They Really Don't Care About Employees, But They'll Hire People With No Job Experience - Anonymous employee Kohl's Employee Review

2.0
May 30, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No experience needed It pays the bills (sort of) It's a good starter job until you can get something else Good discount off of already cheap stuff The other floor and truck associates were fun and nice people to work with

Cons

No consistency with the management No communication between management and associates WAY too much focus on credit (it was the only way you could get recognized, and I got a lot of critique for it even though I only got five hours a week, two of which were before the store opened) A lot of disrespect Favoritism Feels a lot like high school (drama, drama, micromanaging, drama) Customers are really rude and demanding Managers won't answer a page and will leave you hanging with an impatient customer for what will feel like hours You get disrespected if you call out or ask for time off Managers will gossip in front of you, adn give positive reinforcement to bad workers if said workers can get in their inner circle Almost no training It is what it is

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Cons

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Cons

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