Target Careers and Employment

Pay and benefits

Since i heard my target was currently hiring i applied and then got the recorded interview 2 days later. The questions were: 1. What is your background? Work experience? Why do you want to work at Target? 2. When did you encounter something unexpected in a workplace? How did you handle it and what was the outcome? 3. When was a time you had to achieve a goal with another person? What was the outcome? 4. Are you comfortable with people with different perspectives? How do you handle different perspectives? 5. Whats a time you faced a problem with a coworker and what did you do to resolve it? 6. If you saw a guest on the salesfloor looking like they need help, what would you do/say? A day after that i get a request for a follow up call to talk about the interview

Target wastes employees time with endless overstock and massive trucks to unload. there is no rhyme or reason to what comes in on freight and often times things come in that cannot be sold simply because Target doesn't sell them. The Executive Team Leads are completely ineffective leaders who expect you to work yourself to death. the team leads changed CONSTANTLY. my coworkers were generally nice though, lots of laughs but also many many days spent saying "it is what it is."

Was hired as team lead in az and did not drug test.

Urine drug test

They have stopped testing at most locations during the pandemic, I and 150 other new hires received no drug test.

Yes, you have the option of a paper check or direct deposit.

Every 2 weeks

Yes for Thanksgiving and in the past also for Christmas Eve and New Years Day but not this year 1st time in 5 years

The only way to get a decent amount of hours is having 24/7 availability including overnight.

It depends on your department I feel. My department (inbound) I get 30-32 hours a week but if your ETLs ask if you want to go ahead and do a full 40 hour week then you'll get that chance. * I was told by HR during my orientation that the possibility of ever doing 40 hours a week is VERY UNLIKELY because corporate doesn't want to pay you for working that much especially for doing overtime.

Working at Targets is one of the worst jobs that you can work at working four hours a day 15 hours a week that’s for school kids not For people that’s trying to pay rent and put food on the table believe me don’t try to make Targets a Career otherwise you’ll Have a tough time trying to do so, worry about how do you earn enough money to pay the $900 a month rent one for hours every other day or 15 hours a week it’s awful go to Walmart you’ll get better hours better benefits and better consideration believe me I’ve been there such a long time looking for another job. They also play favoritism if they don’t like you you’re in trouble depends on management