Kohl's reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(20,301 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 20,301 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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2.0
May 4, 2012

Easy Job, bad pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mangers are friendly. Very boring job, no room for advancement. You have to dress business casual. Breaks are unpaid, and that sucks because your wage is so low.

Cons

You have to fold clothes constantly. You are forced to sell their credit cards and make a ridiculously low commission percentage. Its agonizing.

2.0
May 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In the right stores with excellent management it can be a fun place to work, the pay is on par with similiar retailers.

Cons

One employee is expected to do the work of 3-4 people. Even upper management would say so. I have seen employees passed up for promotions because they were able to keep up with the work demanded of them and management knew it was rare to find such a person, so they didn't want to promote them or pay them more. Training for certain jobs within the store can be poor.

3.0
May 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Employee discount - Flexible scheduling IF you have a good store manager - Cross training -- you don't always have to work in the same department - Opportunity to work with a lot of different people

Cons

- The work experience is entirely based on whether or not you have a good management team. - Training for new associates is not very good; a few hours of computer based training followed by a few hours of "buddy training" with another associate and then you are left to work by yourself and expected to achieve the same standards as any other associate. - Limited room for advancement within the company.. again, depends on the store management. A good store manager will promote qualified individuals from within the store. Bad management will ignore the talent that they already have and recruit outsiders. - Room for advancement at the area supervisor level is VERY limited. Open Assistant Manager positions are filled with whoever is the DM's favorite, or by outside applicants. - Turn over is very high

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