Target Reviews in Phoenix, AZ Area

Current Employee – been working at Target full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – 401K, willing to work with your availability, able to cross-train into multiple areas of the store, great people to work with,able to transfer if you move.

Cons – Not easy to advance in the company without a college degree. Pay raises are not done fairly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Target full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pay was good, especially for being a recent college grad. It was convenient to work at a Target store because I shopped there often too.

Cons – My training never included in-depth financial analysis, which is very important to a store's success. The culture is very corporate - lots of acronyms, training programs, and evaluations. I didn't particularly care for the industry (mass retail) or for the job, so I left to pursue other opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure the management teams (of stores, districts, etc.) work together well. Reward the hourly employees for a job well done and give them benefits if they work 30+ hrs a week.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Target full-time for more than a year

Pros – The leadership development at this company is phenomenal. I definitely don't plan on being with Target through the rest of this year, but in the time that I have spent with the company, I can definitely say that I have been able to reflect on my leadership skills, and can easily identify my own leadership strengths and opportunities as well as others. and for the most part, as long as you are receptive to feedback and are flexible enough to make the necessary changes, you will never be terminated for poor performance.

Cons – The first con is that at the store level, even as a leader in the building, you still work with a bunch of uneducated people making just above minimum wage. The situations we learn about and study and practice in college are not applicable at this company because the vast majority of the people have a high school education at best, which is fine for their job requirements but can be incredibly frustrating to deal with on a day to day basis.

The second con that I have is that as much as the company likes to say how it is all about the team and the team is the primary focus and all that matters, you would be fooling yourself and you would not be a successful leader for the company. All the leadership cares about are the numbers. And yes, of course you have to be profitable, but at what point are we injuring the team and the guest's experience in our store?

Advice to Senior Management – Lead by example. If you are going to demand a particular results, I want you to know what it feels like to try to achieve those results. I want you to provide specific and meaningful feedback that I can use to correct a process.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Target full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – My team is like my family.

Cons – Stopped being about the people and started being about the bottom line.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people right and they will work harder for you.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Target full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Awesome team members and supervisors

Cons – None that I can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Target full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great coworkers, easy job, straightforward duties, employee discount, reward system, flexible scheduling

Cons – Bad management, short staffed, benefits harder to obtain, under appreciate employees

Advice to Senior Management – I found while working at target that many people worked hard to become managers so that they could stop working hardly at all. Although target prides itself on rewarding and appreciating their employees, too often efforts go unnoticed. I often felt under appreciated by my direct supervisors and taken advantage of. They frequently slacked on work and pushed me to take care of everything and belittled me when I fell short of expectations. This is not how one treats their employees. Many I've spoken to have felt the same about their experience with this company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Target part-time for more than a year

Pros – If you're looking for a part-time job or you're just starting out in the working world, Target is a good place to gain experience on cash-handling and people skills.

Cons – People can be rude, management can be underperforming. This all depends on where you're working, though.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow for better advancement into manager positions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Target part-time for more than a year

Pros – Management is very friendly, co-workers are friendly, Everyone quick to recognize you for hard work, 10% discount, opportunity to work extra hours.

Cons – Customers can be tempermental sometimes

Advice to Senior Management – Keep recognizing your team members for their accomplishments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Target part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible hours for school
Team members are friendly
Not a difficult job

Cons – Moving up from the inside can be difficult
Management are in their own bubble
Pay is average

Advice to Senior Management – Become more engaged with the "team" and work together to solve issues. Management isn't a step on a different ladder, it is the same one everyone uses and as a team everyone should be able to climb it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Target part-time for more than a year

Pros – You're always busy. I like that because time goes by faster and you're not standing around doing nothing.

Cons – Waking up so early in the morning but you get use to it eventually.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend