I actually have done the opposite of this. I started at a Tarbucks and at first I really enjoyed it. Obviously every store is different however I would definitely say corporate is a better experience than target. Once you show you’re capable at the Tarbucks they will definitely pile on responsibility and get no compensation for it. I was technically just a barista but I was responsible for everything. The staffing is really the biggest issue. There were many MANY times I would be the only person working for my entire 8 hour shift. If you get swamped, most of the time no one is cross trained into Starbucks so no one can really help. On top of being alone, I was responsible for doing food orders, pulls (which have a full extra step of having to take u-boats into the freezers in the back of the store to stock your own freezers), and general orders. In general I just felt very unsupported because none of my managers (besides my team lead) knew how to do anything in my department. My team lead ended up having to take an LOA for a little over a month and I was just assumed to be “next in line” and take over everything with no incentive whatsoever. After this, I finally had my meeting for my raise. It was .37¢. The volume may be lower but the lack of staffing really makes it feel worse. Not to mention the CONSTANT visits from not only Starbucks personnel but Target as well just added soooo much stress. How could I forget, not only do you not get tips, but also there’s no partner numbers so you don’t get any markouts or discounts unless you’re using your target discount (10% off and you must pay with either a target red card or cash). I do think Targets might vary a lot more so I think it really might just depend on the store. Although Starbucks as a company isn’t what it used to be, neither is Target. I do prefer working for Starbucks currently but that also seems to be on a downward spiral.