Does Target pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Target employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Target. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Target?

58% of Target employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Target 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Target?

Cashier (6559) , Sales Associate (3574) , Sales Floor Team Member (2262) , Sales Associate/Cashier (2090) , Guest Advocate (1932) , Team Leader (1378) , Style Consultant (1355) , Executive Team Leader (1343) , Barista (1317) , General Merchandise Expert (1223) , Fulfillment Associate (1028) , Fulfillment Expert (937) , Team Member (873) , Retail Sales Associate (832) , Warehouse Worker (747)

What are the pros of working at Target according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay but not worth the time and energy you must put in to get the job done" ((in 9331 reviews)); "A lot of the other team members are really great people and fun to work with." ((in 4701 reviews)); "Benefits are good; you can elect benefits for self and family if you average 32 hours per week; part" ((in 3915 reviews)); "I stayed because coworkers were lovely and they were great about working around my classes." ((in 3688 reviews)); "Discount and flexible hours were a plus but you have to give over 2 weeks in advance" ((in 3318 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Target according to real employee reviews?

"You also have to deal with people who don't pull their own weight and poor management." ((in 6709 reviews)); "Target went through a string of bad managers while I worked there but those two were the worst." ((in 2094 reviews)); "Also plan on working constantly because everything is a priority and there's no work life balance." ((in 1993 reviews)); "Marketing not a respected or invested in department with no training or development and limited to no advancement" ((in 912 reviews)); "Too much favoritism and they showed it too" ((in 813 reviews))

What are employees saying about Target layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Target layoffs and their outlook for job security at Target in 2026.

Target reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(94,098 total reviews)

Michael Fiddelke

48% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Target has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94,098 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

4.0

Jan 9, 2009

Target is like a "choose your own adventure" book.

Sales floor team member

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

While Target can be humdrum sometimes, the way the whole team in a store works together is amazing. I've never been in a workplace I felt more comfortable with my coworkers and superiors. While we can have our hours cut when things are bad, we are given opportunities to pick more up to fill schedule gaps. Also, we are encouraged to drive sales to bring in more profit and thus more hours. In the end Target is whatever job you make it. Want to be lazy? Fine, you can do that. You'll reap what you sow. Want to work hard? It'll pay off with promotional opportunity and praise.

Cons

Pay is not that great and hours quickly get cut in times of a slow market.

1.0

Jan 9, 2009

stay away from target

Cart attendent/cashier/customer service/sales floor

Recommend

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Pros

If you are a cart attendant you can just go outside and go to sleep and no one will ever really know. they give you a walkie talkie so you know when you need to come in. you also get as many breaks that you want if you do the carts because no one ever watches you. i worked there for three years in high school and college and tey never wrote me up for the million things I did wrong.

Cons

pretty much everything starting with very poor managers. managers have no idea how to lead, they are just concerned with sitting in their office watching the clock tick. they will hardly ever help out the other associates, and when they try to they do not know how to do anything so they just slow things down. they have poor communication kills, they never talk to each other, so I would get told to do 5 different things at the same time, and if i did not do the one that each manager said to do first they would all get pissed at me.

4.0

Jan 8, 2009

Target

Executive team lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This is a fast paced, fun environment. Perks include fairly high salary, pretty good benefits, some paid time off, and the employee discount. If you like working hard, getting your hands dirty, and managing people, making plans and meeting objectives, driving towards concrete results, this is the job for you. There are metrics for everything, and there are consistent visits from senior leadership to validate the metrics. There is a lot of room for someone who is hard working to advance quickly, if they can manage the people and deliver the desired results.

Cons

There are sometimes long hours involved. When the team fails, who has to step in and finish the job? You, if you are so dedicated. If you do not find out why the team is failing and correct the problem, you will find yourself at work for countless hours. You are responsible to correct long term problems, while dealing with the short term failings. If you never address the long term problems, you will never make it out of long days correct short term failings.

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Jobs at Target

Seasonal: Guest Advocate (Cashier), General Merchandise, Fulfillment, Food & Beverage, Front of Store Attendant (Cart Attendant), Style, Inbound (Stocking) (T0995)

Seasonal: Guest Advocate (Cashier), General Merchandise, Fulfillment, Food & Beverage, Front of Store Attendant (Cart Attendant), Style, Inbound (Stocking) (T2781)

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