Target Slices 1,800 Jobs to Simplify 'Complex' Corporate Mess
In a gleeful act of corporate decluttering, Target axed 1,000 corporate employees and cut 800 vacant roles, totaling 8% of their global HQ workforce. COO-cum-incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke blamed a labyrinthine puzzle of 'too many layers and overlapping work' that slowed decision making. Employees only caught wind after a Minneapolis car service TikTok went viral on Thursday, just before 2:55 p.m. when the official memo landed. Staffers were politely sent home next week to avoid the 'box-carrying lines' optics so painfully famous from 2015. Naturally, leadership roles got trimmed three times more than mere mortals, apparently because chaos reigns best without too many captains steering the sinking ship.
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Target chops 1,800 corporate jobs citing 'complexity'—because apparently being slow at selling cheap stuff requires a dozen vice presidents, four brainstorming layers, and a silent panic in Minneapolis car services.
Target tells HQ to work from home next week during layoffs because apparently nothing says 'we care' like making unemployment invisible behind webcam backgrounds.
Leadership positions at Target were cut 3x more than regular jobs—turns out too many chiefs really do sink the retail ship faster than customers can unpack their carts.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/23/2025 | Author: Kelsey Vlamis,Dominick Reuter
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