Great place to start a career, if you went to the right school... - Merchandise Specialist Kohl's Employee Review

2.0
Sep 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

If you work in the corporate office, its a great place to learn about the retail business from the ground up. The company is great with helping out organizations like Susan G. Komen.

Cons

The buying offices consist of 80% women, under 30. Atmosphere could feel like the movie "Mean Girls" if you were more focused on work than fitting in or did not start there straight out of college. Also, they give you the understanding that you have a shot at moving up from your position, until you see that they only tend to promote and focus on those that went to the colleges of universities that they recruit from. In my nearly 4 years, I only remember a handful of specialists being promoted to an analyst position. The remainder either quit or switched departments.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Little to no training been working here for almost a year now there’s still something I don’t know every day. What was most difficult for me was being at registers as I was trained in two days by shadowing someone. There are so many situations and problems that will come up every day and you will learn something new! They never taught me about Kohl’s cash, how to read receipts, reprint or edit receipts. They schedule so little so when you do learn something there’s no chance of rehearsal because you come in three weeks later working at a different department.

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