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      Target

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      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

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      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
      4.0
      Apr 2, 2014

      Great Company to work for if you are single and have no other responsibilities.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Amazing co-workers and management seems to really care about its employees. The company its really flexible when it comes to schedules. This is a good place to work for if you are a college student because you can take what Target calls a "leave of absence" and they will "save" your job until you get back from college. The leave of absence is good for a whole year so you need to come back to work at least once a year.

      Cons

      Difficult to move up from within. Target prefers to get its ETL's Executive Team Leaders (managers) from the outside. So if you are a college graduate and they offer you a position that it's not salary based DO NOT take it because it is really difficult to move up once you accept the offer no matter what they tell you. I know a gentleman who is a college graduate and he took an hourly position with the expectation that in the future he was going to be promoted to a salary position and that has not happened after a few years. So either take their offer to become an ETL or find another job.

      3.0
      Dec 12, 2013

      Fun, But Double-Faced and In Decline

      Business analyst
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      Pros

      Target Corp. is a great place to work. Working in the headquarters is a lot of fun, in and of itself. 1) People are incredibly social, young, and constantly on the go. Teams always have happy hours, team building off-sites, and team lunches. 2) They have a pretty good training program for the majority of positions, where you can learn an incredible amount of knowledge. 3) They foster growth and learning, within your specific role. People are incredibly eager to help each other out, and to learn more about their job itself.

      Cons

      1) It's a very exclusive culture. The people, though really nice once you get in their circle, are not open to new people. They are very much like the Plastics: mean girls who seem to be nice on the surface, but will turn on you if they had a chance. 2) They don't value cultural differences. Target says that they do, but their minority retention rate is HORRIBLE. People aren't open minded, and they don't like to deviate from their "cookie-cutter" culture. This is incredibly detrimental to creating an inclusive corporate culture. 3) If your manager/mentor/director doesn't like you, you will be "encouraged to explore career options." Movement is impossible; they just give you more titles for the same job/pay-grade. I have seen a lot of people, mostly those who are different from the "cookie-cutter," who were excellent at their job but because their manager didn't like them, they were pushed out of the company. Promotions are largely based on if your boss likes you, not so much on job performance.

      2.0
      Nov 13, 2013

      Target didn't represent the job accurately

      Executive team leader
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      Pros

      Phenomenal resources to help you do your job were available to me starting with a six week on-boarding/training. There was a great discount and offers available to employees. Target has a unique culture which I found refreshing after 11 year of active duty military service.

      Cons

      There was no time to use the resources available to you to accomplish your job. The constant turnover was detrimental to accomplishing anything whatsoever. The HR Executive Team Leader was one of the most judgmental and unpleasant people I have ever had the misfortune to be on a leadership team with. The first store manager played favorites and was a do more with less leader. She was fired but by that time I was fed up with the organization.

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