Unrealized Potential - Anonymous employee Kohl's Employee Review

3.0
Jan 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance, decent time off (for salaried associates), free gym membership, on-site healthcare. Easy to make lateral moves within the company.

Cons

There is a disconnect between the big ideas senior leadership talks about (be innovative, bring ideas, don't fear failure, etc.) and what the directors and manager level will put into practice on a day to day basis. If an associate brings a (well thought out, achievable) idea forward, 9 times out of 10 middle management will not support it or give any feedback ideas just die on the table. At a certain point you just stop bringing ideas forward and do the bare minimum. It seems to be what middle management wants. Be quiet, do your job and go home. Not very engaging. Poor raises for non-managers. Few promotions.

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Cons

Little to no training been working here for almost a year now there’s still something I don’t know every day. What was most difficult for me was being at registers as I was trained in two days by shadowing someone. There are so many situations and problems that will come up every day and you will learn something new! They never taught me about Kohl’s cash, how to read receipts, reprint or edit receipts. They schedule so little so when you do learn something there’s no chance of rehearsal because you come in three weeks later working at a different department.

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