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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Target corporate employees learned Tuesday whether they are among the roughly 1,000 individuals affected by the company's layoffs.

Target layoff notices

The backstory:

Target announced on Oct. 23 that it would be laying off 1,000 employees and cutting 800 open positions as part of a restructuring plan. The email sent to employees indicated the layoffs were not to cut costs but to streamline operations and bring forth "process and growth."

Following the announcement, Target's corporate staff had been asked to work from home as employees would not find out their fate until Tuesday, Oct. 28.

A Target spokesperson told the Associated Press (AP) the cuts represent around 8% of Target's global workforce, but the majority of employees affected work

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