who's lying here... from 2010: “Our captive center in Bangalore continues to be an important part of our long-term strategy and is highly integrated with our work and team in Minneapolis,” said a statement attributed to Jacob, who is a Target... — read more 

confirming the post below - this is pure outsourcing to infosys - nothing more than this... off the books, and into expenses column...

Official version for layoffs is just BS. They outsourced whole depts to infosys. Bad vision planning especially eliminating .com when they are starting new .com ventures like ship to store.

Why are you all upset with India resources being let go - can someone help me understand what value we were getting from India. I am not trying to be inflammatory here, and I am not trying to start a racially tinted discussion - I am just curious to... — read more 

All the more reason the Twin Cities want to nab ADM's HQ

Target is laying off about 150 headquarters employees, with most of the cuts at offices in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park. The layoffs come in areas where Target said it saw duplication or overlap of responsibilities or a need for fewer employees in... — read more 

The thing about Target corporate downsizing is, everybody knows somebody who works there. The sting extends way beyond Nicollet Mall.

Target Corp exec on layoffs - "our future model doesn't support the current size of the team". What does this even mean? Is he a redundant resource here?

Tata Consulting Services (TCS) is in a best position here - they were milking Target for a while and will continue to do so in the future because Target cannot get rid of TCS - TCS is so deep in key things it's impossible to let them go without... — read more 

Slow poison to kill Target India ...Next 1 Year Target India will be having only sourcing and Business services while major chunk TTS will get moved to Vendors..Target India employees escape now....Join a services company if you are good executionist... — read more 

They tried to sell Target India to Wipro and TCS in past but looks like got dropped due to agreement on minimum business commitment to them . Now there are no buyers now as Target is reducing IT spend so Vendor may not gain much by buyout but sit and... — read more 

Tomorrow 11-OCT Testing Crackers !in RJU office

Heard Target India has Ambulances , External Security/Consultants (goons!) today.in office .35 Lay-ed off today 10/10/13 . People are called to room to notify them of release and some people are called to be informed that they are safe. No severance... — read more 

The numbers are not accurate - this is not a 150 people layoff wave - this is a 1,000 people layoff wave, we'll end up letting go over a thousand of people in in different geographies and from different groups. We are shifting strategies when it... — read more 

Confirming India PMO annihilation - so long, peeps

All PMO layed off today from Bangalore office

all Target India is full of rumors ...all false

There is layoff in Target India for 1st time 100+ are impacted. PMO /.com /teams are finished today

Does anyone know about number of employees laid off in Target India?

Idiot company

do you know if people who worked there for a long time in development were let go? what about their new "innovative" team that they had put together? Did they get let go? Is that the target.com team???

more layoffs are planned in next week

RE: Anonymous , Thursday 10/10/13 12:27 AM These 150 employees, I assume, already received some form of heath care (I think you team members get a HSA, if I'm not mistaken). I really doubt this was Triple G lashing out against the Affordable Care... — read more 

what do you mean by >more is coming>

more is coming ...this is one of many rounds and started with .com they are also planning to close india office

It's outsourcing technology jobs to infosys! Where are the jobs for US citizens? Where is the punishment and punitive damages for shipping corporate jobs overseas to Infosys? Uncle Sam are u listening? Oh no he is shut down!

I believe someone posted that they got one week of severance pay for every week of service for the company - so if you had 10 years with target, you got 10 weeks of pay - that's it...

What kind of severance package (eg $s) these 150 employees were offered?

150 people? They probably hire and fire that many every day. This is NOT news. The expansion in B.P. will accommodate 3 thousand people.

Do you really think that at a company that employs 350,000+ full time employees is going to cut 150 because of "Obamacare"? As if those 150 employees actually make a dent.

"The layoffs were caused by changes and shifts in roles and responsibilities" Nope. Thats the canned response. It absolutely, 100% due to the ObamaCare insurance mandates. They don't want to (can't afford to) insure all those people. Thanks barry and... — read more 

Can you clarify "Waht kind of $s they would have offered to these 150 folks"

Waht kind of $s they would have offered to these 150 folks? I am getting tempted take it and move out before thay lay me off...

Waht kind of $s they would have offered to these 150 folks? I am getting tempted take it and move out before thay lay me off...

@BuckBuck - you are clueless, this was a cold calculated strategic move - has nothing to do with execs playing a personal game

What that means is the executive team hasn't met their goals, so in order to show profits they need to sacrifice employees. Any statements to the contrary is pure BS.

I interviewed at Target a couple of years ago. I'm 40 and even told I look young but I really felt out of place there. It was like walking the halls of college. Don't call me a fogey.

The numbers are off here quite a bit… If you add in the number of contractors that got axed today it's more like thousands rather than hundreds of resources cut. If someone wanted to do a story it might be interesting to see how may of those laid off... — read more 

Go to Target's North Campus in Brooklyn Park and check out how many East Indians and other foreigners work there. They aggressively hire non-citizens by the bus load.

i think i heard 1 week per year of tenure, i believe there is a cap as well