Kmart reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,689 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

58% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Kmart has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,689 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
Jul 3, 2012

A Big Joke

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexible Schedueling -Most co-workers are very nice -Easy to change position in store -You get paid every week -Layaway is available

Cons

-Horrible pay wages for the company in my opinion for the fact that the company CEO recently purchased an ISLAND in early 2012 -No communication with managment in store -No health benefits, barley any benefits at all -The registers are old, big and bulky and move horribly slow. They kept adding updates to these old computers which is something they SHOULD NOT keep doing. Instead, they need to purcase NEW registers because if you keep adding things to old register all they will do is freeze and crash. This happens to me everytime I work and the customers, as well as myself, get very sick of it. -The ShopYourWay Rewards system always crashes and this make customers furious as well. -HR likes to schedule people to work everyday for only 4 hours which is a waste of time, gas, and energy. Its especially irritating for the folks who have to take the bus to and from work. Whats the point in that?? -Corporate pushes Sears Credit Cards waayyy to much. At one point the employess would get write up if we didn't get enough credit cards or if we didn't recite the whole ''credit card pitch" to each and every customer the CORRECT WAY. Nobody wants to be asked WHY they DON'T want to apply for a credit card. -The discount is very bad. It's only worth using at Sears. At kmart, if something is on sale you wont get a discount and even if it isn't the discount still sucks. (10 percent) This is barley good enough for just a part-time job. The stress that comes with this isn't worth it. Especially for 7.40 an hour.

1.0
Jul 3, 2012

Depressing

Recommend
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Pros

10% discount and 20% on clothes Good Donuts

Cons

Horrible management Bad communication Lazy Employees Rude Customers

3.0
Jun 29, 2012

Working for K-Mart

Recommend
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Pros

If you are a people person and like to have several responsiblities this is the place to work. Flexible hours are available for part time people, and there is a chance for rapid advancement to full time.

Cons

Each store expects more of employees than corporate. It is difficult to keep up with the work to which you are assigned because you are expected to do the duties of several other people as well. This is especially true of full time associates. Then if you cannot keep up with your own department because of all the extra duties, expect to receive bad reviews and be told you have an attitude problem. Corporate values are not held at store level.

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