Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,142 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 94,142 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 Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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94K reviews
4.0
Dec 8, 2015

Sales Associate

Recommend
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Pros

Some of the best reasons to work there is the team focused work culture.

Cons

The work is very repetitive and the work pace is to be high at all times.

4.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They just raised their minimum wage, management aims to be open; you can talk to anyone on the management team about an issue, even if you're not part of their department. They are a bit more generous with breaks than other places: for a full 8 hour shift you're entitled to two 15 minute breaks and a 45 minute meal break. Working in a store like Target means you can pretty much buy anything you want for a discount.

Cons

The discount is a bit lacking, with 10% off plus 5% with a redcard. However, it was recently expanded to give 30% off all fruits and vegetables, Simply Balanced products, and C9 products. If you are known for being a good worker, you will at times feel exploited; good people can feel punished because they are expected to go above and beyond and thus their assigned location suffers, as opposed to people who do the bare minimum and just stay in their departments all day.

2.0
Oct 26, 2015

Typical Large Company

Recommend
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Pros

1) The starting pay is definitely a plus for the position. 2) There are decent advancement opportunities but they can be forced upon the associate at times. 3) It is not a job where you are going to be spending a lot of time at a desk. 4) 3 or 4 day work weeks depending on which key you are assigned to.

Cons

1) It is a typical large company. Each associate is a number to upper management. 2) The advancement opportunities are there but a lot the times, they are just lateral moves to another department as a GL. At my location, they would sometimes "force" the GL to move to another department and different key after about 18 months so relationships between GLs and team members aren't too deep. 3) They tell you that you will work either a 10 hour day or 12 hour day, but in reality, it is much longer. If you work 4pm-2am, you are expected to be there at about 2:30pm and will usually be able to leave around 2:30am if it is a very slow day. 4) Some team members end up making much more than the GLs. 5) The management is forced to not care about the associates. One example includes forced overtime where a TM was forced to work a Sunday from 6am-6pm. The TM couldn't work it because of their other job which was as the same time. The TM said they could not work because of the other job, but was more than willing to work the following day for the overtime. Instead of accommodating the TM, the GL was forced to write up the TM who had been with Target for 20+ years. 6) Work/life balance is poor at best. Some GLs are forced to work other key's shifts. 7) The DC's are only closed one day. There are no holidays and time off is hard to come by. 8) If you have worked for a small-to-midsize company, you are not going to be a fan of Target's policies and culture.

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