Posted on 05/24/2025 3:04:32 PM PDT by Morgana
Target is struggling. Employees are worried.
Online message boards used by hundreds of in-store staff are lighting up with fears about job security, increased workloads, and potential store closures.
'We are cooked,' one employee said on Reddit. 'Less and less hours with little to no change with what the expectations are from us all.'
Another wrote: 'All we can do is ride it out and hope for the best. If it comes down to it, prepare a resume just in case.'
Several workers have also posted TikTok videos showing backrooms overwhelmed with merchandise that hasn’t made it to the sales floor — alleging that understaffing is leaving them buried.
'I hope these go viral so the corporate people might rethink how they unstaffed their stores and expect spotless departments,' one employee commented on a video showing mounds of backroom clothing.
Target hasn't responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment on the employee predictions and complaints.
But two days ago, the company released its quarterly earnings, which badly missed Wall Street's expectations.
'Target has found itself in a challenging position,' Neil Saunders, a retail expert at GlobalData, told DailyMail.com.
'The business is not terrible, but it is under pressure and that is causing nervousness among associates.'
Fewer shoppers went into Target stores during the last quarter, and when they did, they spent less money.
The company reported $23.85 billion in sales during the last quarter, a 2.8 percent drop from the previous three-month period. Analysts predicted the store would make $24.23 billion.
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Target marketing division was supposed to look deeply into the universe to organize its plans but instead they all bent over and put their heads between their legs......looking up all they could see was Uranus.
Could be a case of go-woke-go-broke.
Same here. We were regular Target shoppers until they decided to let "men" into the girls' restrooms. Never went back. Switched to Walmart.
Bud light never recovered in sales.
Read again. This story is about EMPLOYEE complaints about the company going woke. Target did not respond to DailyMail’s request for comment on the employee predictions and complaints.
I was in a Target two years ago (wife wanted something she said only they had), and upon entering the store, a woman clerk left her register to complain that my mobility scooter headlamp (which often gets accidentally switched on taking it in and out of the trunk) was too bright and was going to give her a seizure. I told her I wasn’t even aware it was on and switched it off right away, and she huffed and went back to her station. I wrote to management promising never to return (I haven’t), and have no sympathy for entitled Karen employees like that.
At all.
Good question.
That’s EXACTLY what it is.
If they didn’t want financial troubles, they shouldn’t have gone down the woke road.
Our city has 2 Super Walmarts.
Construction has begun on aTarget store.
Closest Target I had to avoid was 14miles away.
Thank you Target for making it more convenient for me to avoid your stores.
Don’t forget the upside down Christmas trees and LGBTQ children clothing.
Don’t forget the upside down Christmas trees and LGBTQ children clothing.
Last year’s pride merchandise did them in.
I thought that was what happened, but wasn’t sure. I just knew I had resolved never to set foot in their stores again, and I used to go there once or twice a month.
FUT
I think the big wigs for so many of these corporations were trying to impress the WEF crowd in Gastaad. I mean - getting invited to a WEF party is worth trashing your company - right?
I quit going to Target when the last time I found a DVD set of old Randolph Scott 1950s westerns. They refused to sell them to me till I proved I was over 18 years of age as they were considered “UNRATED” the same as porn today. I was 68 years old.
Has Target fired the person who was instrumental in their going woke? If they want to recover some of their lost customer base, obviously that should be their first step.
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