Kmart reviews

3.6

53% would recommend to a friend

(6,692 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

58% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Kmart has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,692 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kmart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
1.0
Jan 26, 2013

unorganized

Recommend
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Pros

It was easy to get a job

Cons

It feels bad knowing you have to annoy the customer. We had to actually ask "would you like to help a child with cancer?" in order to guilt trip customers for St. Judes. The amount of paper they waste is amazing, and goes in hand with annoying the customers. The receipt would print out, and then 3-6 other little "coupons". It would print out for every customer, although the only ones who can use it are rewards members. As far as the cash registers themselves, they give casheirs very little authority over the registers, even though you can hit 2 buttons and have all the money.I could write a novel about it, but basically if you want to do anything that SHOULD be simple, you have to get a manager over. And trust me, there are never any managers. An example is: you hit total, and get ready to take the payment. They want to take an item off. Too bad, you hit total. Time to call a manager. Something always was going wrong, and never any managers for an override. Lines would get long, customers mad, etc. Even though I tried the entire time I worked there, I never got a locker, login information for their employee website, direct deposit or a discount card. OH, yes. No raises. Ever. At lest in the past 3ish years, and they aren't planning to change it. Even if you get a higher position, you're probably not getting a raise.

1.0
Jan 26, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

you can get paid to literally do nothing

Cons

no raises EVER minimum wage terrible management just closed 120 stores and will probably close all together one day

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