Kmart Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Kmart full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There is no shortage of work, very detailed and thorough HR Department, Upper Management is friendly. Some areas have opportunities for advancement.

Cons – Say goodbye to your life. It will be spent here. You aren't given the tools you need to succeed. Poor communication between leaders across shifts. You pretty much need to circumvent rules to be successful.

Advice to Senior Management – Please follow through on promises made. Also, please make sure be present from time to time to lower level management so we feel included.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kmart part-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly management, made it a fun place to work at.

Cons – Some Outdated technology, needs upgrading.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Kmart part-time for less than a year

Pros – Doesn't take much to get hired, does not need high Ed.
It's good to start out, or part time. Management seemed good.

Cons – Really low pay. Min wage.
The stores are really really old. Very dirty, and equipment is also very old and hardly works.

Current Employee – been working at Kmart part-time for more than a year

Pros – the coworkers are great and they work with you

Cons – when you have new management and they don't talk they demand

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Kmart part-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible scheduling, dont care when you call in or ask for days off, schedule is made 3 weeks in advance.

Cons – No commission, highly unorganized, no interest in what associates think, managers dont care about associates needs, high expectations but low pay.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Kmart

Pros – Multiple Technologies, large systems environment.

Cons – Departments didn't talk to each other, projects delivered were not wanted

Former Employee – worked at Kmart part-time for more than a year

Pros – I loved all my co workers and all of my managers were really awesome. It was a fun place to work at for my first job. I was a softlines merchandiser always work to do every single day on the floor. The people who worked in hardlines seemed to walk around all the time doing nothing! I envied them just walking around the store having nothing to do while the girls on the floor were so busy!

Cons – the intimates department was a mess i swear none of the girls in softlines ever did intimates it was a wreck. Whenever a girl was appointed that position to work on it would never get done. That was just at my store thought don't really know which spots are the worst ones.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kmart part-time for more than a year

Pros – co workers and customers make for a great feeling in this store at times. easy position overall though poor focus from management, short shifts so you never have to spend very long at work

Cons – this store suffers from poor store management never really seems to know what is going on. company tends to push for odd things as the primary focus (credit cards, reward cards, service plans, surveys) without proper staffing for cashiers or anywhere in the store for that matter. store manager is self centered without thanking anyone else for any results

Advice to Senior Management – all your competitors seem to be able to get staffing at the checkouts you need to obsesrve some of these companies to get a better handle on what can be fixed in your stores outdated appearance it isnt a bad thing to refresh the look from time to time

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kmart part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – You are able to learn different departments. Learn new techniques.

Cons – Signing tended to change quite a bit.

Advice to Senior Management – When you want to talk to someone do it in a calm collect way. When you say something is going to stay confidential keep it that way!! The whole store does not need to know the situation that went on.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Kmart part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – While working at Kmart, I had a wide variety of assigned tasks that varied from day to day. Working as a cashier allowed me to talk to customers and learn more about people I would never have met. Working the floor taught me to respect the work that is put in to making the products presentable. All areas of the job gave me a new respect for the people that work retail.

Cons – The Kmart in my small town was often not very busy, so there was a lot of down time. As a cashier, during down time you are supposed to review your checkout lane and make sure everything is straight, in order, and presentable, but when nobody enters your lane for a half hour or more, there's nothing to straighten and it can get boring.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend