Most stressful and least paying job I've ever had! - Sales Associate Kmart Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

They hire almost anyone, they are willing to work around a school schedule if going to highschool/college, you get a 20% discount on apparrel and 10% on anything else...can also be used at Sears or Landsend and if you desparetly need a job to help pay your bills!

Cons

They keep eliminating certain positions resulting in everyone else picking up their work, they throw you into departments such as jewelry or electronics when you have no training to be able to adequetly help customers, they put a schedule up and then change it several days after you wrote it down and expect you to know it, due to employees either quitting or calling in on a regular basis they ask you frequently to either stay later, come in early, or work on your day(s) off. It seems like the superiors don't really care if you or your kids are sick, you're expected to work regardless. The registers always freeze, all equipment in the store is severely outdated...I had never even used or seen some of their ancient equipment anywhere else I've worked. Since the equipment is outdated and never reliable, it's almost impossible to get simple tasks done yet it's our fault that we can't figure it out. They push people to get credit cards and a shop your way rewards card just so the customer can get angry because they don't understand it even after you explain it to them and, so they can anger the customer off even more with 5000 survey questions on the pinpad. People aren't going to apply for a credit card unless they want to so quit pushing cashiers so hard when it's not their fault. I'd like to see a manager do a 6 hour shift on the register and get 4 credit card apps!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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