Kohl's reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(20,278 total reviews)
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Michael J. Bender

66% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Kohl's has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 20,278 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kohl's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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20K reviews
1.0
Feb 16, 2024

Kohls is a cult

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay...literally the only pro is the pay.

Cons

Kohls started out as a positive environment a lot of promises and a lot of pros presented. However, once you're in and the mask comes off . You see the true face of the business. There is no work life balance. As a manager of course more is expected of you but the "more" is to the point of work sleep repeat. The upper management and district level management is verbally abusive if you dont make number goals in selling credit card applications and reward sign ups. To the point that forcing a teenager to sell something they dont even understand and berating them for it. I was told to change my voice when talking to people. Associates are generally unhappy some seem content, but its more like stockholm syndrome. They roll with it as not to be beaten anymore. Some management and associates have looked into other businesses and career choices outside of kohls. When upper management caught word of this all of these people were made to feel like they were the lowest form of life and all us managers were asked to convince them to stay with kohls and not persue other avenues. The faux exterior shines bright with in the business world. But all the bells and whistles arent that shiny and loud. Kohls has been revered as a top green company when infact there are roughly 500 pages and tossed printed a day in each store. Tossed right into the trash compactor not recycled. Kohls has zero tolerance for personal growth unless within the company. Work life balance is non exsistent.

2.0
Oct 20, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home 3 days a week Work life balance Some people there are great to work with and great friends Processes are easy to learn, great training programs PTO

Cons

Judgmental people-- want you all to have the same fake personality Multiple managers described to me how to be fake and pretend like you care about people you work with so they do you favors later My particular manager told me in multiple 1-1 meetings that she didnt like my personality and I needed to work on it Got laid off 3 months into the job based on a re-organization. This was after being hired back after an internship summer 2022.

5.0
May 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Scheduling is flexible and based around my availability, staff is great, tons of positive feedback and incentives, opportunities to move to other positions in the company, fun and helpful/caring atmosphere

Cons

Seriously can't think of one.

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