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I have been working at Target part-time (Less than a year)
Pros
All team members do a great job of helping each other out. The store manager does a wonderful job of making sure we are all doing good in our departments .
Cons
lack of timely communication in response to back up.
Advice to Management
Allow for team members from stationary departments to interact.
I have been working at Target full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good pay
Pretty set schedule for myself, not all
Pretty nice team, love the team feeling
Cons
They don’t really care about people the way they say they do, you’re just another cog in the machine
Advice to Management
Stop letting the good ones go
I have been working at Target part-time (Less than a year)
Pros
There is plenty of work to do so there are many hours available and overtime is common. Unloading the truck and working on the line can be a good workout as they require a lot of movement and frequent heavy lifting. Management makes sure to give breaks when appropriate and I have never felt that I had been working too long without a break. Additionally, team leaders recognize hard work during the busiest times and give occasional rewards such as free breakfast. Having a good work ethic is also a very simple way of being kept on as a permanent team member after the seasonal period is over. The job is simple but consistent and the trainers I met were always patient and made sure I understood procedures completely.
Cons
During the busiest times, the shifts start as early as 2 AM and can last 10 hours, which can be draining when most of it is spent unloading the trucks. Management keeps track of attendance and seasonal employees are at a greater risk of being let go due to poor attendance and hours can be a bit inflexible, although this is to be expected.
I have been working at Target part-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
hourly wage was pretty good
Cons
low amount of hours, management, customers, and discount
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I have been working at Target full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Clean store, better than Walmart
Cons
Pay, work, team members. I was a Team Member for a year and a half before being promoted. Then they fired half the store and expected team leaders to pick up the slack. They raised minimum wage to $12 but cut team members hours or removed positions. Beware retail.
Advice to Management
Raise pay, hire better team members, don't use Team Leaders as 3 or 4 extra team members.
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I worked at Target part-time (More than a year)
Pros
It was usually pretty easy to pick up extra shifts if you want it except during the really slow months, so I typically would work at least 30 hours/wk even if I was only scheduled for 20.
It seems relatively easy to get promoted to a specific section or to team-leader position if you work for it and let them know that you're interested, which would give you full time position (and I would assume benefits too). But I never tried as I wasn't willing to work regular 8-5 hours because I had another job that I worked during those hours. And the pay raise is a joke even if you do get promoted (about $.25 I was told by a coworker).
They'll sometimes have free snacks in the break room.
At my yearly review, I got a whole $.20 raise. Gee, thanks.
They offer a 401k (match up to 5%) after 6 months working there (I think that's how long it was).
If you just need a job, it's pretty easy to get hired during the busy season (late summer for back to school and October-December for the holiday season) and I'm sure it's better than food service.
Cons
We were always understaffed, yet they still expected 2 people to do the job of 4 every night.
The HR people are morons and will consistently schedule you during your unavailable hours no matter how many times you tell them that you still CANNOT work during those hours. Then it's your job to get it fixed even though they're the ones that screwed up.
The people who consistently no call/no show, who haven't even been working there as long as you, who don't even want to work that many hours, will still be scheduled to work more hours than you, and then the managers will call you on your scheduled day off to come in to work because somebody didn't show up (again). It makes me wonder if they reason they scheduled me for less hours is because they knew they could rely on me to fill in whenever someone didn't show.
You have to deal with coworkers that don't want to do their job and you're expected to pick up the slack.
Coworkers will consistently no call/no show, and you're expected to pick up the slack.
No matter how nice you make an area look, customers will come right behind you and mess it up and you get to clean it up all over again.
From what I was told, you need a college degree to ever get promoted above team-leader. If you don't have a college degree and you plan on staying in retail, you'd be better off working for Wal-mart. They don't require a degree to move up there and from what I hear, they have the same $10 base pay now.
Advice to Management
Do more to reward those who work hard and actually do their job and they may bother to stick around. Don't wait until they put in their two weeks notice to let them know that they're doing a good job.
I worked at Target part-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
10 discount, potentially a lot of hours
Cons
no tips, no coverage, no rewards, no help from management
Advice to Management
Target is an awful place to work. I have worked here for 3 years as a barista at Starbucks. Team members are supposed to all have the same job responsibilities, but a few team members get stuck doing more than others, and it’s normally work for a manager. You would think after working here for 3 years I would get paid more than new team members, but every time you get a raise they raise the minimum wage. So whatever extra money you were making gets liquidated down to the new standard. Essentially, I make the same amount of money as a brand new Starbucks employee, even though I've been here for 3 years. It’s messed up and shows that even though you put in a ton of hard work and dedication to a job, you will not be rewarded for it. It's also a dead end job. There is no chance of you moving up to a higher position, you get stuck with the same pay and responsibility for years. Managers rarely ever show their face over at Starbucks. The team members pretty much fend for themselves and run the store. It is especially difficult when a Starbucks team member needs to take a break or a lunch because no one knows how to run Starbucks so there is no coverage. The team member will then normally have to skip a break or wait till the next person comes in, which could be an hour to two hours later. Overall just don’t work here. It’s a toxic environment full of people who don’t care about you. I hope that one day the Starbucks team will be appreciated, be able to get coverage when needed, and be supported because if not, it’s going to fall apart.
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I have been working at Target full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
pay
amount of vacation/time off
every other weekend off
Cons
work/life balance, hard to find time to use the time off
long shifts
professional babysitting
high stress
I have been working at Target full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Some kind co-workers and in store managers. Has a lot of potential
Cons
- no training. They expect you to do your job but never teach you how to do it or the person teaching you doesn't know either because they was never trained
- Always understaffed. They expect the store to be spotless but they do not want to schedule people to work the shift.
- non-competitive wages. They are 50¢ to 1$ per hour below other local companies
- no experience pay. The new fresh out of high school employee gets paid the same as the guy with 15 years of experience and manager experience
- high turn around rate
- do not try to keep the good employees
- management gossips about employees
- no recognition for doing hard work, you actually get made fun of for going above and beyond
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I have been working at Target full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Nice first job.
Great work environment.
Cons
Inconsistent weekly hours (ranges from 17 to 33 a week) not willing to allow overtime at all.
Advice to Management
Have one clear message and priority.
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