Target reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(94,110 total reviews)
avatar

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 Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

94K reviews
1.0
Nov 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everything sounds nice when they talk about "development" and "coaching" and "best practices" etc, etc.

Cons

It is a highly political atmosphere where everyone is out for themselves and making their own metrics look good at any cost. But it is hard to blame them considering how nasty Target can turn if you fall short in any way. "Development" means getting you into the position Target wants you in, not getting you where you want to go. "Coaching" means getting evidence together to fire someone, not trying to help them improve. "Best practices" means mandatory and seemingly arbitrary procedures, not advice on how to do your job in the most effective way possible. "We don't do silos" means every man for himself. "Opportunity" means something someone is not doing correctly, and you had better hope it is not you. "We don't want to set you up for failure" means we will make sure you fail if you try that.

4.0
Sep 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Schedule flexibility Team members great Great for people who work with little directiom

Cons

STL is too young Favoritism from STL to SrTLs and ETL Heavy workload without proper support Hours cut to make bonuses Unprofessional ETLs HR knows nothing about HR

3.0
Aug 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great macro culture - a fun environment in a fun industry Above avg. Pay if above the entry level positions Nice facilities Good work/life balance Jeans

Cons

A very bizarre micro culture. No one cares about your output, but rather you will constantly be nit picked and criticized about HOW you do things, all of which are gray areas. In other words, you could save the company $100M, but rather than praised you'll be told you didn't include enough other opinions, or you didn't get the janitors feedback first, etc. there is zero diversity of thought, there is 1 way to do things, the Target Way. The collaboration culture you will hear about simply means a slow, bureaucratic culture wherein you must show all of your work, even routine emails, to just about everyone on your team before you can proceed. Despite good review scores, my management told me they would not support me for another role in the company. When I would ask why, I would never get an answer. Which brings me to my next con, the MN nice/passive aggressiveness that runs rampant. If you have a logical black/white brain, you will struggle here. You will never get deadlines, or objectivity of any sort. People are intentionally gray and they never rock the boat. And lastly, face time. My team was told numerous times that we had to be in our desks more. No core hours, no flexibility, no business reason for needing to be in our seats, just a rule for rule's sake.

Viewing 148 - 150 of 94,110 Reviews

Glassdoor has 97,967 Target reviews submitted anonymously by Target employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Target is right for you.