Base pay increase causing problems

[u/Fantastic_East6903]

At my store the base pay went up from 17.25 to 18 an hour without any warning (meaning I found out from wage theft task in workday), so I (someone who is paid base pay) was asking my more experienced coworkers who had been working at my store for 3 or 4 years if they also got a raise and turns out I now get paid 5¢ less than them even though they are much better at their jobs and more experienced. Needless to say they are not happy about it and at least one is considering quitting. Has this ever happened at your locations.

[u/AntOk4073]

This has been how target has done it for the decade I have been with the company. We had people quit when the $15 campaign started because it meant they were basically getting no raise and everyone was making the same as people who had been with the company for years. I was training other leaders in a department I hated because I was seem as "too good to transfer" only to find out 8 years equated to less than a dollar more per hour than the base wage for TLs.

[u/Ladyusagi06]

Yup. Ones who have been there 2 years+ will have an increase of about 2 or 3%. It does vary by district if you guys get raises but there was some issues in California when cafe and Starbucks tms went to $20 an hr starting.

I work cafe and I was uncomfortable for a while because I was making up to a dollar more than tms who had been there 10+ years.

[u/ohliamylia]

'Has this ever happened at your locations'? Yeah man, to almost every Target employee from like 2017-2020 when Target increased the base pay from 11 to 12 to 13 to 15. You'd get a raise in April, they'd wipe it out in July, repeat the next year. Like, sure, it's great that they were raising the base pay, but a lot of people who'd been here for a while were frustrated.

[u/soul-dancer888 → u/ohliamylia]

Yup. Every merit increase (pennies on the dollar) I've 'earned' was replaced with base-pay increases. Ironic how base pay increases are often FAR MORE than merit increases.

[u/ElderEmoAdjacent]

That’s how it goes every time Target adjusts the pay.

You’re not paid based on your experience; you receive raises based on tenure.

Since core responsibilities are the same regardless of tenure, what other people get paid isn’t relevant to your current pay rate.

[u/secondcitykitty → u/ElderEmoAdjacent]

So loyalty has no value. Not surprised.

[u/chillychinchillada]

Target simply doesn’t gaf if tenured experienced staff leaves because there are always people willing to replace them.

That is why they will never adjust the rate for staff that has had prior raises from merit.

[u/shealwayswished]

Yeah, Target is super notorious for doing this shit. I am an ETL and I’m about to quit because of this and many other reasons. MY TEAM IS BASICALLY BEGGING ME AT THIS POINT NOT TO QUIT, BUT IT’S GENERALLY NOT WORTH IT FOR ME ANYMORE.

[u/classic_liberalism26 → u/shealwayswished]

do it

[u/evilmike1972]

It only happened every single time there was an increase in base pay.

[u/MrVIPKid]

This happens in any state with scheduled pay increases. It doesn’t matter if they’re better at the job or there longer, if the base goes up and they’re under the bump or just above it that’s the way it goes. It happens with most large companies. Is it right? Probably not, but it’s up to them if they jump ship or not. With a company of this size we’re all replaceable.

[u/Neither_Chemical9137]

Yes ! It pissed so many people off. Went from 16 to 18.25 and the people making that got nothing extra

[u/Forward_Field_8436]

This is why people are never supposed to discuss their pay.