Target Overview

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Target is a retail company focusing on providing a fun and convenient shopping experience, offering unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Founded in 1946, Target Corporation is headquartered in Minneapolis and serves guests at stores nationwide and through Target.com. The company is committed to building a diverse team that does the right thing for its guests, shareholders, and communities while investing in the professional growth of its employees.

Under the leadership of CEO Brian Cornell, Target has developed an inclusive, collaborative, and energetic work environment that rewards performance. The company has a diverse demographic background with 54.2% female employees and 39.7% ethnic minorities. Despite being dominated by Democratic Party members, Target promotes diversity in other aspects of its workplace. With an annual revenue of $109.1 billion and a workforce of 409,000 employees, Target is an industry leader based in Minneapolis, offering competitive salaries and excellent employee retention rates.

Target's Mission Statement

To help all families discover the joy of everyday life.: A mission statement like this works on 2 fronts.

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Job openings at Target
10,978 Positions
Average salary at Target
$35,229 yearly

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3.7/5

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2025
Cons of working at Target

Certain individuals unfortunately take advantage of the atmosphere and culture that Target forsters, as is often found in large corps, and one of these individuals can be found at every level in the employee structure at their store level.

Target Benefits

Mostly all of them.

Pros of working at Target

The open communication that's evident at all levels.

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2025
Pros of working at Target

Flexible schedule, discount, locations nearby

Cons of working at Target

Monotonous work, understaffed, they promote people into team lead positions that have no experience being a leader and do not provide training. I gets frustrating for experienced leaders and team members; which is why there are so many opportunities for promotion- the good people keep leaving

Target Benefits

Discount

What do you like best about Target's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How did you prepare for the Target interview?

The interview questions ask for examples. Use an example

How would you improve Target's culture?

Have leadership be more involved in their team and not the metrics

How does your compensation at Target compare to the industry average?

Average

What's the diversity at Target like?

Good

What brings you the most joy at Target?

Seeing happy and grateful guests

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at Target

I could start my experience in working and develop my communication skills.

Cons of working at Target

I don't know if I'm qualified for the job.

Target Benefits

The experience and discounts

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at Target

I could start my experience in working and develop my communication skills.

Cons of working at Target

I don't know if I'm qualified for the job.

Target Benefits

The experience and discounts

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2024
Pros of working at Target

My thoughts on the Pros were firing the holiday seasons we received a lot of overtime. It was very fast paced and we were able to get a lot accomplished

Cons of working at Target

In my experience of the cons at Target were within the third week of the new year our hours a would drop between 8 to 12 hours a week.

Target Benefits

If we scored our retail sale for that month everyone would get lunch or a gift from management

What do you like best about Target's CEO and the leadership team?

The manager was very nice but sometimes too nice.

How would you improve Target's culture?

If the truck was late I think the management should had helped push some products so we wouldn’t be double packed in shipping because tha when things would get lost. Organization could be so much better

How did you prepare for the Target interview?

How I prepared myself for my interview at Target was to as many questions about the department they wanted to start me in. I wasn’t to know inside and out.

How does your compensation at Target compare to the industry average?

In my experience working at Target compared to other companies like them is very fair. I believe they they actually start you out making more than other big retailers in our area

What's the diversity at Target like?

The recommendation of diverse demographic at target is amazing. You have all types of people from every walk of life that works at that company. They do not look at someone because how they look or dressed and won’t hire them because of it. Some of the best workers are “Not Normal”

What brings you the most joy at Target?

Personally, the most enjoyable aspect of my job at Target was to help the guest. I love to see people smile, and I would do anything to help our guest to make their experience a little better that day.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at Target

Pay

Cons of working at Target

Management, over worked and under paid, unrealistic expectations, HR is a joke, targeting employees who actually work and not doing anything for the people who actually work

Target Benefits

Health insurance

What do you like best about Target's CEO and the leadership team?

Leadership is horrible

How would you improve Target's culture?

Actually, give a crap about your employees

How did you prepare for the Target interview?

Didn’t have an interview for warehouse

What's the diversity at Target like?

No

What brings you the most joy at Target?

Nothing everyone is miserable there management makes it miserable because they’re miserable as well. All they care about is numbers they don’t care about safety like they say if you do the safety and you don’t hate your numbers then you get in trouble if you hit your numbers, but don’t do safety you get in trouble. You can never win. If you do both there’s no way you hit production.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at Target

Love the customers and my co workers!!

Cons of working at Target

Team leads lately have been mean and confrontational with regular team members

Target Benefits

Getting to know new people from work

What do you like best about Target's CEO and the leadership team?

nothning!!

How would you improve Target's culture?

listen to the employees concerns

How did you prepare for the Target interview?

Clearing my mind! Just relax and I went with my very first response.

How does your compensation at Target compare to the industry average?

HAHA, Walmart here is paying $17 an hour after minimum wage went up, target gives 10¢ per hour raises

What's the diversity at Target like?

Unsure

What brings you the most joy at Target?

Learning new areas and aspects of the store

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2024
Pros of working at Target

Diversity

Cons of working at Target

Salary and work life balance

Target Benefits

none

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2024
Pros of working at Target

the pros of working at target is that they were very flexible with the schedules considering I am a student. I also love how everyone becomes a small family and we look after each other.

Cons of working at Target

It was a very big store so you would be running from one corner to the next every 2 minutes. but it was fun

Target Benefits

free snack! we would get taco bell sometimes! I also love that they pay us 17$/hour!

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2024
Pros of working at Target

Absolute pros

Cons of working at Target

i just wish that some of the customers were a little nicer sometimes

Target Benefits

All the colleagues ive met and befriended

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The team at Target

  • The founders of Target are George Dayton and John Geisse.
  • The key people at Target are Brian Cornell, George Dayton and John Geisse.
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Target Corporation is the second-largest department store retailer in the United States. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this company serves guests at over 1,800 stores and at Target. Com. Since 1946, this company has given five percent of i...ts profit to communities which today equals millions of dollars a week. Target Corporation has around 10,000 employees and a revenue of up to $1 billion
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Target Rankings

Target is ranked #71 on the Best Companies to Work For in Minnesota list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Target salaries

8.6
Salary Score
The average a Target salary in the United States is $35,229 per year. Target employees in the top 10 percent can make over $44,000 per year, while Target employees at the bottom 10 percent earn less than $27,000 per year.
Average Target Salary
$35,229
yearly
$16.94 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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  3. Stock Unloader
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Target diversity

9.8
Diversity Score
We calculated Target’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Target’s workforce.
Target diversity summary. Zippia estimates Target's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Target's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Target's workforce.
  • Target has 409,000 employees.
  • 54% of Target employees are women, while 46% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Target is White (60%).
  • 18% of Target employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of Target employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Target makes $35,229 per year.
  • Target employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Target stay with the company for 3.5 years on average.
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Target Office Locations

Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN

Biggest Target Locations

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1New York, NY77$39,767
2Chicago, IL76$36,068
3San Jose, CA59$40,086
4Los Angeles, CA45$39,341
5San Diego, CA41$38,968
6Houston, TX34$31,665
7Philadelphia, PA34$34,801
8Phoenix, AZ32$33,472
9San Antonio, TX20$31,880
10Dallas, TX17$31,935

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Target Financial Performance

9.8
Performance Score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

Target currently has 109.1B in revenue. Target's most recent quarter produced 24.8b (q2'2023).

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Compare Target salaries to competitors, including Overstock.com, Rite Aid, and Whole Foods Market. Employees at Overstock.com earn the highest average yearly salary of $67,419. The salaries at Rite Aid average $37,918 per year, and the salaries at Whole Foods Market come in at $32,699 per year.

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Target may also be known as or be related to Goodfellow Dry Goods (1902–1903) Dayton's Dry Goods Company (1903–1910) Dayton Company (1910–1962) Dayton Corporation (1962–1969) Dayton-Hudson Corporation (1969–2000), Target, Target Brands Inc, Target Brands, Inc, Target Commercial Interiors Inc, Target Corporation, target retail store and target superstore.