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see here is what i see i started out as low as u can a seasional hire and now a team lead so u can make it just not be lazy like most team members are so great company to work for but with any retail job its hard to work for the public
Started at 7.00 and now make 16.50 get 3 weeks vac a year and 10% of but some months an total of 20% off all target brand Great Team to work with time off when u put in for it and all kind of discounts cons are dealing with public because there crazy
The pay sucks. Especially for the amount of work you do. You can do so much work for 10 people at a time and get no reward for it. Unless you're friends with a Team Lead or an executive you will get no where. If they don't like you it's obvious and they will pick on you from time to time. Your actual team members can be pretty cool if they're not rats. Some team members and team leads will rat you out for something so insignificant and you will be reprimanded. It's best to just focus on work and ignore everyone. Choose who you will talk to carefully. If you an executive doesn't like you, they won't even tell you to your face. If you have friends who are well connected you might even hear stories about higher ups talking about you behind your back. So overall Target sucks, the pay sucks, and everything is overpriced. You get a crappy 10% discount and even with that, the prices are just that low normally at Walmart.
Started at $7.25, got a 16 cent raise my first year but the state minimum wage was raised to $7.75 and my 16 cents didn't carry over. My second raise was 8 cents. So I ended up leaving only making $7.83.
Expect to be worked very hard, very quickly, with slipshod training at best, unless you're lucky enough to get a team lead who actually does their job. And then, when you make a mistake, even something insignificant, expect it to be held over your head for the rest of your career there, especially if someone decides they don't like you and want you gone.
Team leads do no work (no, a few do. Very few) but act really stressed and busy. They maybe do a couple endcaps. And that's when they don't just pawn it off on someone else.
Team leads stick together, become best friends, and they can never, ever be wrong. Even when they are. Because you aren't allowed to win.
That being said, you will get crosstrained in a lot of areas which is interesting and good on future resumes, though they only do it so they can hire less people, work you harder, and then wonder how you didn't get 4 departments worth of work done by the end of the day. But still, it's good to get trained in lots of areas, just hope you get a trainer who actually trains you well (rare).
I met a lot of great people at Target, but when someone decides they want you gone the whole middle/upper management will treat you like dirt and hound you constantly. Usually they do this by suddenly dumping loads of work on you (especially stuff you're barely trained in, if at all) and then "coaching" you when you fail to finish it all. It doesn't matter if they've given you 30 hours of work to be done on an 8 hour shift - if you didn't get it done, you obviously just weren't adhereing to "Speed is Life!"
Sorry for focusing on the negatives. I really did have a lot of fun times at Target, but that was mostly because of some of the people on my team rather than the company. I actually liked my job itself, just not the way I was treated by the people above me. I'm not the only one who felt this way.
Eventually I just had to leave when the middle managers are decided they didn't like my team and pretty much ganged up on us and started flipping over the tiniest things. A job that had originally been very challenging but occasionally fun became high pressure, stressful, angering, and all over unpleasant. Not to mention I was dismayed that my one year raise was 6 cents, which put me 6 cents above state minimum wage, which was my starting salary. A lot of other people only got 4 or 5 cents. What a joke! People can't live that way!
Starting salary - absolute minimum wage
After one year - minimum wage + 6 cents (and that was one of the HIGHER raises in the store - what a joke)
If you really need this job, then do it as quietly as possible and don't try to advance unless they ask you. In other words, don't be a hero or you won't be there for long. It is true that if a Team Lead or anybody who has been there for a few years doesn't like you because you get the work done and they don't, they will all start to tag team you to try and make you quit. Can't fight them all, trust me. Team leads and almost everyone else will work around in groups, will "work" in groups, and will basically spent the whole day talking and doing very little work(like an End Cap a day)...
The company atmosphere expect Grade-A work but does not rewards it. I am not disgruntled or anything like that, I'm just sad that I work as hard as I do, and have to deal with the kind of stuff I deal with, but I need this job for now and can't quit...
Other than that, I would recommend anyone to try and get a job in an area where you don't come into contact with other "team" members...
Management WILL ignore you and join in trying to make you quit once you are "black listed"...
Raises are pathetic, don't ask...
Remember, the only way you can get in trouble in Target is by doing your work, specially if you do it better than the rest...There are Team Leads that treat employees like crap and they are still there after 20 write ups and what not...Keep your head down and DON'T try to make ANY friends...Team leads are very dangerous to your health while at Target...
Chill out, talk to needy and over talkative Team Leads and Specialists...and go home...
Starting/Current 8 Bucks...
Perks...you do have the option of doing your job and be left alone...just be very quiet and ignore everyone else...
Target was a great company to work for. Benefits were outstanding, including a 10% discount on merchandise within Target. However, Target also offered programs with other companies that many team members are unaware of or simply do not take into consideration, i.e. - Mortgage Loans, Educational Assistance, Auto Insurance, Discounts at other retailers (Brooks Brothers), Legal Assistance.
Although the work is demanding and you have to be creative from time to time to meet goals, it is a very rewarding experience. Team members may not always know the reason why decisions are made but overall, the company is looking out for everyone's best interest.
My experiences DTL's, STL's, ETL's was very positive. Most were very encouraging and took the time to mentor your development.
PRO's: Flexible schedule, discount, training, opportunities, team-oriented, fast paced.
Con's: Political.
Target is one of those employers that likes to screw over the little people. They rely on the fact that they're Target, and people will come flocking here for jobs. The job reminds me of Office Space. I have, at any given time, 2 specialist, 1 team lead, one LoD (leader on duty) and 1 store manager. 5 bosses all saying different things, each one ripping into me because i didnt get *one* of the 5 tasks done; simply because another boss thinks their project is 10x more important than the others. On top of that, feedback from managers is rarely- no, NEVER- consistant. I'll have 2 team leads tell me im their best person for working reshop and pulls from the back room, and then my review was entirely unsatisfactory by another manager. After busting my ass for a year for this company, i got a 1.2% raise. 9 whole cents, pushing me to $7.39/hour. $.09 above minimum wage.
To top that off, target refers to their employees as "team members". In the same note, i'm constantly reprimanded for working in groups with people, because of other work piling up (i was helping lift a 130lb entertainment center). We're made to work entirely alone, unless you're best friends with a manager, in which case you all walk around as a group and don't do any actual work.
The computer does *all* of our scheduling now, from what I've been told. Apparently, theres no "minimum shift" rules here, because i'll work 5 days a week and be lucky to have 16 hours. Most days for me range from 2.5-3.5 hours, and it's a 40 minute round trip drive for me. Not the most economical trip for near minimum wage.
Their standards are higher than any other company I've seen, and I can make more money working for Walmart.
Good luck getting time off. They require 6-12 hours availability every weekend day (Fri-Sun), regardless of other work or school commitments. I've been scheduled one day in the middle of a week of unpaid vacation, then reprimanded for not being there, while I was 3 states away.
Frankly, Target is a terrible company to be a team member for. If even one manager, team lead or specialist doesn't like you, or feels threatened by the quality of work you do, you're not getting anywhere with this company.
$7.15 starting, $7.30 when minimum wage went above my starting (bumped up to minimum). $7.39 currently after a year. No vacation, bonuses or any perks, other than a lame 10% discount.
Not horrible or anything but you bust your butt and the pay is just ridiculously low.
$8.50 per hour.
I worked for Super Target. There's a lot to be done. Not a difficult place to work for as far as dealing with customers. You have to keep the store organized. It's very tiring. When I went home I couldn't even move my legs. When the store closes you have to stay very late to finish cleaning everything, putting go backs out, etc. If other departments aren't done by the time you are you have to help them and everyone leaves at the same time. The managers were nice. Overall good, but don't for me.
Started with $7 hr finished with $7 hr. You get 15% off discount and you can also use it towards sale items.
It's a wretched work place to go to. On top of black mold never being taken care of and other problems causing health issues with workers (including myself), the managers took it upon themselves to work everyone 14 hours a day sometimes just because they "had to pick up their kid from school". So depending on how many people are above you, the more screwed you are.
$8.00 starting salary
Like the other reviews said, you work hard but a Target is a great retailer. Extremely long hours especially during the holidays and days off are hard to come by.
$14.28
You definitely earn every penny you make at Target. Expect to work very hard. Everything is pretty structured and by the book. Management rides you pretty hard.
They are good though about making sure you get your breaks. Diversity is excellent and there are many chances for promotion if you do well.
No bonuses. My pay is $14.00 per hour. Pay range for team lead starts at $11.00 and it has the potential to be much higher.
Target has a great internship program that allows interns to work in every department possible at store-level. The pay was only $10/hr, but the experience was worth the time. Retail hours can be rough but there are definitely opportunities for advancement with this company. Good program for anyone who wants to be in management. You even get a 10% discount.