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    Target Tampa Reviews

    Updated July 8, 2018
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    Tampa, FL
    3.5
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    • "Can be difficult to find a good work/life balance" (in 1587 reviews)

    • "Hours were inconsistent for most team members" (in 1684 reviews)

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    1. "Very fair management, good benefits."

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      Former Employee - Target Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Former Employee - Target Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Benefits, employees friendly, more autonomy with guests

      Cons

      Normal customer service things (guests are rude), sometimes managers forget your breaks

    2. "Positive working environment"

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      Former Employee - LOGISTICS FLOW TEAM MEMBER in Tampa, FL
      Former Employee - LOGISTICS FLOW TEAM MEMBER in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly co workers, breaks, can have tattoos and piercings and work there, good pay, opportunities to work more hours.

      Cons

      Random changes in protocol and procedures. Changes in management, new managers are not trained well.

      Advice to Management

      Train better managers, treat your employees like it’s a real team and not like they’re robots.

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    3. "Too much emphasis put on productivity and too little on team members."

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      Current Employee - Consumables Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - Consumables Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      10% store discount on everything
      Good job for a kid in school
      Short commute
      Plenty of hours during the holidays

      Cons

      Hours cut in the “off” months
      No health benefits for part-timers
      Too much workload for one person
      Management has a do as I say, not as I do philosophy
      Productivity driven - “slow” team members get bullied and eventually let go

      Advice to Management

      It doesn’t matter — no one’s listening

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Cashier"

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      Former Employee - Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Former Employee - Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Discounts, flexible hours, decent pay

      Cons

      Rude customers, no room to move up

      Advice to Management

      Better pay

    5. "Target Team Leader"

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      Current Employee - Team Leader in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - Team Leader in Tampa, FL
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Target full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Global work environment with many opportunities to learn ins and outs of retail business.

      Cons

      Stressful environment with inadequate pay

      Advice to Management

      Leaders need more training and stricter regulations to move up the chain.

    6. Helpful (1)

      "It's a new job every day."

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      Current Employee - Sales Floor Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - Sales Floor Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Higher minimum wage than many companies. Computer scheduling system makes it easier to maintain work-life balance, rather than having to rely on the memory of busy managers. Not a "first-strike-you're-out" company - you are warned and counseled rather than punished for simple, first-time mistakes. Uniform is fairly flexible. Attendance is taken seriously, but ETLs/TLs are understanding of illness or other sudden emergencies, and it is fairly easy to exchange shifts with other members of your department.

      Cons

      Team member availability is often disregarded, even after months of no change, with TMs who have always had certain days off finding themselves scheduled on those days, and the responsibility of trading those shifts falls solely on them, rather than on the incompetence of HR. Disorganized. There is always a new (usually soon forgotten) policy being implemented, the store is always undergoing construction or renovation. It is easy for executive team leaders (ETLs) to push their responsibilities onto TMs, then hold the TMs responsible for incomplete workloads. Hours are cut constantly, usually for no apparent reason. Over the last two years, many full-time TMs have gone from 35-40-hour weeks to 10-15-hour weeks, even falling as low as 5-8-hour weeks. The good ETLs/TLs are often transferred between departments and stores if they don't quit first. Our current leads are apathetic at best and sycophantic at worst. Team lead promotion is encouraged, with the promise of paid tuition and flexible hours, but this is not the truth - there is not a single TL at my store who has not dropped out of school due to the impossibility of juggling TL hours and class schedules, regardless of opportunities for paid tuition. Last but not least - predatory behavior in our store's STL has been witnessed, reported, and silenced, and the individual involved seems to be protected by association with corporate, whereas victims aren't taken seriously and must either tolerate this behavior or quit.

      Advice to Management

      Take what your TMs say more seriously. Question the implementation of wasteful, inefficient policy before you assume that the results are due to your team. If your metrics look good but your loyal guests are no longer returning, you should probably stop relying on metrics as your sole indication of policy effectiveness.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Guest Service (Front End) Team Lead"

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      Current Employee - GSTL in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - GSTL in Tampa, FL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Target full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Team member discount (10%)
      Relative autonomy in my department because no other manager wants to come up to the front and deal with guests. :)

      Cons

      Upper management does not give clear direction to the business.
      Store level management features a lot of recent college grads who have never managed in their life.
      Pay really isn't competitve if you look around at similar positions.

      Advice to Management

      Stop hiring unqualified store executive level management fresh out of college when you have team leaders (department managers) with more experience and management skill who have been waiting sometimes a decade to promote.

    8. "Cashier"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Tampa, FL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Target part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible schedules, fun work environment

      Cons

      Be ready to work week-ends and holidays

    9. "It was really fun"

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      Current Employee - Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - Cashier in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Target (More than a year)

      Pros

      I really enjoyed interacting with guests

      Cons

      standing around while cashiering was really hard on my legs

      Advice to Management

      dont forget to give people breaks

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Good place to work part-time during school"

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      Current Employee - Electronics Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Current Employee - Electronics Team Member in Tampa, FL
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Target (More than a year)

      Pros

      Really flexible on hours, at least where I worked.

      Cons

      Leadership has unrealistic expectations as to what can get done in a shift.

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