Once-great company (Sears Home Services) shackled to dying legacy retailer (Sears & Kmart stores) - Manager Data Engineering Transformco Employee Review

1.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I had a strong relationship with my team. There was lots of mutual respect among the individual contributors, managers, and directors. Recent (at the time) pushes to modernize the technology being used showed healthy signs of investment in the business' future.

Cons

The CEO's decade (or more) long fixation on the retail side of the company placed a stranglehold on the far more profitable HVAC and appliance repair businesses. Efforts to spin them off were eventually abandoned, leaving the impression of a complete lack of long-term strategic vision and planning. Laughably poor compensation vs. market norms.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Good people work at the company, remote working

Cons

Sears went into Chapter 11 in 2018 making it hard to do business

2.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Remote Work and the coworkers

Cons

No 401K match, No yearly salary increases unless your ready to leave the company, Leadership has been turning the company around for 10 years now

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