Target Reviews in Riverside, CA Area

Pros

You get the opportunity to work with and learn from amazing people. Your skill sets as a leader are stretched daily and the knowledge you gain is priceless. You're in a position where you must learn to manage a wide demographic and serve the same. You may think you're a great leader before, but be in a position where your team is watching every move you make and is constantly evaluating you while staying Target brand to serve the guest and you may not think of yourself so hot. But you have the support of your peers and your leaders to support you through it and ultimately you grow as an individual and an exec and you are recognized for this growth. Target is a company that is big on recognition and rewarding those who contribute to the team.

Cons

Sometimes there can be long days. But in all honesty the people and the relationships you build don't make work feel like work. You're in it together

Pros

the clothes there are nice, but it would be nice if they paided there employes enough to buy them

Cons

the managers need to improve there employers

Advice to Senior Management

better relationship with emplotes

Pros

I think they only good thing about working at Target was the competitive pay, meaning if other cashiers (such as Walmart cashiers) are getting paid more, they up our pay a little.

Cons

Terrible managers and supervisors, very rude, treated me very unfairly because I was the only 17 year old in the building. Their HR missed the part on my application that said I was 17, so instead of working Flow team like I was originally hired on to, I had to be a cashier. Dumb expectations about selling Red cards when customers don't want them, your computer grades you on how fast you are checking customers out and if you aren't fast enough or selling enough red cards you get punished. Silly place to work.

Advice to Senior Management

Take your employees into consideration. Or at least up their pay some more. We have to go out there and be nice to people who constantly harass us or are very rude, it doesn't help that supervisors are always on our tail about something else. A happy employee makes a happy customer and a happy store.

Pros

Opportunity for growth is high, work hard and you will be recognized, work slow and sluggish, and you will also be recognized.

Cons

No hours, vs. workload, we need to take another look. AP needs more direct authority to handle situations where there is theft

Pros

Great benefits, flexible with time off, comporable salaries, 10% discount (comes in handy for the holidays), technologically advanced, trying to be a team atmosphere

Cons

Click-y, poor leadership talent from all areas, hours vary significantly week to week if you availability is not 100% open, lack of communication on policiy changes, inconsistent changes throughout store

Pros

I can take time off when needed. I can extend hours when needed. They work with your school schedule really well.

Cons

They have a high turnover rate and a few of the managers sometimes treat team members like they won't last.

Pros

Great with time off and scheduling.
Average pay.
Fun environment

Cons

Horrible promotion opportunity and raises.

Pros

The job is very easy, it's very fun, and generally the people who go to Target like shopping there. Team Leaders, Human Resources, and the ETLs are generally really good at what they do and they're very understanding. The hours are very flexible, and as a college student, that is exactly what you need.

Cons

I feel that a lot of the ETLs and LODs try to make you fully aware that you are a subordinate. Yes, we might be, but it doesn't give you the right to look at us funny. Don't expect the pay to be any good at Target, since it's retail. And if the pay isn't good, then you gotta believe that the benefits package for regular team members isn't going to be good.

Advice to Senior Management

In all honesty, there's not much to improve on, maybe just a few "walk&chat" would be nice, but other than that I gotta say to keep it up.

Pros

Target is a very fun place to work, and I love it. The STL, the ETL, LODs, they're all really fun to work with except on occasion you can clearly see that they just want to go home. I work in Electronics and am trying to become a pharmacist, so getting the experience of working on the outside is always a plus. My hours are decent, I average about 22-24 hours a week. My pay is well, it isn't the best but retail jobs hardly pay that well. Benefits are activated once you hit a certain amount of hours at Target. If you average 24 hours, then you are eligible for a simple benefits package.

10% off everything in the store isn't too bad either, but if you want to use a card, they make you sign up for a Red Card, which isn't bad if you use the debit.

Cons

The customers. In retail, the customer is always right, and they're wrong a lot of the times, but then again, you want to be nice to the "guest". Sometimes, supervisors aren't really good at controlling themselves and they can't seem to be able to withhold emotions. All in all, there isn't too much negativity where I work at, but still there is room for improvement.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't hire outsiders without looking within. Usually, there is really good talent on the inside. It doesn't necessarily make someone who wants to go up with Target feel good about their own personal opportunities with Target.

Pros

It really is decent pay and you do get a good amount of training. Additionally, my co-workers were really nice and good people to work with.

Cons

Management is awful. They are completely uncommunicative and do not appreciate hard work. You could be employee of the month based on your customer serve one month and the next get chastised for taking too long to help a customer. Its ridiculous and makes it not worth working there.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to be consistent with the feedback you give to your employees. Work with school schedules to arrange work hours. Be attentive to good workers.