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      Target reviews

      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (94,207 total reviews)
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      Michael Fiddelke

      48% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,207 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
      3.0
      Jul 6, 2010

      Limit your career with Target to two years. That will be enough time to gain the experience without getting burned out.

      Executive team leader - logistics
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The team members were great to work with. The store is kept relatively clean and conditions are safe. Working for Target is an excellent opportunity for recent college grads. It is excellent experience.

      Cons

      The ability to do your job doesn't seem as important as being able to "speak to it". It seems more important to be able to give a good verbal presentation than to actually have a well running operation that has satisfied employees and is very profitable. The employees have way too much work that is required of them which will lead to burn out. This is because in order to keep making a profit the company has needed to trim down which has involved staff cuts.

      2.0
      Jun 8, 2010

      Good place to get some experience, awful place to spend your career

      Executive team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      For a lot of people straight out of college Target is a great place to start your career. They specifically hire college recruits and the starting salary is fairly good. It is also the only job I know of where you will be immediately managing large amounts of people and a large business.

      Cons

      Target says that its Executives do not spend 50% of their time doing manual labor. That is not true, from the minute you start till the minute you go home you will be doing manual labor. Setting and stocking shelves, cleaning, checking expiration dates, cashiering, the tasks never end. More importantly they require a ten hour work day. In itself thats not too bad. But usually you are there for 11-12 hours a day and then you dont get two days off in a row for two weeks. Imagine working for 7 days straight, then getting a day off. Not fun. The way they structure you weeks you only get two weekends off per month. After a while this really gets to be a drag,. Target also promises the world to everyone, but delivers to almost no one. I have seen a lot of incompetent people get promoted while other people with 20 years of experience cant even make it to the executive level.

      4.0
      Feb 13, 2010

      Non-Traditional Loss Prevention

      Executive team leader - assets protection
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Target has it together. Compensation and benefits are very good. Training is comprehensive and relevant to the business, and is broken up into segments that allow you to experience the business while you complete training. For Assets Protection, the training now includes "LOD" or leader on-duty training that prepares an ETL-AP to run a store when necessary (usually two or more shifts per week). Target is very big on personal and professional growth.

      Cons

      The operational involvement (LOD) can conflict with the assets protection role and can prove frustrating. Target seems focused on promoting store managers (a.k.a. "STL"), and has done away with some more traditional career paths. ETLs-AP may have limited options beyond a single store assignment if their goals are AP (loss prevention) exclusive. The culture of Target dictates conformity: "Fast, fun, and friendly" is a mantra that you must live by to be successful here.

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