i’m so lucky :)

recently started working at target (food & beverage) and wow, this is the best job i’ve ever had. is it fast paced? yes. do i feel drained after a long day of work? absolutely. but i’ve never had coworkers that i felt so comfortable with and who i felt like really cared about me and wanted to talk to me. the work is very much up my alley because it’s very similar to work that i did at the blue competitor store that shall not be named (just infinitely more organized). i love getting to just lock in and do repetitive work and organize things and help out my fellow TMs and i love getting to have free snacks on my breaks. my coworkers actually express appreciation for me and my “superiors” treat me as an equal human being and not some kind of underling. my store director today thanked me for being a really hard worker and told me how much he appreciates me going above and beyond to contribute to the team and i almost cried because not once in my life has another coworker or manager EVER outwardly expressed appreciation for my efforts. i feel extremely lucky because after reading thru this sub, i see that not everyone is as lucky to work at a good store like i am. the horror stories on here are awful and it made me realize that it’s not target as a company that i should be thanking, but the amazing people at MY target. this is the first job i could see myself actually moving up at and wanting to stay at for a long time. at previous jobs i had absolutely 0 motivation because i always felt like my drive to go above and beyond to help others was taken advantage of and never appreciated. but here it’s not like that and i’m just so happy i got this job. i feel like people actually like me here which makes working hard so much more rewarding

sorry for the poor formatting i’m exhausted after my closing shift today but i had to get it out haha. also sorry if the flair is wrong i wasn’t really sure which one to use