Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,197 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 94,197 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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94K reviews
1.0
Sep 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoy working with my coworkers. They are a good group of people, and many of them are now my friends. Target is flexible with scheduling, and would be a good fit for someone who only wanted a part time job while in school. There are a few really kind and helpful ETL's and LOD's which make working there better.

Cons

Corporate is terrible! Our store is suffering because every month it seems like there are more and more budget cuts, and more "great ideas" from head quarters about how we should do our jobs to increase guest satisfaction and productivity. The bad thing is that none of them work well in the store, and end up taking more time to complete tasks or help guests. You can get yelled at, and get in trouble for guest survey scores saying, "There aren't enough team members available," when there was only one person on the salesfloor for an entire closing shift because Target is too cheap to pay for another employee to assist guests and make their store look nice. It's tough when you do 3 peoples jobs everyday, have guests yell at you because they are frustrated, and then have management tell you that you need to be everywhere in the store. Also, forget getting a decent raise. I've been with Target for over a year, and have worked in Hardlines, Cashier, Softlines, Market, Cart Attendant, and Electronics to help the store because we need coverage.(predominately Hardlines and Market.) I received an excellent annual review, and was congratulated on my hard work and told I was one of the best team members on hardlines, but I only received an $0.08 raise. Since then I have been passed up on a promotion in Market(they told me two months after I had already been doing the job that I was a temporary and that I was filling in while they were interviewing other people for the position), had a leader bully me, and almost everyday is stressful because we dont have hours to effectively run the store. The whole teams moral is way down, and many people have quit, or are looking for another job. My moral and love for the company is sadly lacking. Target let me down.

2.0
Sep 10, 2013

Good First Job, Gets Old Quick

Recommend
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Pros

-Able to talk to coworkers during work -A good flow of work, not too busy not too slow - You can get a lot of hours

Cons

-Pushing the RedCard is a real pain in the butt -ETLs and TL's are really snobby and they act like theyre a part of some elite club -Hours are too long for one day, Ive worked up to 10 in one day -Not enough pay for what they ask you to do -Virtually no possibility of becoming real full time and qualifying for benefits. Theyll give you up to 39 which is really annoying -If you dont reach your redcard conversion they will write you up every week, badger you about it several times a day, and get on your LAST nerve -The redcard is really a great idea, but due to the lack of marketing and advertising about it, it is very difficult to sell

3.0
Sep 10, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Target is very amenable with your personal life, and they are willing to work with you if you need time off, or if you would like to bring up any relevant issues to your position.

Cons

Unless you have some kind of sway with upper management, it will be difficult to get any type of attention for promotion. You also might need to become a brown nose employee, which I would not advise.

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