Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,224 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 94,224 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
Feb 26, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Almost everyone is fantastic to work with/for. A lot of genuinely nice people work at Target, and it's overall a supportive/positive working environment. - A lot of talent and motivated people, which shows - because Target has been doing very well financially for a few years now. - Good benefits, pay and perks. - Decent opportunities for advancement/career changes

Cons

- Like at many companies, it's possible to get pigeonholed - Poor performers are sometimes left in place too long - Overall the company has taken a VERY hard turn-left politically during the last several years. While still claiming to hear everyone's voice and that everyone is important - it's not really true. Depending on your personal positions, you may or may not see this as a con; however, I think it may bite Target to be so openly political in the long-run. I've been in large company meetings where there was open dissent/protest/pressure being put on leaders, just because some team members didn't think leadership was going far enough with censorship of a book. In another case there was protest that the company didn't actively support defunding the police. In short, a bit of a mob culture has developed, and there is a significant feeling/pressure to say and support an invisible list of "correct" things whether you agree with every single point or not.

4.0
Oct 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-OT opportunities always when you need more money -If you do your job you aren't pestered by management -When not scheduled up you have 3-4 day weekend depending on your work key -Horizontal mobility, ability to change between different functions after 3 months of employment

Cons

-Minimal communication with most OM's. You will see them typically only at startups or if you aren't meeting performance standards. -No real chance at vertical growth you get raises every 6 months for the first 3 years and then you are capped out -No incentive to exceed expectations. If you do well and exceed rate goals you are not gonna get a pat on the back or recognition by management. You get paid the same regardless. -Never ending OT. Since I started in the last year we have been mandated to work double OT for 2 months of my tenure and regular OT for much of the rest of the time. -Not much accountability at work, expected to help with quality defects caused by other Team Members despite not making any yourself due to the never ending new hires. -Feel like a cog in a machine, much like the main character in office space, hard to be motivated when there isn't an incentive to exceed expectations. -Never had a performance review of any sort -Many of the OM's have not actually worked in the functions they manage and often set unrealistic expectations. -Frustrating to be mandated for OT when you perform your job to expectations everyday, but have no impact on getting off of mandated OT. -Many of the job functions you work alone upwards of 10-12 hours a day which can toll on your mental health.

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