Favoritism, and Only Worried About the Customer - Sales Associate Kohl's Employee Review

3.0
Nov 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have worked at two different Kohl's stores and the biggest thing I noticed is that there are run very differently, no two stores are ran the same. At one, if you wanted more hours they would definitely give it to you, the other would randomly cut you hours but then still call you in to work. Biggest pro is the discount that is stackable with other coupons, it might seem small for 15% but it can get up to 55% during certain times.

Cons

Management only concerned with making the customer happy Heavy pressure to sell credits and rewards cards Definitely favored certain employees Expect a lot for little pay Will have only 1 or 2 employees working in a section but expect you to get all the work done of 4 or 5

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Cons

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