Great place to work for college students - Anonymous employee Target Employee Review

4.0
Oct 8, 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

VERY flexible with scheduling. Most of the executives understand that you have things outside of work to deal with like children and school. The benefits are good for being a retail store. Communication is pretty good but can be worked on a bit. Tons of boards to read along with brochures/pamphlets. The morale is ok and was way better when the store first opened. Target does a lot of fun days (such as cereal day, puzzle day, etc) and you can win cash prizes for different things too. All college students have an option to go on an educational leave of absence when going back to campus (and are able to return within 6 months to work over holidays)

Cons

Not much room for advancement. If you are interested in being an executive, you are not garanteed to be at a store close to where you live. Most of the executives travel AT LEAST 45 minutes to work every day. When a team lead position opens up, there is usually several others being interviewed and it is also posted for external applicants. Compensation could be higher. They do try to keep up with area businesses and stay at a higher rate than most. Recognition and feedback is OK... there could definitely be more. They seem to focus more on opportunities (or things you need to work on doing better). Senior leadership at a store level is not very good. They basically give all their work to people lower on the ladder than them and leave early a lot. They also take lots of long vacations! Fairness and respect needs work also. Executives tend to talk about things they shouldn't, and executives get yelled at and lectured right out in the open where anyone can hear.

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