Kohl's reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(20,306 total reviews)
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62% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Kohl's has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 20,306 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
Sep 26, 2014

Be careful who you trust

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and time off benefits. Loved most of my co-workers

Cons

If the store manager doesn't like you they can say anything to get rid of you. Mine ruined my life and career and the district manager only listens to the manager. No hours to get work done therefore be prepared to work 12-16 hour days as a manager

3.0
Sep 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the managers are very smart and good at resolving issues for customers as well as associates. You will learn a lot about people, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Cons

Some managers will bend over backwards for the customer whether its the same policy you've been told or not, sometimes leaving you looking like a little brat that didn't want to give the customer what they wanted.

2.0
Sep 19, 2014

Eh...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Somewhat flexible hours, cool people to work with, decent sale events.

Cons

To star off the pay is fairly low, $7.55 an hour. Considering how other retailers start off at $8.00-$9.00 this kind of sucks. If you want a chance to make a decent amount of money you need to put in a lot of hours. The work-life balance is none existence. I cannot remember when I actually got a weekend off that I didn't have to request. We're constantly pushed to meet credit goals but there's really no rewards to it. Sure you get a 'generous' dollar for every credit you open but honestly you do it for the hours. Hours at Kohl's are unpredictable to say the least, one week you'll work 25+ hours and the next you'll work 15. Did I mention the lack of rewards. In my store we had an August goal for credit, first team to reach 130 credits wins a prize. I being so naive thought we'd receive a cool gift card or something. Nope we got coloring books, play-dough and treats from the dollar store. Honestly what are we five?

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