Target reviews

Not much room for advancement. If you are interested in being an executive, you are not garanteed to be at a store close to where you live. Most of the executives travel AT LEAST 45 minutes to work every day. When a team lead position opens up, there is usually several others being interviewed and it is also posted for external applicants. Compensation could be higher. They do try to keep up with area businesses and stay at a higher rate than most. Recognition and feedback is OK... there could definitely be more. They seem to focus more on opportunities (or things you need to work on doing better). Senior leadership at a store level is not very good. They basically give all their work to people lower on the ladder than them and leave early a lot. They also take lots of long vacations! Fairness and respect needs work also. Executives tend to talk about things they shouldn't, and executives get yelled at and lectured right out in the open where anyone can hear.

Individual development is not a priority within Target. Senior leaders are more interested in micro-managing than developing their teams. Work-life balance is another problem at Target. They start by telling you to work a minimum of fifty hours a week, but the expectations are that you stay until everything is done. Since it is impossible to get everything done, you end up working long hours, without any additional compensation.