Target reviews

1. [At least in Delaware] unbelievable business. Sometimes the store is overrun like the Philadelphia Zoo. Absolutely ridiculous, incredibly stressful, and hard to micro manage. It gets so busy at Christmas time that you can't even hear yourself think. 2. Management plays a very, very heavy hierarchy role, with a lot of favoritism. If you're not liked by the ETL, any of the LODs, or any of the Team Leads, your entire job experience there is going to be comparable to working on a slave plantation with a little bit of retail-slightly-above-minimum-wage pay. 3. Personally for me, working as a Cart Attendant many of my days, this job is so unforgiving. Horrible, uneven Farmer's tan, sunburn/sun poisoning, a ton of disrespect from shoppers, drivers, and management. 4. Very low priority on team member's needs and feelings. If what you want isn't what management wants, they almost completely refuse to accommodate. 5. Inadequate pay for such a high amount of work. Some of the people I work with deserve so much more for the amount of time and effort they put in. 6. People who come shop at Target are some of the most rude, nasty, and inconsiderate people I've ever had the misfortune to share the same oxygen as.

If you are placed in a store with a poor Store Team Leader, or where the person you are replacing wasn't doing a good job, or in a new store, or in an urban store, your experience will be vastly different, and extremely negative. New store ETLs are expected to work 60-70 hours per week, are not given proper support, and are often placed in the new stores when they are new to the company. The expectations are not clear, and if you did not have an outstanding trainer during your 6 weeks of "business college" you will be lost. Your STL will still expect you to perform at the highest level despite this. I was told outright that because I am young, unmarried, and have no children, I am expected to put in more hours than my peers who have families to attend to. Urban (or "high-risk") stores are terrible work environments, with a lack of quality employees and constant turnover, plus the threat of violence from both employees and customers. Having a college degree usually means you've earned the right not to spend your workday taking out trash, moving carts, being yelled at by random people for upholding corporate policies, and not getting a lunch or break while working 10-12 hours a day on your feet the whole time. But I guess that's retail.