Pros

Amazing Management, great company, upbeat, young store, potential to grow, upper management is paid well, excellent trainers, high standards for both the store and for employees.

Cons

Bad entry level pay, therefore making it unappealing as a long term job if without a college degree. 40 hours are never guaranteed.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more for entry level jobs, it'll bring in even better employees. I am a college student and absolutely love working for Target. I find that I have great potential to lead, but am finding it hard to stay because of the very little pay.

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

I really enjoy working with my co coworkers, they make me feel like I am part of the family. The company is very stable and will be around for years to come.

Cons

The feeling has changed. It used to be a terrific place to work, but now it is hard to feel that you are important to the management.

Advice to Senior Management

It seems that the management no longer knows what it is like to work at a store level.
They keep piling on the work with no concept of work life balance.

Pros

Fair Opportunities for almost anyone to move beyond a level one position.
You know whats on sale before anyone else

Cons

Cannot move up beyond Team Leader without a four year degree
Will not always be recognized for consistent hard work.

Advice to Senior Management

It's unfair to recognize someone as a Top Performer for for doing something right once, while consistent workers are not.

Pros

Great people to work with. Compensation and training were great. Target had a very inviting atmosphere to work in. Shift starts were filled with recognition given by employees, not management.

Cons

They work you like a dog. If you are salaried, forget about having a day off or life in general. Days off are filled with team building exercises that are mandatory, even if you have just put in 50 hrs in 3 days. I once worked 18 hrs straight, and had my guest from out of town stuck waiting outside of my apartment for 2 hrs. This was NOT by choice.

Advice to Senior Management

Do not make your employees work 14 hr days. Listen to your leaders and employees. The word burn-out is a warning, not a death sentence.

Pros

Great people, lots of feedback given if asked for, self development is encouraged, good pay with a degree to start, opportunity to advance if desired

Cons

Must be willing to relocate if you want to advance, long hours especially during holiday season, can expect to work 55 to 60 hours regularly with 70-80 hour weeks during holiday season, feedback is not given as freely as it should be, self development is encouraged meaning they don't try to develop their employees as it is all in the employees hands

Advice to Senior Management

Practice what you preach regarding development, feedback, and hours worked per week.

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

Great people to work with; Fun people environment; Pay and benefits are good; Reputable company; Career growth

Cons

Having to work Holidays, weekends and nights and sometimes overnight(Holidays); limited on when can take time-off; Feel like babysitter

Advice to Senior Management

Be more complimentary and recognize the Executive Team Leaders; Allow for mistakes; Senior Management is not always right

Pros

Sometimes can get a lot of hours. So busy time goes fast. Learn a lot since they try to teach you everything so they can hire less people.

Cons

Short handed, often hard to get hours. It is impossible to advance in position. Late hours. Very little communication to employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop being so lazy, if you are going to expect people to be cross-trained in most areas, at least train well enough so we are competent.

Pros

Happy Atmosphere
Decent Management
Enough Hours
Flexible
Good people to work with for the most part
Learn alot about retail sales

Cons

People seem to think that the jobs they do are rocket science. I was once asked if I had any experience in retail because I was picking up on things rather quickly. I told them that I had never worked in retail before silently thinking that a 3 year old could pick up on this stuff pretty quickly. Another thing that I didn't like is that as a sales floor team member you have to do EVERYTHING and the pay is not great. You also have to pick up the slack from other departments if they do not do their jobs correctly.

Advice to Senior Management

Unfortunately like most corporate retail stores the local management at the store does not have much control over pay and hours and number of employees. But I would say that at the particular store I worked at I would fire half of the staff and give the other have the difference in pay and hours. The store would run much more smoothly if the employees were getting paid what they were worth.