Misguided Dinosaur Company with Good Intentions - Designer - Product Development Kohl's Employee Review

3.0
Dec 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good way to start out a career and gain an understanding of what a badfit of a company culture might look like (if you're looking to work somewhere innovative.) The benefits, perks, (gym + discounts + holiday vacation) are all great! On the outside the company's "Purpose" does appear to be a good thing and there are genuinely good people that work there.

Cons

Very traditional company to a fault. Difficult to advance in a career. Does not provide a a flexible environment to work in. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Leadership lacks design thinking knowledge and openness to more effective or efficient processes. Departments are siloed and too often politics get in the way. The company's "Purpose" sounds wonderful, but the only measure of success seems to be sales. Creative roles and creativity do not seem to be valued. 10% of the people do 90% of the work.

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5.0
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Pros

Kohl's is a place for learning and development.

Cons

The only con is being in office 4 days per week

1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is very good once you start getting raises. Weekly pay

Cons

Genuinely everything else, the pay is that high because they have to pay you over 25 just to put up with the awful environment. terrible structure, terrible management, no accountability, cliquey mean girl environment. managers are allowed to sit around and do essentially nothing while supervisors carry 100% of the load and there is no checks and balances to ensure management does the right thing. Corporate and HR genuinely don't care if certain people sit on their butt While others keep the business running. Credit card pushing is absolutely Off the Wall insane. Getting enough credit cards is all the company cares about and managers do not help. Managers are allowed to have no history with getting any credit cards at all and corporate doesn't bat an eye. If you try to speak out about anything that's going on you'll just get fired. Retaliation is allowed and encouraged.

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