Emotional Abuse is standard culture. - Textile Designer Kohl's Employee Review

1.0
Apr 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits and salary. Maternity leave and having children is one of the reasons people choose to work there.

Cons

They will use benefits and salary as reason why you should be thankful you work there. Emotional abuse and discrimination in the form of favoritism. I can personally be a witness to 7 people who would cry in the bathroom everyday because of emotional abuse from managers. The current manager consistently causes people to cry at every single 'touch base'. Discrimination in the form of favoritism, which means if you are a favorite, you can choose your position and still have a job even if you fail at that position. There is 1 specific person who was able to choose to be a Senior Artist, then Manager, then failed so she was able to choose to be an Advanced Artist. Its really great to be a favorite. You don't actually have to be good at what you do. You will do your best and work your hardest and unfortunately, that will not be enough. Even if you are the greatest artist. You will need to be a favorite for it to work for you. There are people who do their least amount of effort and still be a shining star. You will be picked on and emotionally torn down until you have to leave to keep your dignity. In the years I was there, only 1 person was fired and allowed to file for unemployment. Everyone else (I can count up to 7 people) had to quit to keep their sanity and their dignity. It may sound nice in the first year or 2 but you will see how hard it is for everyone to stay afloat because its the only job in the whole state you can get. Its a cheap place for real estate and cost of living, its why the corporation is there.

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Pros

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