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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Oct 1, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-decent pay -leadership development -bonus incentives for Store Team Leaders and above

Cons

-very long hours -no holidays-ever -no clear direction or focus (everything is a focus) -any mistake is viewed as failure -HR team doesn't really care about employees. They only care about metrics and making sure employees don't complain to higher ups. -Lack of diversity in personality types. -favoritism at all levels -Lots of company vales that are not enforced at the store and district level and causes low morale and credibility with the workforce -no room for creative thinking

2.0
Sep 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Fellow employees....everyday people. The pay. The schedule.

Cons

Class warfare....management vs. non-management. Extreamly physical job in the warehouse. Working the week-end is Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.....12 hour shifts. Working during the week is Tuesday - Friday 10 hour shifts. Night shifts are also available..... It's all about the "boxes" not the employees. They preach safety, safety, safety.....yet if you get hurt...it's an interrogation ending with threats of getting a C.A. (Corrective Action) C.A.'s get you fired! The GL's (Group leaders) can not be trusted. They don't even trust each other. I have personally heard them speak poorly about other gl's and...the senior gl. (Dave O.) The GL's are young, inexperienced, cocky and conformists. And if you don't conform, or show your target colors....you will be gone. I have a friend who is a GL, and he regularly tells me about their management meetings....and what "management" really thinks of the "labor". He is there for the paycheck....and when the time comes that he's not....then I will be free to share the stories and real feelings management has for the guys and girls in the trenches. I can not wait!! Names and direct quotes coming soon! Back to the safety issue.....I absolutely refuse to report any injuries. I recommend you don't either. They will absolutely hold it against you. I've cut myself with a razor blade, cut myself on a pallet, pulled muscles and twisted my ankle on a lift gate...reported none. I don't trust them. I've seen what they've done to other guys...and girls. They put up a front that they are so concerned about you as an employee....it's a complete sham. They care only about the boxes going up the "mezz". I could seriously go on and on....but it would just sound too much like an employee who is dissatisfied and angry who just wants to get even....it's not about getting even. I'm just trying to give you a real idea of what it's like. Listen, if you can handle busting your back, sacrificing your body, making $22 per hour, and not taking anything personally....meaning, swallowing your pride....then you can make it a go there. You've been warned....don't blame anyone else for your decision. My best advice....if you get a job there....talk to fellow employees. I would say that that 75%or more....hate their job. They stick for paycheck. Learn to live below your means, so you're not living for the paycheck. Don't trust anyone! (especially when you first start) The GL.....is your "master". They have the "4 year college degree" which automatically makes them much, much smarter than you! Even if their degree is in.....drama, or education, (teacher) or anything else unrelated to.....business! Actually, the truth be told, some of the smartest people working there, are throwing boxes. In closing....don't be fooled by a smile....from the nurse, to security, to the human resourse department, to your own immediate boss, (GL's).....they are all about themselves first. Don't trust anyone....choose your words carefully! (Boy do I wish I could name "names".....)

1.0
Sep 13, 2012

Worst Company Ever

Recommend
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Pros

What is work life balance if there is no work to do?

Cons

I work as a Senior Technical Architect in Target India. What that means is that you are basically a Sr. Tech lead. So their career ladders in technical streams are 1) Sr. Tech Arch Consultants 2) Tech Arch Consultants 3) Sr. Tech Arch' 4) Tech Arch 5) Associate tech arch 6) Tech Lead / Sr software engineer So positions 3 and 4 are jobs that are lowest rung in senior tech ladders, but in end of day it is about politics and having to please people in minneapolis who dont value positions fom 3 downwards. So most of the time the Managers / Delivery managers will say to onsite that we dont have technical expertise and do whatever minneapolis counterparts say. My point to management is , you might not be technical but there are still good technical people who are subjugated to politics like this and our voice is not heard. This is a strictly heirarchial company, so if ou question too much, you are branded a bad team player !!!! shocking isnt it. Please stay away from here, dont come here because you dont have any leeway and you cannot give any design proposal, because everything will need blessing from minneapolis. Learning and development is limited and almost zero now in some divisions because vendors do the work and we dont have authority to even do a code review on vendor code. So you can imagine

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