Target Orders 150 Remote Workers Back to Minneapolis HQ

Goal is looking extra distant staff again to its headquarters.

The retailer is requiring about 150 distant staff inside two groups in its merchandising group to relocate to Minneapolis, a spokesperson confirmed to Enterprise Insider. Bloomberg earlier reported the information.

The corporate is providing relocation help to those that resolve to maneuver and severance to those that select to not.

An organization spokesperson stated in a press release that “elevated in-person collaboration throughout a core a part of our merchandising staff will assist us reinforce our merchandising authority, unlocking higher creativity and enabling us to maneuver quicker to deliver on our strategy.”

The retailer, which introduced on a brand new CEO earlier this yr, is within the midst of a turnaround strategy to revive growth, and bettering its merchandise is a pillar of that effort.

The relocation mandate comes as extra corporations, resembling Amazon and AT&T, have been calling staff again into the workplace lately. Goal final yr ramped up in-office days for workers already primarily based in Minneapolis.

Goal doesn’t have a companywide mandate and has left in-office necessities to staff leaders.

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