Kohl's reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(20,287 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 20,287 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
4.0
Sep 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company that does not lay off people during tough times. At corporate there are opportunities for advancement as the company continues to add stores. The company is open to letting people explore other areas within the organization so you aren't "boxed in" to one career path.

Cons

Senior management can be old school and often fail to understand how their decisions impact others throughout the organization. And while there is advancement within the organization, the first layer they add is at the senior management level. This makes it more difficult for lower level managers to do their jobs as senior management tends to micromanage and fail to understand the workload this creates for their direct reports.

2.0
Sep 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

if you are a student, low hours

Cons

favoritism, too much politics, raise are low, not too much room for advancement. Management someties doesnt appreciate the individuals that work for them in the stores. Management doesnt communicate amonst themselves and there are alsays mis-communication between top management in the stores. Top management doesnt respect the other employees and down talks to them. I am a manager and I always respect others.

1.0
Sep 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not sure there are any good reasons.. All the other retailers in the area pay at least 8.00 per hr for associates with no experience.. I had over 20 years and was grouped right along with everyone else that had no experience at 7.00. I felt when I went to work for them that there was a definite chance for advancement by reading their corporate website.There was absolutely none.

Cons

They hired me knowing that I had 20 yrs of retail background but treated me like I had none.management was always right,rude,arrogant and received no training to do my job, only critism when i tried to do it without any training. I only saw a merchandising manual once in almost a year, and I was the one that sought it out. If you didnt fit into management "click" you were not ever going to promoted. I have seen upper management cuss, be rude without reason and throw merchandise on the floor when you didn't put it where they thought it should go.. even though they never bothered to tell you or train you were it went. It was most unorganized, cluster mess I have ever seen. I quickly realized that if this is this example they set for me that was not interested in trying to have a career there. Most management in this store had been there for the whole 3 years without being promoted which tells you alot.

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