Interviewers gave inaccurate preview of actual job - Executive Team Lead Target Employee Review

1.0
Jan 25, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Well-known brand name with good leadership experience. Co-workers are great, they have to work very hard. They can become friends for life.

Cons

They are Walmart colored in red. The corporate human resources and store & district leadership said the job would be 45-50 hours a week. The responsibilities would include mostly leadership activities with some task based work. When I settled into the role at the store my STL expected me to spend all my time stocking shelves, checking out customers, dumping trash, recycling cardboard, cleaning up spills, and so on. That made it hard to do perform my duties as an assistant manager. At that time I was told by my STL and field leadership members that I need to my managerial activities (writing performance reviews, statuses, scheduling, etc...) on my days and weekends off. So much for the 45-50 hour work week... so much for any chance at a life outside of work for that matter! I walked away after just a few months and luckily got my previous job back.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

If you are looking for a job that you’ll be a part of a fun team environment, have the ability to learn all about customer “guest” service, retail operations and sales, as well as merchandising even at entry level great opportunity. for such a large corporation I have been pleasantly surprised by how tight knit teams are. applying was okay, there were multiple steps (videos, assessments) but overall not too bad)., phone call and then video questions before hiring.

Cons

Pay isn’t great, but for the market it’s fair. Moving up involves a much larger increase in responsibilities and workload relative to the pay increase.

5.0
Jan 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Management - Pay - Benefits - Personal development - Vacation time - Culture

Cons

Long hours but worthwhile work.

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