Working at Target — Reviews by Employees

Okay so I have been working at Target so far for around 4 months, I hate it, I would like to quit but the job market isn't very good at the moment. When I first started working I didn't think it was too bad, but I was called in my second day of being on the job, then I got in trouble because supposedly I was supposed to work but the schedule that HR gave me was different. The GSTL's are rude and think that just since you aren't as high up as them you aren't good enough. They need to higher more people because they keep asking people to either come in or stay later.
The pay is okay considering when I started working here I didn't get a decrease in the pay that I had at my last job. I have no idea about the benefits considering that I don't get any.
The scheduling SUCKS! I am currently a full time student and I am working 25 hours a week, and I just got my availability changed and it was approved, but I tried to change it again and it was denied supposedly because I'm not able to work till 12 during the week. For students that are doing over the full time at school they should understand that not everyone can work late, whether it be school or kids or whatnot. They don't understand that people have a life outside of Target.
Another thing with the Target in which I work is that it is always busy because the Canadians that come down every weekend. One thing that happened to me once was that I had just gotten to work and seriously just walked in the door and my GSTL started to freak out on me because I wasn't getting on a lane, its like seriously I had just walked it the door. I'm sick of this job and the way that they are treating people. They need to understand that people have lives and they aren't always able to work the hours that they need. Also when your availability is approved you can't go back saying that o well you need to change it again because I changed the rules so you have to be able to work till close during the week.

So in other words if anyone is thinking about joining this place of employment think first of what is more important, school or work, family or work or whatever it is! Think first!

Went to the interview early August, was offered a flow team position, went and did my drug test. Told orientation would start on the 20th of August at 10am because the HR lady was going on vacation, so I would have to wait for her to return. The 20th came and 1 hour before orientation someone from HR called me and told me orientation was canceled because they had their hours cut and they did not know when they could "fit me in, maybe in the next couple weeks." Well, the next couple weeks have came and almost passed and still no word from them. I am assuming I no longer have the job for its been a month since I was offered it. I really don't know why they would play with people like that in this economy and the difficulty of finding a job at this time. Its wrong and its a poor way to treat people. I do not recommend working for this company in any capacity.

I started working at target not long after I turned 18, even though I didn't finish high school after working there for about 4 years I worked my way up to a team lead position (Backroom Captain). I was promoted at the most busy time of the year 4th quarter, I believe it was the end of november. I had been on the flow (overnight stock) team for the previous 4 years and did some work in the backroom, mostly bulk receiving. I was told my training would consist of going to another store for a week and shadowing their backroom captain, instead in the middle of 4th quarter the flow team leader showed me how to use the computer, they gave me keys to the store and an alarm code and made me lead a team I had never even worked for, I literally got 0 training. Anyways I managed to make it through 4th quarter which was the best one we had in 3 years, they told me they would still send me for training, which never happened. After about 2 years of nothing but positive feedback where I actually took a team that never even finished their job on a daily basis to one that was making payroll, we were actually what they called (golden) my second year which meant we made sales and were under payroll the store team leader quit and another was hired. I could tell from the second I met this man that he did not like me. Within the first 3 months he was there he fired at least 10 people 3 of which had been there for 10+ years. This STL would call me at 3:30 am when I was supposed to be making sure a truck was being unloaded and talk to me on the phone for 30 minutes at a time, he was verbally abusive, I watched him physically rip a PDA out of a team members hand, even the etls seemed to be literally afraid of him. As time went on my payroll got to be less and my job got to be more, by the way I was still making payroll and the flow team was overspending by 40+ hours a day. As the tasks I had got to be more and more he then made me hire more people and make everyone go from working 8 hour shifts to as little as 3 hours, and most days I would have to work 8-10. Several times I voiced my concerns to the HR ETL and she would just talk to him about things and it would just get worse, to the point where I actually requested to be transfered even knowing I would lose my job as team lead and go back down to a level 1 job. The HR ETL managed to talk me out of doing it and within a week I received my first write up for "job performance" for overspending payroll, not for the backroom but because they had started making me run the flow team 3+ days a week (which i also received no training to do). After 2 write ups the STL actually sat me down in his office and asked me how many write ups I had and then informed me he could "speed up the process" if I wanted, I said no thank you and that I didn't want to meet with him again without the HR ETL present. I continued to receive write ups until I was fired. After that I applied for unemployment which they even tride to deny me by saying that I quit, apparently the paperwork from all my write ups and being fired got "lost" , this company is terrible to work for, almost every review here I have read reflects my own experience perfectly, They don't care about the employees at all.

I worked for the company for several years at a handful of locations. When I first started I thought it was a great job, it paid above minimum wage and offered benefits and as I college student it was all I thought I could ask for. But then min wage increased and all of a sudden people who were just starting - 2 years after me- were actually making more than I was. They wouldn't adjust raises either. Despite the fact that I always had good reviews the highest raise I've ever received was a quarter an hour. They only give raises once a year, so don't expect too much from that either.

They do offer descent enough benefits for part-time retail work and vacation pay which I've only seen in a handful of part-time jobs.

The biggest problem I had with the company is the lack of respect between team members and from management. The company itself condones the attitudes of ETLs and STLs who would rather hire a great number of people and only give them 4 (yes four) hours a week instead of giving people who know the job and need the money the hours to support themselves. You are not a person to the company or to the management, you're a tool, a means to an end - profits. You can easily be replaced no matter how long you've been with the company or how well you can do the work.

This companies pay system confuses me. Almost 10 years ago I worked for Target.. After marriage, kids, moving etc I decided to apply back at Target for a part time position. I got a call from one of the managers telling me that I "robably didn't want the job because they could only offer me 7.50 an hour".. Seriously?? I was making more than that working for them part time TEN years ago!!!

The worst part of working for retail is working with management. Work would be great if you didn't have to deal with the mean ass co-workers and management. All I want is a job where I can finish school and make a little money. Instead you have to deal with office politics and bully management. If they treated people better they would have less internal theft and we would get more done.

My suggestions for making work better:
-Get a suggestion box/survey in the break room for employees.
-Listen more to everyone.
-More training.
-Be kind on the job. Just got you got the power doesn't mean you have to be a nasty jerk. Smile at your employees and stop playing favorites.
-If you are a manager make rounds and talk to your employees even if its 5 minutes everyday.
-Honor and respect long term employees.
-Make work fun instead of creating a toxic workplace.

Read the book "Instant Turnaround" for help in changing this place.

not a good company to work for.....

The numbers are all there, the worst place I have ever worked, got nothing to explain.

Iv been at Target now for about 6 months. At first I thought it was a wonderful job. I got work in different areas and everyday was something different on the sales floor. For the amount of pay I was getting it was wonderful. As the months went on they expected me to do more and more work. Which I was ok with cause i always kept e busy and made the day go by faster. This was about until 4 months into the job. Now Im in charge of 2 areas in softlines. The mens and baby hardlines area. Everyday I am suppose to go around and make sure there are no missing lables, if the product is out im suppose to re-stock it, fold any tables that are messy, make sure all the sizes of clothes go from small to big,pick up any clothes or items on the floor, put away clothes,if there are any planograms I have to do those(sometimes I have 8-10 to do a week) as well as respond to calls, call buttons and respond to back up cashier all for 9.05 an hour. Im sorry but for amount of work I do now 9 bucks an hour isnt going to cut it. The expect me to be do all this work like im being paid 11/12 bucks an hour. They wanna pay me 9 dollars an hour Im going to work like im being paid that.

Another thing is Im a single mother. Its just me and my son. Im the one who has to pick him up from school as well as take him. I have asked to be put on a day time shift cause it just works out better for my home life that way. They told me I wasnt allowed to be put on a shift like that and because im a sale floor team member I have to be available for any shift they need me for. This doesnt work for me..especially at night when I dont have anyone to watch him nor do I have anyone to pick up from school. But it doesnt seem like that even matters. They have told me I need to get a back up babysitter for the nights I am working. Funny thing is the person who told me this doesnt even know what its like to have children seeing as she doesnt have any of her own. It isnt that easy to just find a backup when you have no one. Another thing is they think as a single mother I can live and pay all my bills and support my son and I on only 10 hours a week..yes 10 hours a week. Its horrible. All their leads and managers get paid first and then the little people come last. If it werent for me you wouldnt have anyone to do the things you need to do.

Currently Im looking for another job. This job is a joke or for someone in high school. Its sad because I have heard so many great things about working for Target and its just a big disappointment. I will never work retail again. I will say the only good thin that has come out of this is Iv met some really nice peope there..out of the whole team which is probably like 60-70 people 10 of them are good.

I took this job last year as a part time job, mind you I am an adult with an advanced college degree. Most of the managers in my store are good people who have to deal with a lot of BS from "guests" customers and I would never want to deal with that on a day to day basis so I don't mind coming after my full time job and just working till I have to leave.

The guests are slobs for the most part leaving shit all over the place, dumping half eaten food or drink on shelves, dumping shit in aisles they dont belong in just because they are fucking lazy. I was hired to work in the electronics department but due to my schedule I am working all over the store and to be honest it sucks.

I would think a store when you have someone who has a depth of knowledge that would benefit the store in sales would stick you in there, but instead they put you in places you dont really have an appetite for working in.

Guests have some really stupid and ridiculous questions because they are too lazy to find it themselves, oh and I LOVE THe "Do you Work here?" No dumbass i just love wearing a red shirt and khakis and straightening shelves.

Oh the best is the temperature in the store, ALL team members sweat there ass off because Target Corp in their infinite wisdom decided that the average temp in the store is 74 so thats suitable. LOL. Where is that 74 ? when you open the freezer or cooler in the market section? Maybe its in the offices of the management, sure the hell isnt on the floor. So we all sweat and look like drowned rats by the end of the night. Im not overweight by any means but I have to get in my own car to cool off.

I do bust my ass when I work there but honestly i dont really care. I do what i have to do, i dont go above and beyond (there really is no motivation to do so).

The managers are nice enough to buy some drinks at the end of the night and provide food during a lot of the times, which i think is very nice.

BUt again I just dont care enough to work any harder or faster than I have to at $7.85 an hour. LOL I was making that my first job out of college almost 16 years ago.

I dont know how these people survive on it with those dollars.