Target Salaries, Bonuses and Benefits.

What are the average starting salaries, bonuses, benefits and travel requirements like at Target?

What do you like best about working at Target? Are there any great perks or special treats for employees?

lol. this is going to be interesting.

i been at target for 11 months now. and i only recieved a 50 cent rasie just becuz min wage went up in california. thats pathetic

Target pays there employees crap for money. They DONT give raises based on performance. WOW 1 raise per year! thats really going to make me want to stay at target. Its sad becuz management can replace any level 1 in a instead so as long as they get there hefty salaries. They dont care who they hire. I have seen soo many people quit at my store. becuz targets hourly pay is pathetic. and down right degrading. so they go work at walmart and make more money. which 25% of the people at my store did.

theres no great perks at all. the 10% discount is not even worth using. the 401k is the slowest way to retirement. theres no bonuses. ETL's are fake as hell to its employees. walk around not even greeting its employees but talking down to them.

Im glad i have a second job LOWES. now that is a respectable job. I put working at target the same as working at mcdonalds. down right degrading

Well, I have to agree. I've been trying to get a dayshift job at target b/c they were hiring for 5 different store positions. I called 3 times wondering if anyone went over my application. It's been about 4 weeks since then and nothing. I've gave up. If they were in such desperate need for help then what the hell? I have 5 years customer service skills and worked at mcdonalds for 4 years so I know how it is!

Target Salaries Range depending on the position. However they are much more competitive than other retail stores, however starting wage is generally minimum wage.

Source: www.careerleak.com/target-jobs.shtml

As stated, salary depends on your position. For those wanted to work hourly, the pay depends on your state (and also may depend on the stores location within that state). In Southeast Michigan, the 4am backroom pay starts at $7.90 + a shift premium. I'm not sure when/if team members get wage increases, but after starting, they come within the first 60-90 days. After that, from what I've been told, they happen once a year.

Pay wise, Target sucks if you're a general team member, but you do get full benefits, a 15% discount (if you use the target redcard), and discounts at other partners (Avis, theme parks, etc...). The environment is very employee friendly with chat sessions with the supervisor. You can always go to your supervisor's supervisor with any concerns. They are also willing to work with your schedule, which is great for students, plus they have a shift board where you can trade hours with another team member.

If you're trying to work just to pay bills, this isn't the job for you, but if you're looking for something consistent, where you can transfer all around the country, while you go to school/work another job, then this is perfect. It's always better than not working at all, unless you're getting the max unemployment rate in your state.

Ive been working for Target for two years straight, I've fist been hired for part time because of school 17-20hrs but now I'm not in school any more and working full time... At Target full time is a joke. Like I said before I've been there for two years and I switched from being 20hrs to hardly 27hrs even in the off season! My first raise was 30cents and now they raised it again cause of the new min. wages to 8.75 I think that it outrageous and the ETL's are two faced the management are poorly put together. They would hire a random person to a team leader position with no experience and train them, compared to a person with seniority in Target now can you tell me how fair is that. Don't get me wrong the people that work there are awesome but the management blows hard. They will even schedule u a closing night shift to a opening shift the next day with a 8hr time lapse in between. Mind you that in the gov law employees are required to a 11-12hrs break in between shifts... Overall Target sucks for the pay you would get, raises, and the amount of work that is needed to be done for such a low amount of money. Oh yeah I'm cross trained for half of the positions in the store. And if Ur looking for a promotion they do it "internally" which I find stupid and never happened to anybody that has worked there with me.

I have also worked at target for two years now and don't find it all that bad; however I don't find it all that great either. I have worked in almost all entry level positions at the store (electronics, sales floor, food ave, guest service, cashier, cart attendant) and have been trying to advance for about 6 months. I believe most of our ETLs are kind and sincere. On the other hand, there are ETLs who I am not fond of and unfortunately the HR is one of them (go figure).

There is a heavy amount of favoritism played in the store, and when I attempted to apply for a job at GSA they told me I wasn't ready for the position. Later, they hired a cashier that I trained for that position, and at the time she was hired I was still helping her. Another occurrence of this happened about 2 months ago and this time the employee was the new GSA's best friend(safe to say favoritism is a large part). but thankfully she couldn't handle the position and they quickly demoted her. however, they won't demote the new GSA even though I have to help her still, 6 months later, and I'm nit sure why.
Also, the HR is perhaps the laziest ETL I have ever met before, and our store has had 3 in the past two years.
and to follow up on the wages and raises: my starting wage was the base pay at $8.00 an hour (75 cents above minimum) and they do only give raises once a year. However, they are performance/attendance based, and I have received 50 cents in two years.
Today, they have finally offered me a promotional opportunity to the Electronics specialist position, it is another $1.00 up from base pay and I pray to god I get to keep my current raises.
Lastly, don;t be afraid to voice your opinion. I do it when I need to and it proves to be very helpful because they cannot fire you if you do something that they say they strongly urge you to do.

Host said: What are the average starting salaries, bonuses, benefits and travel requirements like at Target?

What do you like best about working at Target? Are there any great perks or special treats for employees?

You asks about salaries, not hourly jobs, right? I do not think anyone has actually answered your question.
From what I know, ETLs start around 45k-50k. Degree required. After that, the ceiling is about 90k. That is for the store level. When you begin to move into the district and group level, the salaries jump pretty high. There is a lot of opportunities out there for career seekers and hard workers. I apologize so many people have had a negative experience with Target but it is the way of the world. Education increases the opportunities.
I also believe you get some benefits. If you are a manager then you get full benefits. Also, they help with education continuation and displacement if needed.

Hope this information answers your question.

Ellis Chavez in San Francisco, California said: Ive been working for Target for two years straight, I've fist been hired for part time because of school 17-20hrs but now I'm not in school any more and working full time... At Target full time is a joke. Like I said before I've been there for two years and I switched from being 20hrs to hardly 27hrs even in the off season! My first raise was 30cents and now they raised it again cause of the new min. wages to 8.75 I think that it outrageous and the ETL's are two faced the management are poorly put together. They would hire a random person to a team leader position with no experience and train them, compared to a person with seniority in Target now can you tell me how fair is that. Don't get me wrong the people that work there are awesome but the management blows hard. They will even schedule u a closing night shift to a opening shift the next day with a 8hr time lapse in between. Mind you that in the gov law employees are required to a 11-12hrs break in between shifts... Overall Target sucks for the pay you would get, raises, and the amount of work that is needed to be done for such a low amount of money. Oh yeah I'm cross trained for half of the positions in the store. And if Ur looking for a promotion they do it "internally" which I find stupid and never happened to anybody that has worked there with me.

Some of your points are valid, but there is NO Gov't law that states employees (18+) are required to have 11-12 breaks in between shifts. As far as the pay, it's not as easy as you think to "just increase it for everyone". For public corporations, those actions must be approved by shareholders and be implemented company-wide. Do the math with the raise that you want, and multiply that by 350,000,000 employees PER HOUR. Then project that for the entire year. That's what shareholders look it, so it's not as easy as "why can't they give ME a raise"?

Targets pay is horrible. I relocated to Pa and needed a part time job while I studied for an exam for another career path and looked for another full time job in construction. They offered me 9.75 for the 4-8am flow job and 8.75 hr for regular hours. I took the job because its something, but wow that is incredibly low, considering I have years of experience in other jobs doing exactly the same thing which I made very clear in the interview, which I found friendly and very basic.

If you have alot of bills / loans to payoff I dont see how you could do it working just for Target full time. I made more money as a bottom of the barrel no experience Laborer when I was 16.