Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,110 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 94,110 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Sep 10, 2008
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Pros

During the summer of 08, I had the opportunity of interning with Target Financial Services, where I had contact with a wide range of employees at Target, from team member to vice president. Overall, the corporate culture at Target is relatively laid back. People are genuine and like to be a part of your professional development. For example, my manager did a great job pointing out my strengths and "opportunity for improvement" during my mid-internship review. Also, Target is BIG on its Culture: make sure you learn and speak in the Target lingo at your status or at your leadership meetings!

Cons

One of the downsides I noticed while working at Target is that they do not like you to network outside of the department you are working for, even though that is what they encourage on paper. I recall that once I attempted to set up a status with a personnel at the Finance Department, my manager got pretty upset at me for "skipping her over". Lastly, the management can come up with any type of excuses so that they do not offer you an full time position after the internship. In my case, one small mistake made during my internship costed me an offer with Target.

3.0
Sep 9, 2008
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Pros

It is so easy to get a job at Target. And of course that 10% discount is a plus. People are very nice and friendly - well most of them are.

Cons

Scheduling - you can not request a scheduling change if you haven't worked for six months. As a cashier, closing is the worst schedule you can have. You have to helped out clean the store before you can go home and that goes until 1 or 2 in the morning and worst, you have to open the next day. Compensation - not very good, although it is about the same as other retail stores. But if your schedule sucks, the $7/hour does not seem to be worth it. Bathroom duties - yuck! Cleaning bathrooms is definitely not listed on the job description for a Cashier! Target makes a lot of sales - they should be able to put some of it for day custodians! Or hire just for day custodians.

3.0
Sep 8, 2008
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Pros

Target is a progressive retail organization with high expectations of its management teams.

Cons

Working in a retail environment is challenging from a work/life balance perspective, and Target is no exception. I felt that the expectations placed on the "Executive Team Leaders", given the resources available, were unrealistic. It was condescending to me to be rated red, yellow or green on how a bulletin board looked when we were in the midst of losing our store manager.

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