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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94K reviews
2.0
Aug 13, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are placed in a position in a well-run store, where the person you are replacing was doing a nice job, you are sure to have a good experience. The salary is good for retail, and even pretty decent for recent college graduates.

Cons

If you are placed in a store with a poor Store Team Leader, or where the person you are replacing wasn't doing a good job, or in a new store, or in an urban store, your experience will be vastly different, and extremely negative. New store ETLs are expected to work 60-70 hours per week, are not given proper support, and are often placed in the new stores when they are new to the company. The expectations are not clear, and if you did not have an outstanding trainer during your 6 weeks of "business college" you will be lost. Your STL will still expect you to perform at the highest level despite this. I was told outright that because I am young, unmarried, and have no children, I am expected to put in more hours than my peers who have families to attend to. Urban (or "high-risk") stores are terrible work environments, with a lack of quality employees and constant turnover, plus the threat of violence from both employees and customers. Having a college degree usually means you've earned the right not to spend your workday taking out trash, moving carts, being yelled at by random people for upholding corporate policies, and not getting a lunch or break while working 10-12 hours a day on your feet the whole time. But I guess that's retail.

5.0
Aug 12, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoyed working at Target during high school, the pay was reaasonable for somone without a degree. They offered education for employees' who wanted to grow within the company.

Cons

The cons I have for this job have nothing to do with the company itself. I just had problems with shopping on my lunch breaks, lol.

2.0
Aug 12, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Pays very well for performance; show results, get promoted! Dynamic environment, various tasks that you don't get bored

Cons

Terrible hours, but it's retail No sense of job security; you always worry about being "performance managed out" and replaced by the next recent college graduate Culture varies store by store, yet every store is expected to get the same results needed by corporate

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