Dead-End Job - Kohls Sales Associate Kohl's Employee Review

2.0
Sep 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Routine job, punch in, punch out, couple short breaks depending on how long your shift is. Met some nice people.

Cons

They start you out at minimum wage, $8.50/hr. Received a raise of 19 cents or something ridiculous like that after being employed with them for a year and honestly working hard and diligently every shift. Come to find out, fellow co-workers had been there for over 5 years and still earn under $10/hr. Worked nearly every Saturday and Sunday whether I liked it or not, and then maybe one or two evening shifts (4 or 5pm-Close) during the week. Scheduling was flaky, you could never really rely on getting enough hours as they tend to cut employees' hours when business slows down. But they never failed to put you on for holidays and Black Friday (1am-3pm). Always felt like maybe I'd get promoted or taken care of compensation-wise for going the extra mile as that's the concept that they insinuate during their cute little daily "sales floor huddle", but nope. This multi-billion dollar corporation won't even give you a 25 cent raise nor the time of day to earn it. Store managers work their butts off year-round, all hours of the day/night and holidays, all for around a salary of $50k.

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