Target downsizes in Minneapolis

Target is moving on out of Minneapolis. The company is leaving its City Center offices in downtown Minneapolis just a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the company to switch to a more corporate work from home model. The company now has a plan for employees to have more opportunities to work from home even post-pandemic.

“We are embracing this moment to think differently and reimagine the future of work at headquarters,” Melissa Kremer, Target executive vice president and chief human resources officer, said in an email to employees Thursday. “Our hybrid ‘Flex for Your Day’ approach will offer team members the benefits of both virtual and on-site collaboration when we gradually return to headquarters later this year. ”

“Our headquarters will always play a central role in who we are and how we work at Target,” she continued. “We believe in the culture, collaboration and competitive advantages of working together at our vibrant headquarters in the Twin Cities and around the world. But the reality is that ‘Flex for Your Day’ will require less office space.”

Around 3500 Target employees that were based at City Center will be relocated to one of Target’s four other Minneapolis locations in the Twin Cities. The area is home to 12,000 Target corporate members. No employees will be laid off with the City Center offices closing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused corporations to rethink their office models, as they have realized how possible it is to either have some employees on fully work from home or on a flex model of partial office time and partial work from home. Tech companies, like Twitter and Facebook, have told their employees they are free to work from home through 2021.

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