Vacation & Paid Time Off

You don't get paid time off because you work hourly, which is understandable, but they make you feel bad about taking time off.

2 weeks of vacation that you earn through the year until you're with the company for 5 years then goes up to 3 weeks. Company will no longer pay-out vacation time if you leave the company.

Accrue a good amount of vacation, but Target no longer pays out vacation time upon leaving. Vacation blackouts start in November and extend to the end of January. Salaried employees must work every other weekend, and if they want their work weekend off, must switch and pick up a different weekend, even when spending vacation hours. Given this, you end up working more at another time, and therefore not feeling like you got to use your true vacation time. Low payroll hours in stores in February, March, June, and July make it so it's even more difficult to take vacation time. On top of all this, given only a certain number of managers per store, and others wanting to take vacation as well, it is a first-come, first-serve system and you can easily get your vacation denied in order to have the minimum number of managers available. This limits your vacation spending possibilities, and therefore only really benefits the company to no longer pay out vacation hours, as it's likely many people leaving haven't had a chance to spend it. For example, I left target in late December. Due to scheduling conflicts when moving stores, military leaves, and fourth-quarter blackout dates, I was maxed out on vacation hours, had not had the possibility to utilize it, and lost it all when I left.

the accrual rate is pretty slow until you hit 5 years then even better at 10 years

HR will retaliate if they decide you don't deserve to have vacation time or PTO, even if submitted 90 days or 3 months in advance with verbal, computer, and written submission.

It is reasonable for time worked.

The longer you are in the company the more vacation you amount over time.

good accrual rate of vacation and personal time

It seemed fair enough when compared to other business.