Target Reviews in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area

Pros

Flexible, good way to earn some extra money. Convenient and easy to get hired, in-store discounts for team members are a bonus.

Cons

Low compensation... typical for retail. Some co-workers great others difficult to work with. Sometimes need people to work odd hours.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire the best people possible to work in the stores, paying a bit extra will help find employees that can do a good job.

Pros

Pay is decent and you don't need much in experience or training

Cons

Young and attractive seems to be the name of the game. I saw good people passed over and party girls promoted.

Advice to Senior Management

Shouldn't socialize so much with employees. It looks unprofessional.

Pros

No responsibility. paid to just stand there in front of the lane, almost everyone is nice. Once i gave away $150 in groceries accidentally the manager just told me to try not to do it next time. Can work where ever if you want to in the store. scheduled cashier sometimes work as cart attendant and sometimes help at guest service and help at the pharmacy. I am always able to work the number of hours i want to.

Cons

Grumpy customers! i am at the Edina target. Edina is knowing for everyone having money. and so a few of the customers take the attitude that they know best. but usually if anyone gives you a hard time the managers are there to help you. But there is one manager who is mean. but it is easy to stay away from the bad managers. Not very fond of the benifits target has. better to get your own health insurance than get the ones target offers.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more. pay differently. Cashiers should not get paid by the hour. i feel bad for the fast cashiers they get paid the same if they go fast or if they go slow. i have heard and said my self several times i am paid by the hour why in the world would i work faster it doesn't influence my pay check at all. if i only going to work three years at target only getting three raises. who really cares. i got a 26 cent pay increase. $540 more a year. wow yeah like i am going to try to do good to get another "Excellent review".

Pros

Good pay, interesting work, mostly talented people, decent benefits, ability to move around in the company,

Cons

Hig.h expectations but little praise. Felt like I was under a microscope all the time and that management was always waiting for me to fail not succeed. People who did succeed excelled at marketing themselves but were not necessarily the most talented. People skills are not valued.

Advice to Senior Management

Cut back on the overhead of the processes and streamline them. Provide up-to-date tools; too much time is wasted on organizing and publishing information using archaic tools.

Pros

Friendly people, great pay. Beautiful building, Minneapolis is a nice enough city. 10% discount on all Target purchases. Given lots of responsibility.

Cons

Because the culture is so young, it can be a little gossippy.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure everyone is pulling their weight.

Pros

Fantastic Corporate Culture. Minneapolis in the Summer is wonderful. The company is amazing at providing feedback, and helping you with career development.

Cons

Target has a strong name, but not the strongest name. Moreover the company does not pay quite as high as many other major companies. It is good, but could be better.

Advice to Senior Management

Please reconsider where you recruit and compensation offerings. The culture would be stronger if Target could recruit top talent and offer them persuasive salaries.

Pros

The best reason to work for Target is the culture. People are amazing and they have a "fast, fun, and friendly" culture. They are also very committed to service which I found amazing and I enjoyed the opportunity to join service projects with Target Team members.

Cons

Some down sides are the location of being in Minnesota. I didn't like that there are no other corporate offices through out the US.

Advice to Senior Management

Consider looking into other cities and perhaps expanding so that people from other cities will not need to relocate to work there.

Pros

The company has a very large variety of positions within the merchandising field and offers a number of opportunities for advancement. The pay and benefits are both competitive with other employers in the same industry.

Cons

The company pyramids are very separate from one another and culture outside the merchandising pyramid can be vastly different. Work life balance is difficult to manage in the merchandising pyramid and leadership often gets into a one-track way of thinking.

Advice to Senior Management

I would find ways to manage workload more effectively and encourage cross sharing through different pyramids in the company to give employees a much broader business knowledge.

Pros

Good benefits and great way to learn about a BIG company. Keeps you busy during the day and introduces you to major vendors.

Cons

Minneapolis has very very cold winters. Wish they would give more time off but flexibilty of schedule helps a bit.

Advice to Senior Management

Management communicates well and they understand what you are doing. Most of my superiors had previosuly held the position I had.

Pros

Lots of sharp people at Target. Very competitive environment encourages people to work their very hardest. Have MBA Program that will pay ALL of your tuition.

Cons

There were many promises made to me about interviewing for the next level position. Although I w didn't make it in the first try, I was promised another shot in 2 months. When that time came around, I was told I couldn't interview again. I was told to interview for a few other lower level positions, that were not of any interest to me. Finally, I made the decision to leave when my yearly review was unfairly weighted to 1 month of weak performance over 11 months of strong performance

Advice to Senior Management

I don't have ay advice or feedback for the leadership of Target. I don't feel that they would talk this feedback seriously. When I left th company, I merly fille out an online form in leiu of an exit interview.