Target reviews

1. They pay very little to the team members that do the most work. 2. ETL's play favorites with team leads too much and let certain ones get away with more than others. 3. ETL's need to work on the floor more with their team. Spending too much time in TSC and the offices gives off a bad perception to the team. 4. They start off team leads who are brand new to the company way more than a team member that becomes a team lead. Example: at my store, started off a new TL at $18 just because they had a few years experience at another company. TM who started off on Flow had same amount of years of management experience with another company but only was given a raise up to $12. Why would they give a team lead who knows nothing about the way the company runs, more money than someone who has worked so hard for years with Target. Doesn't seem fair at all. 5. ETL's expect too much from minimum wage team members. While they get their giant paychecks for walking around and sitting at their desks, team members who work part time but leave every shift tired and sweaty, get $200-$400 to survive off of. Some with families to support. 6. Team Leads get paid for all national holidays no matter if they work that day or not, team members who work a certain amount of hours only get paid holiday pay for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 7. Target as a company makes so much money everyday, yet they cut so many corners to try and save money, that sometimes it makes it stressful to get your work done in time and with the few resources you have. Ex: cutting back on team leads and ETLs for certain departments in every store. 3 years ago, we would have 6 hard lines and 6 soft lines closers and now only have 1 in hard lines and 1 in soft lines every night. (and they wonder why the store sometimes doesn't look good the next morning.

-Politically motivated environment. -Passive aggressive culture where being direct and honest is not welcomed -Lots of Nepotism. -Exclusive culture that rewards internal "Target" experience over outside perspective and experiences. -If you're moving from out of state, just beware that HR will work extra hard to make it look like a more welcoming place than it is. From day one on the job, there have been no efforts to make sure my adjustment has been smooth and now I feel trapped. -Job description for a lot of roles does not match actual job. - Work is a popularity contest and likeability is prioritized over actual skill and experience. -Pay is not as competitive as management thinks it is. -Culture is insular and closed off to out-of-state employees. -Microaggresive behavior towards people of color. -Not much freedom to try new things despite all the talk about our "learning culture". -Faulty research practices that constantly introduces biases, despite being a team that constantly handles research. Methods are tailored around the answers the team wants to hear, rather than objective, unbiased information. -Teams that make you start from square 1 and assume you have nothing to offer despite years of experience and MBA / Masters Degrees. -Lots of gossip and trash talk to get ahead; you have to constantly watch your back to make sure your own team members aren't throwing you under the bus while wearing a smile on their face. -No transparency -- Senior management on my team is always keeping secrets for trivial reasons.