Target CEO Brian Cornell’s pay declines 45% to $9.9M

20 years ago I worked at Target. Holy shit, never again. The managers do not give a shit, at ALL.

The employees bust their asses stocking shelves, helping customers, running register (this at a time before self checkout), and doing literally everything to keep the store running.

As far as I could tell, the managers do about 1-2 hours of paperwork in their office, and spend the rest of the time going around yelling at every single employee for no reason.

One time we had a guy who wanted to return a VCR. Keep in mind 20 years ago is 2005. This VCR is at LEAST 10 years old, and very used. We don't even sell this VCR.

He has no reciept. No box. No remote. There was a porn vhs inside the vcr. He insisted the VCR doesn't work, is brand new, and wants a $300 refund.

I refused him, because, c'mon.

He asks for the manager. Manager comes over, I explain the situation in private. Then she goes and talks to him. He says I was being rude. Manager is yelling at me that I should have just processed the refund (despite the fact it goes against literally every policy).

So I just asked her "Ok, how do I do that?"

And she looked at me as if I farted. She says "What do you mean? Just scan the UPC, and ring it up!". So I asked "Ok, where is the UPC?" And NOW she had to admit we can't return it. Mind you, I already told her in private beforehand that he has no box and we don't even sell this VCR.

But now that we physically can't even start the process, she had to admit I was right. Which she then yelled at ME for being rude to HER.

Walked out that day. Fuck target, fuck working at target. Fuck those little letters on the register that say you're working too slow. Fuck the idea that every customer is always right. Fuck the idea that employees are worthless wage slaves. Fuck entitled managers. Fuck this CEO. I don't even care if he wasn't CEO 20 years ago. Fuck him anyways. Fuck billionaires.

A lot of it's competition with other companies. If you can imagine good CEOs like football players. Do they do much besides play around with inflated leather? Not really. So why do they earn hundreds more times than a paramedic that saves lives everyday? A competitor will pay up if Target won't, pushing Target out of the league.

That's the justification. It's sick, but that's capitalism. Enjoy your sport!

CEO pay should be a % of total employee compensation. Want to earn more? Gotta raise pay or benefits for all other employees. Need to lay people off? Do what you need to do but you made the pie smaller so your compensation goes down.