Target reviews

-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.

It's not a company, it's a cult. Everyone acts the same, dresses the same, and if you have even the slightest bit of difference in your personality, you'll be ostracized and asked to change who you are. I've never met more fake people in my life. It's not at all a good representation of the people of Minneapolis, and if you're moving from anywhere outside of the state, you might wonder about your move. You better love the people you work with because those are the only people you'll see from hire date to end date, at work and during personal time. Expect 3 "happy" hours a week after work, even if you want to have a life outside of your job. If you don't attend extra events, they'll start to wonder about you. You'll have lunch together all the time as well; sometimes breakfast. You can forget about having Friday to yourself: breakfast, lunch and happy hour dinner will be spent with your team. You have to schedule time on your calendar to actually do work since the rest of your time will be spent in meetings, preparing for more meetings, where you'll have to regurgitate the same things you've said over and over again to the point where you literally don't even have to think anymore. It's all about how you say it rather than what you say, especially since what you say will be the same thing over and over. Minneapolis is a really nice place to live, full of a bunch of things to do during all seasons. It's really a shame that if you work for Target, you'll never get to enjoy any of them. The job is dull, especially if you thought "business analyst" meant more than "inventory level checker." HR sells you the job in a near bait-and-swith style. It's more style over substance. It doesn't matter if you know how to do the job, it matters how you present yourself. They will never get over their first impression of you if it's a bad one, no matter how well you do at the actual job. The training is a joke. No one speaks up about this, but the training program is absolutely ridiculous. Everyone acts like they're still in high school, forming cliques, talking during formal class time and just overall acting like children. You have to do presentations in class that involve writing on large sheets of elementary school paper, performing skits and reading worksheets like you're in 5th grade. Additionally, what you learn during training may or may not apply to your actual job in your department, so good luck trying to put together that 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of a wheat field in under 6 weeks. Best of luck to you if you and your mentor do not see eye to eye, or if your mentor is unwilling to change their style of teaching/is stuck in their ways. This will absolutely make or break you. They don't help pay for parking downtown, so unless you want to live in the "Target Dorms" (you'll find out where they are), you'll have to pay for that downtown location. Everyone in the world thinks the pay is bad where they work, but Target actually isn't great with its rewards/benefits. For the hours you put in and the people you put up with, it's not worth it. Of course promotions are time-based, which helps, but hurts those who actually try. You can find places with equal or better pay for less stress/hours. They must pump that Target smell into the building, your clothes will reek of it all day. It's so annoying to see that downtown Target store as you're coming in to and leaving work. That logo will forever be associated with your experience.