Kohl's Part-Time Operations Associate reviews

Never had enough staff to do the floor and the dressing room all in a 4 hour shift

New hire training is practically non-existent. A quick 10 minute video that is useless. They schedule part-time employees for 4 hour shifts. I was working 4 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is obviously Kohl's way of avoiding paying healthcare benifits to their store employees. There were only 3 full time employees in the entire store I worked at (the managers). Pay for a part time associate was $11/hr. Pay is below the competition. Associates were leaving to Walmart. When you loose employees to Walmart you have a problem. Kohl's clearly sees their employees as disposable and does not take the time to invest in them. I was terminated for accepting a Kohl's cash coupon that a customer didn't want and gave me. It was given to me, not stolen. At no point was I ever instructed this was against policy. The company has the potential to be a great place to work but are flat out using their associates, paying them less than the competition, and with zero benifits. I had a discussion with the manager before leaving and agreed the ethics behind dodging a benifits package by hiring all part timers is bad ethics. After working at this company I have decided that I will vote with my wallet and take my business elsewhere as a customer.