Target employees return to the office with a mix of confusion, dissatisfaction

"A mix of confusion and dissatisfaction is festering among Target employees, as its biggest corporate unit settles into a mandatory three-day-a-week office schedule. One former worker said she learned three weeks before the Sept. 2 start date that she would need to move back to Minnesota. Another who has caregiving needs left the company after she was denied an exemption. Some workers downtown for the Target Together all-company meeting this week also expressed concern about the way the return-to-work mandate was rolled out."

"Some Target teams started calling employees back to regular in-office days in June, the same month an employee survey showed mounting frustration with corporate leadership and uncertainty about the retailer's direction, according to the Wall Street Journal. About 40% of the roughly 260,000 workers who responded to the survey said they lacked confidence in Target's future, the story said. Sentiment was especially poor among workers at the Minneapolis headquarters, where scores were even lower."

Target's largest corporate unit implemented a mandatory three-day-a-week in-office schedule, prompting confusion and dissatisfaction among employees. Some workers faced sudden relocation requirements or lost exemptions for caregiving responsibilities and left the company. Many employees expressed concern about how the return-to-work mandate was rolled out. A June employee survey of roughly 260,000 respondents found mounting frustration with leadership and uncertainty about the retailer's direction, with about 40% saying they lacked confidence in the company's future and headquarters sentiment notably lower. Despite low morale, roughly 80% of headquarters staff indicated plans to remain employed.

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