On Thursday, Target announced that it would be eliminating 1800 corporate jobs. The cuts include 1000 layoffs of active roles and 800 open roles. Managers are expected to be affected at 3x the rate as employees, but no jobs in stores or the supply chain will be affected. This amounts to 8% of the company's global HQ force, with 80% expected to be from the headquarters in Minneapolis.
A couple weeks back, I wrote about tipping via screens: It's down across the board, percentage-wise, and I think the suckiness of the tipping prompts is at least partially to blame. One common strategy people employ to deal with the prompts is to ignore them, walking away from the counter when a screen asks whether they'd like to tip $1 or 25 percent or whatever, opting out of the transaction completely. You have likely walked up to a counter to buy a matcha latte only to see that the person on line ahead of you has abdicated this opportunity to tip. Maybe you even thought, I could leave a tip for them.
Morrisons is introducing a new tracking system to monitor how quickly its shop floor staff stack shelves, as the supermarket embarks on a major operational overhaul to improve efficiency and win back shoppers. The new performance monitoring app, which is being rolled out across hundreds of stores, allows managers to see real-time data on staff productivity - including how fast employees unload and restock items.