Poorly managed, inconsistent training, too much emphasis on selling credit - Anonymous employee Kohl's Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

15% employee discount, 15 minute breaks (instead of the legally mandated 10), many store locations to apply to, flexible hours

Cons

Horrible training - inconsistent and incomplete. Learned how to work cash register by using a pdf file (that was out of date and had many incorrect instructions) and was put on register within a day. Will get yelled at by one manager for doing something the way another manager told you to. Too much emphasis on selling credit - can do everything right, have stellar reviews from customers, and still be yelled at for not making credit. Much more work than other places require for the amount of pay.

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