Kohl's reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(20,286 total reviews)
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Michael J. Bender

61% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Kohl's has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 20,286 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
3.0
Aug 24, 2010

Retail, what do you expect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Management is encouraged to be very friendly (aside from romances of course) and open about current company/store going-ons. If hours are cut because sales are down you are free to tell employees. If you agree a new corporate policy kinda sucks you can discuss it with them and tell corporate your issues and new ideas are encouraged. You can at your own discretion move people around to areas that are a better fit for them and pt schedules are insanely flexible.

Cons

Hourly employees get a job title when hired, but it doesn't mean much. Kohl's believes in 'cross-training" very strongly; ie employees will get experience in every area but are always acutely aware of how expendable they are. This would would be good except for the fact that a part-timer who works ad set, truck, merchandising, and just about every dept as an associate can't be expected to know exactly where some particular tank top in the @#@#% customer's magazine is on the second day in three months they work juniors. Hiring is constant, as the goal is for employees to get no more than 15 hrs/wk. Schedules are computer generated and all over the place to prevent other employment and attempts to narrow availabilty= fewer hours. Thus, after a few months your good employees say screw it, I can get a job that is less frustrating/ gives me more hours and you are left constantly hiring people who mostly quit after a couple weeks.

4.0
Aug 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Starting point. Decent amount of autonomy and ability to find promotion from within. Fast paced and interesting.

Cons

Location in Menomonee Falls. Salary is lower than comparative job and bonuses/raises are somewhat piddly.

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