarassed to claim that on my resume, granted we all need to make a buck but this is senseless.

a job is a job, man. I've worked many places that I would rather not have worked, but I've got two kids and bills to pay. I respect anyone who would rather work than sit on their ass and collect assistance.

Amen.

paper tiger

FW46778 wrote:

Used to work as a cashier at tarjet. They really are not as bad as people think. At least if you buy it from there they will be giving some kind of xtra promo for sure. It should be a klausen or ames print so people go ape shit and line up at targets haha.

i'm thinkin the same thing. they almost always have some kind of "special edition" nonsense with their dvds/cds that are exclusively sold or promoted there.

John Briggs 2008

It's a good move. Better than Wal-Mart or Best-Buy. The band has more freedom with distribution to indie stores and remember that this shit doesn't pay for itself. They have no label now so they have to pay for manufacturing the cds, distribution and promotion out of there own pocket. This sponsorship/exclusive contract is paying for al of this. This band does so much for it's fans. I cannot believe how people chime the lame statement hat the band is selling out. Just my 2 cents.

CJMST3K

tylerj1462 wrote:

Over the last year and a half target has made a valid attempt to go green. The best example is the new policy on moving product from the district warehouse to the stores. In the past trucks would make a delivery 5 days a week no matter how full the truck was. The new policy only allows full trucks to be delivered, so if the automatic orders don't fill the truck it sits until its full. This cuts down one or two long round trip semi truck drives per week. Saves a ton gas and carbon emissions.

My question is this. Not sending a truck until it's packed has to save them money. Would Target do this if it cost them MORE money?

Maybe they would. Maybe they wouldn't.

dimitrispearljam

WHO CARES,,IS ALL BUSINESS,,IM INTRESTING FOR THE MUSIC,THE LYRICS AND THE EUROPEAN ALL 4 CONCERTS IM GOING...

tylerj1462

CJMST3K wrote:

tylerj1462 wrote:

Over the last year and a half target has made a valid attempt to go green. The best example is the new policy on moving product from the district warehouse to the stores. In the past trucks would make a delivery 5 days a week no matter how full the truck was. The new policy only allows full trucks to be delivered, so if the automatic orders don't fill the truck it sits until its full. This cuts down one or two long round trip semi truck drives per week. Saves a ton gas and carbon emissions.

My question is this. Not sending a truck until it's packed has to save them money. Would Target do this if it cost them MORE money?

Maybe they would. Maybe they wouldn't.

Maybe not. But they do keep the policy in place even if the truck is full of sale items late in the week. This past week they did not send a truck Saturday even though it was full of crap that was no longer going to be on sale the next day. Target makes most of its money on sale items.

And Im glad the promo stuff was brought up. I end up tossing most of that sort of stuff out, so Im sure I could walk out with a lot of it.

slightofjeff

tylerj1462 wrote:

And Im glad the promo stuff was brought up. I end up tossing most of that sort of stuff out, so Im sure I could walk out with a lot of it.

So would you say you've got some if we need it?

Prince Of Dorkness

It's very true that they no longer have a label and aren't going to be able to just have their records appear on the front racks of every record store in high quantities.

Pearl Jam has always been able to walk the line between giving to the fans while still managing to make money. Those tour busses don't drive themselves, you know.

They saw many of us fans spending $40+ on awful bootleg recordings of their live shows and instead gave us much higher quality, lower price bootlegs to buy and still managed to get paid. We all won.

With this deal at Target, they'll get their CDs into every area... not just major cities with record stores but rural areas that only have stores like Target. They'll get national distribution, they'll get promotion on network television, they can probably get a single played on the radio.

Better distribution means more sales which means more new fans meaning bigger venues and more tour dates in smaller cities.

We all win again.

blondieblue227

Target had a huge Prince head decal on the floor when they released his cd.

Lmao! I’m picturing Ed’s head on the floor now……….