Pros
Target still has one of the best brand images in the country and in regards to marketing, retail strategy and private label development it is well deserved. The ideals Target espouses for its team members are good, even inspiring including valuing diversity, maintaining work/life balance and paying for performance. HR takes an active role in development. Talent management is proactive and frequent.
Cons
The good ideals listed above are completely overcome by an unfortunate focus on "collaboration" which is really a euphemism for endless meetings and decision paralysis. Employees hired for their leadership are not permitted to lead and those hired because of their accomplishments are not measured by results. Instead, careers are made and broken solely on the basis of perception management. If you want to be rewarded based on your results then you will be frustrated at Target. Target is also a decade behind on things like software development and project management practices and appears incapable of catching up. So if you're an IT professional coming from a consulting firm, be prepared to do waterfall development and manage your projects with outdated tools.
