Target reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(94,091 total reviews)
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Michael Fiddelke

48% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,091 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
May 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation at HQ is good. Benefits are average. Target's brand-name on your resume will gain access to opportunity in the future.

Cons

Creepy cult-like atmosphere, with indecipherable lingo, meaningless lip-service given to 'team', unspoken social rules, and prioritization of work over family. Don't drink the kool-aid! Life expectancy of career is short. There are few people who have worked there over 10 years. Currently, many team members being forced out under the table -- rather than having layoffs -- to save face with shareholders. Young, pretty and thin gets you farther than bright, competent and average-looking. Cheerleaders and yes-men go far. If you can talk a good line without actually doing anything, you will succeed. "Minnesota Nice" means straight talk is strictly verboten: passive-aggressive is the rule. You will be in a so-called 'feedback-rich environment', but expect to hear everyone talk around problems, rather than actually address them directly or attempt to solve them. Expect a lot of 'Flavor of the Month' management, based on whatever business self-help book is making the rounds in upper management. Expect this to routinely influence process, but not in a positive way: before any idea takes root, another one will come along, displace it, and change things around again. Change is good, but unplanned change is worse than no change at all. Process is king, and if you are good with 6Sigma or enjoy interminable meetings going through power-point decks of flowcharts, you'll enjoy Target.

2.0
Mar 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Target still has one of the best brand images in the country and in regards to marketing, retail strategy and private label development it is well deserved. The ideals Target espouses for its team members are good, even inspiring including valuing diversity, maintaining work/life balance and paying for performance. HR takes an active role in development. Talent management is proactive and frequent.

Cons

The good ideals listed above are completely overcome by an unfortunate focus on "collaboration" which is really a euphemism for endless meetings and decision paralysis. Employees hired for their leadership are not permitted to lead and those hired because of their accomplishments are not measured by results. Instead, careers are made and broken solely on the basis of perception management. If you want to be rewarded based on your results then you will be frustrated at Target. Target is also a decade behind on things like software development and project management practices and appears incapable of catching up. So if you're an IT professional coming from a consulting firm, be prepared to do waterfall development and manage your projects with outdated tools.

1.0
May 28, 2020

Target is firing 500 team members from Bangalore office

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the customers have shifted to online shopping and not coming to stores and the future looks bad for Target. There will be 500 strength reduction planned in workforce at Bangalore office. Target has hired agencies which post positive reviews so this review may get buried under those positive reviews. But I am playing my role by making everyone know the reality.

Cons

Target has started asking people to quit in many teams. There is confirmed report that around 500+ people will be asked to go in the first wave. Future looks very bad as after the initial rush people have stopped coming to stores now and all are staying safe and doing online shopping. There will be many more teams which will be shut completely.

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