Target employee whines about working on Thanksgiving

[MTM]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

 

[Care Bear]

Yeah, I saw this story on the local news today and had a hard time mustering up too much sympathy. I've worked crazy hours in restaurants on every holiday imaginable. You know this **** is going to come up when you elect to work in a service industry. And, again, as MTM mentioned, who's eating Thanksgiving dinner at midnight?

Other than the Vampires over at Penn State.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

Thanksgiving was one of the best days to work last year for me. I worked four flights in an eight-hour shift and loaded maybe 80 bags all day.

The day after was much the same.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

He's got to get in some sleep before the all-nighter. So depending on if his family does Thanksgiving lunch or dinner, it could cut into his family time.

But, hey, we can't let Thanksgiving intrude on Black Friday. Buy, buy, buy, spend, spend, spend.

 

[LongTimeListener]

He should take it up with the government overlords forcing him to work at Target.

 

[TigerVols]

We work holidays because we chose a 24/7 profession.

I hate that stores open on Thanksgiving now. I wish the Tea Party would make themselves useful and protest the hell out of this. There is nothing that MUST be bought at 11 p.m. on Thursday that can't be bought at 7 a.m. on Friday. Nothing.

Stores opening on Thanksgiving are un-American.

 

[YGBFKM]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

He's got to get in some sleep before the all-nighter. So depending on if his family does Thanksgiving lunch or dinner, it could cut into his family time.

But, hey, we can't let Thanksgiving intrude on Black Friday. Buy, buy, buy, spend, spend, spend.

Maybe you can pitch the idea that there shouldn't be a Friday paper so all the deskers have Thanksgiving off. They have families, too.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I have this Thanksgiving off. I believe it's the second time in 20+ years in the TV business.

My heart does not bleed for the Target workers.

 

[Care Bear]

This is the nature of retail around the holidays, and the new hours should come as no surprise to the Target employee. As LTL stated, no one is forcing him to work in that industry.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

He's got to get in some sleep before the all-nighter. So depending on if his family does Thanksgiving lunch or dinner, it could cut into his family time.

But, hey, we can't let Thanksgiving intrude on Black Friday. Buy, buy, buy, spend, spend, spend.

Maybe you can pitch the idea that there shouldn't be a Friday paper so all the deskers have Thanksgiving off. They have families, too.

Apples and bowling balls.

Retailers are constantly pushing the Black Friday sales earlier and earlier. Toys R Us opens at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. In a few years, retailers will just blow off Thanksgiving completely in favor of Black Thursday sales.

 

[LongTimeListener]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

He's got to get in some sleep before the all-nighter. So depending on if his family does Thanksgiving lunch or dinner, it could cut into his family time.

But, hey, we can't let Thanksgiving intrude on Black Friday. Buy, buy, buy, spend, spend, spend.

Maybe you can pitch the idea that there shouldn't be a Friday paper so all the deskers have Thanksgiving off. They have families, too.

Apples and bowling balls.

Retailers are constantly pushing the Black Friday sales earlier and earlier. Toys R Us opens at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. In a few years, retailers will just blow off Thanksgiving completely in favor of Black Thursday sales.

Story says Targets in Denver are open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thanksgiving, and if it works there they'll take it nationwide next year.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

If I started an online public petition against my employer protesting some policy regarding my own work requirements, I don't think I would have to worry about working on Thanksgiving.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I thought it was the government workers who were lazy crybabies who should bend over for their daily ****ings and thank those giving it to them for allowing them to keep their jobs.

Quit if you don't like it, *****.

 

[bigpern23]

Reading some of the posts on this thread I guess prove that misery loves company. "We work on Thanksgiving and miss time with our families, so should everyone else!"

I mean, "quit if you don't like it, *****"? I've been screwed by my employer before, as I'm sure many others have been, but I sure as he'll didn't quit in this economy. I was forced to go back to working nights for a few months this summer. Not asked, forced. I could have quit, but you know, those pesky bills got in the way. Doesn't mean I couldn't complain about it.

 

[Starman]

I thought it was the government workers who were lazy crybabies who should bend over for their daily ****ings and thank those giving it to them for allowing them to keep their jobs.

Quit if you don't like it, *****.

Oh, it's everybody, according to the Uberclass.



Hardwick has two choices:

1) Talk to his union

2) Talk to his supervisor and tell him he doesn't want to work Thanksgiving. Depending on how indispensable to the operation he is, they may or may not accommodate him.



FTR, I am working on Thanksgiving, as I have for about 33 of the last 35 years.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I thought it was the government workers who were lazy crybabies who should bend over for their daily ****ings and thank those giving it to them for allowing them to keep their jobs.

Quit if you don't like it, *****.

If it is the same person I heard on the radio, that "lazy crybaby" is working two jobs to make ends meet.

 

[Stitch]

Reading some of the posts on this thread I guess prove that misery loves company. "We work on Thanksgiving and miss time with our families, so should everyone else!"

I mean, "quit if you don't like it, *****"? I've been screwed by my employer before, as I'm sure many others have been, but I sure as he'll didn't quit in this economy. I was forced to go back to working nights for a few months this summer. Not asked, forced. I could have quit, but you know, those pesky bills got in the way. Doesn't mean I couldn't complain about it.

I'm assuming TSP should have used the blue font there.

 

[apeman33]

Once a long, long time ago, the grocery store might have been open from about 8 to noon on Thanksgiving day just in case someone forgot to get some Cool Whip or cranberry sauce. Now, Walmart only closes from midnight Christmas Day to 6 a.m. on the 26th ... and my sister has to go in to work at 3 a.m. on the 26th because, sure enough, there's going to be 10 a-holes ready for the doors to open so they can get into the exchange line.

Now I guess Wally World is going to have some Black Friday specials beginning at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night, then more stuff at midnight and then more at 5 a.m. Really? No one can wait until 7 a.m. to get a $29 mp3 player?

 

[Care Bear]

Well, if nobody shows up to purchase crap at midnight, perhaps stores will end the nonsense next year. But people line up at all hours for Black Friday. This obviously started as a terrific (or terrible) marketing ploy for businesses, but consumers ate it up.

 

[YGBFKM]

An employee at Target has started a petition to protest the fact the store is opening at midnight Black Friday.

I can't imagine he'll get too much sympathy here, where most of us work odd hours and frequent holidays.

I found this quote particularly amusing: "Employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner," Hardwick said in a statement. "We don't mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far."

I imagine most Target workers live within 30 minutes of their store, so even if they start work at 11, that's leaving home around 10:30 p.m., which isn't in the middle of anyone's dinner.

http://www.startribune.com/business/133803318.html

He's got to get in some sleep before the all-nighter. So depending on if his family does Thanksgiving lunch or dinner, it could cut into his family time.

But, hey, we can't let Thanksgiving intrude on Black Friday. Buy, buy, buy, spend, spend, spend.

Maybe you can pitch the idea that there shouldn't be a Friday paper so all the deskers have Thanksgiving off. They have families, too.

Apples and bowling balls.

Retailers are constantly pushing the Black Friday sales earlier and earlier. Toys R Us opens at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. In a few years, retailers will just blow off Thanksgiving completely in favor of Black Thursday sales.

Newspapers make tons of money off Black Friday advertising. So somebody has to work Thanksgiving to put the paper out. But maybe you don't like the capitalist organization that pays you and allows for you to take most, if not all, holidays off.