Kohl's reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(20,306 total reviews)
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Michael J. Bender

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
2.0
Sep 18, 2014

Dead-End Job

Recommend
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Pros

Routine job, punch in, punch out, couple short breaks depending on how long your shift is. Met some nice people.

Cons

They start you out at minimum wage, $8.50/hr. Received a raise of 19 cents or something ridiculous like that after being employed with them for a year and honestly working hard and diligently every shift. Come to find out, fellow co-workers had been there for over 5 years and still earn under $10/hr. Worked nearly every Saturday and Sunday whether I liked it or not, and then maybe one or two evening shifts (4 or 5pm-Close) during the week. Scheduling was flaky, you could never really rely on getting enough hours as they tend to cut employees' hours when business slows down. But they never failed to put you on for holidays and Black Friday (1am-3pm). Always felt like maybe I'd get promoted or taken care of compensation-wise for going the extra mile as that's the concept that they insinuate during their cute little daily "sales floor huddle", but nope. This multi-billion dollar corporation won't even give you a 25 cent raise nor the time of day to earn it. Store managers work their butts off year-round, all hours of the day/night and holidays, all for around a salary of $50k.

1.0
Sep 13, 2014

Awful

Recommend
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Pros

Having a job. Nothing else is good about this place. The discount is pathetic.

Cons

The pay is awful. Training is horrible. I was told I would shadow someone for a few hours. My "trainer" showed me two transactions and then I was thrown on my own register. I was scheduled on the service desk when I hadn't been trained for it yet. When I brought this to the managers attention all I got was an attitude for his mistake. They force you to be used car sales men and shove credit apps down customers throats. When you don't get enough for them, they cut hour hours which sucks since the pay is minimum wage and nobody can support themselves on that.

1.0
Jul 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are great and will go to the ends of the earth to help you

Cons

The people that actually work are treated like crap and the ones that don't are put up on a pedestal where no one can touch them, not even loss prevention. If you're full-time the hours are ok, just don't expect to get the 3 hours they promise. If you're part=time, hope you don't need money because you won't be getting it here. unless, of course, you are a cashier and can get credit. Then you can do whatever you want. All in all, don't work for them. They are on a down hill slope and going faster to ruin.

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