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Found 16,994 of over 18K reviews
3.4
54% Recommend to a Friend
Kohl's CEO Tom Kingsbury
54% Approve of CEO

Found 17,013 of over 18K reviews

3.4
54%
Recommend to a Friend
54%
Approve of CEO
Kohl's CEO Tom Kingsbury
Tom Kingsbury
149 Ratings
Pros
  • "It has a Great work life balance(in 426 reviews)

  • "you get to enjoy employee discount(in 884 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Work life balance could be better(in 358 reviews)

  • "Low pay for working customer service(in 669 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Current Employee

      Great

      Jun 12, 2022 - Sales Associate/Cashier 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Worked there. It was great.

      Cons

      Customers can be rude and mean

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    2. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Hard work does that pays

      Jun 15, 2022 - Sales Associate 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fairly easy job to start off with

      Cons

      Management can be a pain

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    4. 3.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Great

      Apr 27, 2022 - Cashier 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's just an amazing place to work

      Cons

      Smells of very bad cheddar

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    5. 1.0
      Current Employee

      If you have no life work there

      Jan 27, 2022 - Sales Associate/Cashier 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Store discount, not much else

      Cons

      Bad managers LING hours little breaks not much day in schedule

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    6. 3.0
      Former Employee, less than 1 year

      Christmas position

      Oct 4, 2021 - Retail Sales Associate 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Discounts were awesome when combined with sales promotions

      Cons

      Management had their favorites. Communication wasn’t great.

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    7. 4.0
      Current Employee

      Sales Associate

      Sept 27, 2016 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They have a decent employee discount and special days when it is double or more. They are flexible on scheduling. You list when you can work and when your not available.

      Cons

      The pay is average and customers can be rude and abusive. It also can be difficult to get a break if the store is busy. Also there was really no training it OJT.

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    8. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Nice workplace

      Jan 5, 2019 - Sales Associate/Cashier 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Have fun with my coworkers, flexible hours, and management is personable and easy to get a hold of. A really nice workplace environment.

      Cons

      The holiday hours suck, and customers can be annoying, but what's new?

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    9. 4.0
      Former Employee, less than 1 year

      Sales Associate

      Oct 19, 2016 - Kohls Sales Associate 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great discounts throughout the year, made shopping for holidays a breeze, sometimes there was free lunch events

      Cons

      Have to work late hours during holidays, some managers were incompetent and rude

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    10. 3.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      kohl's dept store

      Oct 13, 2016 - Senior Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      strong corporate culture and good pay

      Cons

      a lot of change in management and difficult retail environment made for many internal struggles

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    11. 5.0
      Current Employee

      Good company

      Jul 19, 2016 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company, location and people

      Cons

      I cannot say nothing bad about this company.

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    Kohl's has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 17,948 reviews left anonymously by employees. 54% of employees would recommend working at Kohl's to a friend and 40% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

    According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kohl's employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kohl's. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

    54% of Kohl's employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Kohl's 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

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