Target

Well organized. Clear structure. A lot of good people. Other than what has already been listed above, there really are not very many roadblocks to working for Target.

Target is a company that fails to practice what they preach. There is a lot of talk about development and creating the best team ever, and caring about their people. In reality, however, these things do not really happen. Target pays slightly better than Walmart for their associates, does not offer a living wage, keeps most of their employees at around 16 to 20 hours, and rarely provides an acceptable level of customer service these days.

Additionally, at the executive level, there is a focus on hitting metric goals without having established fundamental processes behind them. This creates a culture in which store managers look for ways to manipulate the numbers they will be held responsible for, which causes distress among employees and poorly functioning stores.

At each position, there is also pressure to ensure promotions are happening for the employees. This causes store managers to push for people to be promoted solely so they do not get in trouble, which results in rushed promotions and a cautious approach to trust from district to district.

The company has changed a lot since the early 2000s, and most of it is for the worse. At this point, it really just is a more trendy, clean version of Walmart.