Target reviews

Utterly inept “leadership” in the E&F roles, promoted based on race, sex, ethnicity, and who you’re buddies with. Has nothing to do with tangible experience or ability to lead. Some were hired openly “just because they were female.” They could literally flood the building (literally) and no one would say a word, but if you missed a simple att code in mytime, you’d think the world was going to end. These guys walk around with “Leadership” on their vests like they have the first clue what that entails. OMs are pitted against each other by SOMs to create a untenable workplace environment full of manufactured conflict. It’s so elementary it’s embarrassing to call these people “colleagues.” The majority of the time you will be walking on eggshells because your “colleagues” are given brownie points for selling-out you and your team every chance they get. Other OMs will literally hide around corners taking pictures of your team to rat you out, it’s absolutely crazy. Worst work culture I’ve ever experienced. Whatever you do, do not have the top performing shift! They will come after you with everything they have. This company breeds mediocrity, micro-managers, and robots. Free thought is frowned upon. It’s literally the biggest clown show of phonies you can cram into a department. If you have any management or leadership experience at all DO NOT accept this role! It is not an operations manager, it is a shift supervisor at best. You have zero budgetary authority, no decision making authority, no nothing. HR treats you like a child and you are spoon fed “by-the-book” corporate leadership strategies which are horrid. If you have any experience, this place will only make you dumber.

Base pay and benefits could be a lot better and there's very little wiggle room for negotiation. The biggest con is finding your next role. Manager support is either one that fully supports you and your development by introducing you to key contacts and/or providing interview guides or nothing at all and purposely holds you in the position because you've been typecasted. Moving to a new role is entirely bureaucratic and depends on who you know and not what you know. There is also a general stigma of apparel analyst's 'not being smart enough to excel in an IMOps position'. This was stated by a hiring director who then chose a previous analyst they managed from their pyramid. Depending on the manager you are either told what to do according to best method or you can pave your own path. Overall the company is not prioritizing internal talent and is going external for nearly every position. IAs are constantly scrutinized by their planning and merchandise peers and have to answer the same questions week over week because partners don't want to fully understand how the supply chain/delays work.