Not necessarily. The amount of each review is also based off of if your store missed or made sales for the last fiscal year. If your store missed sales and other key metrics, raises will be lower across the board for your store. If you are new, your raise is prorated for the time you have been with target. Example: Let's say you made $10 an hour, and received a 2% raise. This equates to a total merit raise of $0.20. Now let's say you've only been with Target for six months. Suddenly, that $0.20 review becomes $0.10 because you were only with Target for half the year, so you lose half of your annual raise. Next year, you will receive the full merit raise for your review grade, assuming you don't leave and return within the same review year.