Target reviews

Pay is terrible for newer (1+ year new) Team Leaders. Raises are only 5 cents - 20 cents a year and depending on your HR, it may take up to three months to process once you "qualify" for a raise. Most Executives come in to Target brand new, and have not experienced what is like to be a Target Team Member or Team Leader. Executives also expect you to do 80 hours worth of work in 40 hours, and be in 12 places at once. WAY too much paperwork with no time to complete it because the expectation is that you are on the floor for your entire shift. Executives are also completely full of empty promises, such as pay raises, the amount of money you will make, benefits, holiday pay... It is all a bunch of lies. If you have a discussion with an Executive, make sure you get a summary in writing or just record it, otherwise they will deny everything they said.

Considering that it is retail, there isn't the best work-life balance especially during the holidays. The past two years HQ decided to open early evening on Thanksgiving Day for "Black Friday" shopping. This is unfortunate for people who spend their evenings with family. Training: Need more training for newly hired employees (putting them 4 hours at a cashier should not be considered training) What I saw my last year of employment: They hire students straight out of college (most if not all with no retail experince and hardly any customer experince) for Executive Team Leader. They do have an internship for about 3 months and within District 205 most ETL's seemed incompetent. I was fortunate enough to work at a store with experinced ETLs. During my last year there, they were promoted and newbies (college students) were brought in. Runied everything. Leadership at District 205, there is favortism. And they're not afraid to hide it. Fortunately, they do hire within but just to a Team Leader position (Supervisor of a department) after that, if you're not favored then you're just stuck there.