Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,211 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 94,211 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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94K reviews
1.0
May 30, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Target is fine for kids right out of high school to gain some real world work experience. It is also good for housewives who want something to do while their children are at school, and maybe earn a little manicure money.

Cons

If you are an adult who needs to support a household and you find yourself at Target, you learn fast that your in real trouble. The opportunity to advance IF you are not considered one of the "favorites" does not exist.

2.0
Apr 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Target bases performance and reviews on "leadership dimensions" that empower the employee to lead their own development, soar with their strengths and mitigate opportunities. The format provides for constant self-reflection and observations of self-gaps that causes one to develop professionally faster than they would elsewhere.

Cons

Work-life balance is a problem-especially when management puts a premium on long hours, meetings that take up much of your day, and "busy-work" that takes you away from what is really important--leading your team to exceed goals. Unfortunately in a company this size there is much turnover, at all levels. This causes you to have to "re-prove" yourself to different waves of management about every year or so, and also can play havoc with your career progression as you will get different feedback about your achievements from different leaders.

2.0
Mar 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

1. Some jobs are easy and do not take much effort 2. Almost anyone can get a job. 3. The store is in a good area 4. Sometimes there is free food in the break room. 5. You can live off of it for a few months (dont expect any "fun money") 6. Plenty interaction with customers (Although some may be negative.) 7. You normally are not rejected of vacation time if you put it in on time. 8. It is a relativly easy job to quit. 9. If you can not find a job it is good to hold you over untell you find one.

Cons

1. No reconization of avability 2. If you ask to get a problem fixed they will do it for a week than go back to the same problem. 3. Favorites are obviously picked and others get worse jobs. 4. Don't start as a cashier because you will go back to cashiering constantly no matter what job you get. You will just be back up if someone is sick or goes on vacation, 5. Management pretends to be nice to get what they want. 6. Benefits are almost pointless, 10% off is not enough. 7. Dont expect to get every other weekend off. 8. Some people do not work making it hard for everyone else. This is ignored by the GSTLs and no one is ever fired. 9. I've had GSTLs yell at people because they didn not know how to do something their self's. 10. Good luck workign at guest service, the return policy is horrible. 11. You are constantly bugged to sell red cards.l 12. You are timed on the computer so you can be "fun and friendly" or you can make good time to get a good score. Either way this will come up on your yearly review and WILL affect you. 13. Yearly raises are pathetic. 14. The pay is not enough to live off of. 15. After close you finish off everyone else's jobs, and they normally leave the worst to cashiers. 16. You are told not to join unions, the training video has a whole large section on it. 17. You are encouraged to have multiple jobs in the store but you normally end up cashiering. 18. Hour Cuts are horrible, I've worked a six hour week. 19. Everything is put into statistics. 20. You get in trouble for things that are not your fault. 21. Management trys to make you feel bad for mistakes, no matter how small. 22. Calling in sick can be a problem, I've been told, you dont sound sick or your really going to cause us problems by not coming in.

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