DO NOT WORK AT KOHLS - Freight Associate Kohl's Employee Review

1.0
Sep 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Not sure there are any good reasons.. All the other retailers in the area pay at least 8.00 per hr for associates with no experience.. I had over 20 years and was grouped right along with everyone else that had no experience at 7.00. I felt when I went to work for them that there was a definite chance for advancement by reading their corporate website.There was absolutely none.

Cons

They hired me knowing that I had 20 yrs of retail background but treated me like I had none.management was always right,rude,arrogant and received no training to do my job, only critism when i tried to do it without any training. I only saw a merchandising manual once in almost a year, and I was the one that sought it out. If you didnt fit into management "click" you were not ever going to promoted. I have seen upper management cuss, be rude without reason and throw merchandise on the floor when you didn't put it where they thought it should go.. even though they never bothered to tell you or train you were it went. It was most unorganized, cluster mess I have ever seen. I quickly realized that if this is this example they set for me that was not interested in trying to have a career there. Most management in this store had been there for the whole 3 years without being promoted which tells you alot.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

flexible work schedule great coworkers location is very continent

Cons

store hours change every few years you can be moved a lot in one day (bothered others not me) certain customers WILL recognize you as the "lady who would not honor kohl s cash from 5 years ago"

3.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

managers can be friendly at times

Cons

Little to no training been working here for almost a year now there’s still something I don’t know every day. What was most difficult for me was being at registers as I was trained in two days by shadowing someone. There are so many situations and problems that will come up every day and you will learn something new! They never taught me about Kohl’s cash, how to read receipts, reprint or edit receipts. They schedule so little so when you do learn something there’s no chance of rehearsal because you come in three weeks later working at a different department.

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