Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,263 total reviews)
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Michael Fiddelke

48% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Target employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Vendita al dettaglio e all'ingrosso industry (3.5 stars).

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94K reviews
3.0
Oct 9, 2013

Bureaucratic and stale

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Pros

Team members are cool normal people.

Cons

When i worked at Target there were two guys named Josh. One was black, one was white. Both cool guys, easily distinguishable. Our HR lady needed black Josh, but instead of referring to him as black - she named every single other attribute to dance around the obvious distinction of skin color/race. This is management in a nutshell. Overly PC to the point where you have to tip toe when talking to them. Don't challenge existing company ideas or you might get canned. Steve Jobs would hate Target.

1.0
Oct 9, 2013
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Pros

Some cool people to work with and nice merchandise

Cons

1) Weird hours and unworkable hours like coming in at 4:30 pm-12 am and then coming in the next day at 8:00 am 2) low pay its laughable for the amount of work you do 3) company is into quantity over quality, Target cares about speed over anything. If you do the work but don't get it finished when they want it, you get treated as if you didn't do it at all. 4)Not enough employees on floor. People working multiple sections because Managers cut hours, but still expect things completed in a short time.( ex: zone whole sections in 10 minutes!)Employees on floor have to work multiple sections. 1 person at Customer Service, 1 in Electronics, 1 person in electronics works 3 different sections,1 person in the food court with 6 customers in line. the 1 employee working 3 sections, keeps getting called up for back up cashier because Target only has 3 cashiers working until 4:30. The fitting room person having to answer phones and count customers items is unrealistic. Answering phone calls back to back with about 8 people waiting for a dressing room, folding clothes. So customer has to walk over to another section to get help, taking that employee away from their assigned area, etc, the cycle continues. Way to many managers but store is disorganized.Training to Target is telling you how to do it one time, If you ask again you get treated like your stupid. I will never work for this company again. I worked at two different Target stores and got the same issues.

3.0
Sep 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good work/life balance, opportunity to work in different areas (pyramids), salary was competitive

Cons

Too many management layers and too little decision making, managers (especially those from other pyramids) don't do a good job of recognizing and rewarding talent. Very political and too much time wasted on "collaboration" to try to find a job. Managers/KMG sometimes don't have the financial/business expertise and act like they know what they're talking about. Benefits and vacation is a joke. No bonuses paid to those not in management roles.

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