Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,202 total reviews)
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Michael Fiddelke

48% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,202 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
2.0
May 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Target is a great place to work if you're looking for a job to help you go to school during the week. It pays well enough to live life with minor inhibitions and offers great benefits. Very well at understanding the need for a personal life outside of work.

Cons

It is unfortunate that when you accept the job title as a warehouse worker, that you are stuck. The DC at which I work has now been open for 14 years and has had 4, count them 4 (out of hundreds possibly thousands of warehouse workers that have college degrees), warehouse workers advance to the next level. It seems you become labelled as a 'warehouse worker' and deem unusable at other levels. Target does not seem to like to promote from within and prefer to hire external candadites. I recommend, if you do not have a college degree, to work and obtain your degree and move on. If you currently have a degree, as I did when I started (thought I could hire on as a warehouse worker and work my way up... dead wrong on that assumption), go big or go home when applying and don't settle for a warehouse position. The DC is not climate controlled. When it is 100 degrees outside, it's 120 degrees inside and vice versa for colder weather. Some seem to go slightly insane during the summer.

2.0
Mar 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Learned a lot about how big corporations structure authority and organizations Figured out how to operate in a hierarchical structures and manage career upwards Figured out how to navigate large silo'd organizations.

Cons

Have to manage your career only one level up. Jump a level career limiting move The macrosilos and microsilos of implementing solutions to problems is cumbersome and unproductive. The toxic cultural environment are driving top talent elsewhere. The Upper management manage by command and control Terrible middle management have bought into spinning everything into positive nothing fails.

5.0
Mar 9, 2012

Overall a great place to work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Target Corporation has a friendly, welcoming, fast paced environment that promotes career growth. If you're the type of person who wants to come in and do the same job everyday for the rest of your career, this probably isn't the place for you. Advancement opportunities are plentiful.

Cons

The atmosphere can be a bit too "corporate america" at times, but it all depends on how you view your job. There is also still a push to send a lot of work off-shore, which can be very challenging (and not in a good way).

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