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Target sent out an email to employees saying it will be cutting 1,800 positions from its corporate offices.

1,000 employees will be laid off and 800 open positions will be closed.

Employees won't know if they have been laid off or not until Tuesday.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Target announced Thursday it will be eliminating 1,800 positions from its corporate staff.

Target cuts positions, announces layoffs

What we know:

In an email sent to employees, Target said it will be restructuring and will cut about 1,000 employees and 800 open positions will be closed.

Target's corporate staff has been asked to work from home next week, and employees will not find out their fate until Tuesday.

A Target spokesperson told the Associated Press (AP) that the cuts represent around 8% of

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