Target return to office policyEach team decides.

What the policy says.

• Company-wide minimum: five in-office weeks per year; group leaders decide how often their teams come in (FOX 9, Supermarket News, June 2025). Business Insider (April 2026) also said Target has no company-wide mandate.
• Merchandising organization (buyers, planners and others who pick products and manage inventory): 4 days/week from the week of Sept. 6, 2026. Employees choose which four days. Chief Merchandising Officer Cara Sylvester announced the change by email.
• The commercial unit (merchandising and sourcing) had moved to 3 days/week on Sept. 2, 2025, announced by then-Chief Commercial Officer Rick Gomez.
• April 2026: about 150 remote workers on two merchandising teams were told to relocate to Minneapolis HQ, with relocation help for those who move and severance for those who do not.
• The changes are tied to CEO Michael Fiddelke's turnaround plan.
• No badge tracking or performance-review link was reported for corporate staff.

How Target's policy changed since 2020.

1. April 2022

   HQ returned under a hybrid model with no required office days (per Buildremote only)

2. June 2025

   Rule reported as five in-office weeks per year, with team leaders deciding beyond that; some groups moved to 3 days/week

3. July 10, 2025

   Commercial unit (merchandising, sourcing) told to be on-site 3 days/week from Sept. 2, 2025

4. September 2, 2025

   3-day rule took effect for the commercial unit

5. April 2026

   About 150 remote merchandising employees told to relocate to Minneapolis or take severance

6. July 2026

   Merchandising organization told to be in office 4 days/week from the week of Sept. 6, 2026

7. September 2026

   4-day rule took effect for the merchandising organization

Sources and how sure we are.

1. 1.Some Target employees return to work in person FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, June 4, 2025
2. 2.Some corporate Target workers will be going back to the office Supermarket News, June 5, 2025
3. 3.Target Issues Return-to-Office Orders Twin Cities Business, July 10, 2025
4. 4.Target's commercial employees set to return to the office three days a week CBS Minnesota, July 12, 2025
5. 5.Target return-to-office plan HR Dive, July 17, 2025
6. 6.Target is ordering 150 of its remote workers to relocate to its Minneapolis HQ Business Insider (via Yahoo Finance), April 25, 2026
7. 7.Target requires 150 remote merchandising employees to relocate Retail Dive (via Yahoo Finance), April 28, 2026
8. 8.Target calls entire commercial unit back to Minneapolis HQ four days a week Minnesota Star Tribune, July 2026
9. 9.Target requires more time in the office as part of turnaround plan CoStar, July 2026
10. 10.Companies Returning to Office: RTO Tracker [October 2026] Archie, October 1, 2026

Days a week are for most US corporate employees; some teams, roles and countries differ. Spot something out of date? Email hello@forgot.dev.

Other retail and consumer employers, side by side.

• Home Depot5 days a week, since April 20265
• Kroger5 days a week, since January 20265
• Best Buy4 days a week, since September 20264
• Nike4 days a week, since January 20244
• Starbucks4 days a week, since September 20254
• Lowe's3 days a week, since January 20223
• McDonald's3 days a week, since October 20213
• Procter & GambleHybrid, no set number of daysNo set days

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