Great First Professional Software Dev Job - Software Engineer Kohl's Employee Review

4.0
Jan 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible work schedule, come in around 9am, Work from home as desired Laid-back, friendly culture Competent, smart & friendly co-workers and management Great 401k plan Cafeteria with many options for breakfast and lunch Ability to go to conferences, company-paid Annual raises and bonus Short commute, low-traffic, located in a suburb of Milwaukee Can request MacBook Pro or ThinkPad, whichever you prefer

Cons

Many layers of management (manager, director, VP, SVP, CTO, President, CEO) Lack of investment in innovation (new CTO promises to help with that) Insane reliance on contractors (2-8 FTE to contractor ratio, though changing) California office has too much power Too many meetings Large amount of bureaucracy & red tape Recent 2018 + 2019 layoffs under CEO Michelle have left a bad taste in the Technology department

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

Kohl's is a place for learning and development.

Cons

The only con is being in office 4 days per week

1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is very good once you start getting raises. Weekly pay

Cons

Genuinely everything else, the pay is that high because they have to pay you over 25 just to put up with the awful environment. terrible structure, terrible management, no accountability, cliquey mean girl environment. managers are allowed to sit around and do essentially nothing while supervisors carry 100% of the load and there is no checks and balances to ensure management does the right thing. Corporate and HR genuinely don't care if certain people sit on their butt While others keep the business running. Credit card pushing is absolutely Off the Wall insane. Getting enough credit cards is all the company cares about and managers do not help. Managers are allowed to have no history with getting any credit cards at all and corporate doesn't bat an eye. If you try to speak out about anything that's going on you'll just get fired. Retaliation is allowed and encouraged.

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