Target has sacked hundreds of office staff at its Geelong headquarters, the second major redundancy announcement in the regional city in a month.

But the axe will fall far quicker on 260 Target staff in Geelong than it will for Ford engine workers.

Sacked employees at the discount store's head office will go within two weeks. Ford announced last month its Geelong plant would close but its workers have jobs until 2016.

Target's 1200 Geelong office staff started hearing of their fate early on Wednesday. Sacked workers drifted out over the course of the day, many carrying their work possessions in boxes and bags.