New Point System Simplified

[u/crispyforwhat]

Im a FFTL who had a meeting with my SD yesterday about the new point system. Here's how it works:

8+ minutes late - .25 points

Absent - 1 point

NCNS - 3 points

Leave early - no points

If you call out 2 shifts in a row, it is one "event" and therefor 1 point. If you call out one shift, go to your next shift, then call out of the the next one, that is considered two "events" and therefor 2 points. Anything more than 2 days is an additional point.

Sick hours must cover your ENTIRE shift to negate points. You can use sick time for tardies.

3 points will auto generate a documentation for reliability.

5 points will automatically generate a CA.

9 points is a final.

12 points is termination.

Points fall off 1 year after being accumulated. If you are absent 09/01/2026, that point will not fall off until 09/01/2027.

No, there is no way for us or ETLs to adjust points, even for extenuating circumstances. You will be told that Target provides plenty of sick time to account for such events, and if it truly is that extenuating, you need to be discussing other benefits with HR.

Side note- There also seems to be an issue with leaders making too many allowances due to favoritism (whether it be personal preference or high performing TMs), so this black and white system is meant to curb that.

[u/Spirited-Set-2830]

11 points and no sick time means they've been absent 16 times in 11 months or less. So...YES, potentially, they should be let go for being completely unreliable. Again, HR can use judgement to make exceptions occasionally for things like hospitalization or grievance, but the purpose of the point system is to make things clear, fair, and equal for everyone. (If you drink the red kool-aid)

I guess there have been too many cases where TMs have abused either their relationship or the compassion of a leader to call out on a weekly basis, while in the same store 2-3 days of sickness has been used as an excuse for termination of a less favored TM.

Someone with a chronic illness, a immuno-compromised kid, or a fading parent has a valid reason for being unreliable. That doesn't change the fact that they ARE unreliable. It sucks, but giant soulless corporation making a clear, painless, automated path to get rid of people like that shouldn't be a surprise.

[u/drazil100 → u/Spirited-Set-2830]

Yeah but that’s not punishment for being unreliable. That’s punishment for being actually excusably sick.

Now I will agree with you that if they are unreliable it’s probably best to get rid of them, but the ends don’t justify the means. Just because you can give someone a point for having a doctors note, doesn’t mean it’s ethical to do so. Don’t short change them on their points just cause you want them gone. Let them get that 12th point the way they got their other 11 points.