Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,188 total reviews)
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Michael Fiddelke

47% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,188 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
2.0
Aug 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I like most of the people I work with, though management is a different story. The employee discount is nice, although somewhat stingy.

Cons

There is VERY quick turnover of STLs and ETLs. Since starting there almost exactly two years ago, I have seen numerous ETLs and STLs come and go, with little warning or explanation as to why. It makes the entire environment of the store feel very unstable. Rather than scheduling enough team members to operate smoothly, team members are often pulled from one work center to another in order to cover during breaks. This causes a ripple effect throughout other areas of the store, ultimately leading to unhappy guests and over-worked team members. In general, the store is constantly understaffed. There is little incentive to be good at your job. Slow, rude, irresponsible, and unreliable team members seem to be "rewarded" for their behavior by being given too many second chances (after countless call-offs, for example) or by being scheduled during highly desirable, highly sought-after shifts - or perhaps by NOT being scheduled during undesirable shifts altogether. The best team members, for example, are usually the ones stuck working every Christmas Eve or every weekend closing shift. Myself and other team members are often asked to informally train new team members even though we are not trainers, which is really not okay. If team members are expected to train other team members, they should get to carry the title (and maybe a raise) to go with it. The system used for giving raises does not feel especially legitimate, and gives one the impression of being more for show than anything. Allegedly you are given a raise based on how you score in a number of different categories, which are presented to you during a yearly meeting with your TL. And yet, these "grades" given are often highly inaccurate depictions of reality, seemingly fabricated to justify a lower raise.

1.0
Aug 28, 2014

Years of work and sacrifice to be betrayed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good brand and great peers

Cons

zero commitment by Target to it's execs

4.0
Aug 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, second job, coworkers were great. I enjoyed working for logistics flow. They do try to listen to new ideas. I liked the company culture.

Cons

Hard to advance if you dont have degree or dont talk a lot I saw a lot of good hardworking people who didnt get promoted simply because they did not run their mouths off like the new managers did.

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