Does Kmart pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kmart employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kmart. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kmart?

56% of Kmart employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kmart 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kmart?

Cashier (858) , Sales Associate (322) , Sales Associate/Cashier (251) , Front End Cashier (147) , Hardlines Merchandiser (129) , Customer Service Representative (112) , Store Manager (109) , Assistant Store Manager (84) , Customer Service (71) , Electronics Sales Associate (67) , Customer Service Associate (59) , Assistant Manager (54) , Retail Assistant (54) , Stocker (48) , Manager (46)

What are the pros of working at Kmart according to real employee reviews?

"The "grunts" of the store were great people and im still friends with to this day." ((in 437 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and helpful" ((in 287 reviews)); "Frindly coworkers and flexible hours" ((in 281 reviews)); "Flexible schedules due to the fact that they do not give many hours to anyone." ((in 145 reviews)); "The employees who have been there since the 'glory days' of Kmart are friendly and very helpful." ((in 95 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kmart according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low but will easily get you up to a supervisory position where you can still gain experience." ((in 661 reviews)); "Poor management made shifts disorganized and stressful" ((in 591 reviews)); "The managers were rude and made up dumb rules to try to save the failing store." ((in 259 reviews)); "No raises and they don't seem to care about keeping good help by giving raises to feel appreciated" ((in 130 reviews)); "Minimum wage is paid to almost all workers" ((in 125 reviews))

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Kmart reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,688 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

58% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Kmart has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,688 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

3.0

Feb 21, 2012

it was OK

Loss prevention manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

it's a job, Hours were not too bad

Cons

poor training, poor benifits, DLPM was only interested in internals, emails about it everyday

3.0

Feb 21, 2012

a learning experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice store, good sales, decent products, well laid out store.

Cons

Procedures are in place for specific job duties. Management does not follow those procedures making it difficult to complete daily tasks. Management seems over concerned with numbers of how many signed up for rewards programs and not concerned enough about having enough checkouts open to prevent long lines and give really "actual" customer service. Too many reasons to have a "managers override" causing backups in checkout lines and upset customers.

3.0

Feb 20, 2012

Strange hours...great coworkers..but the management is rude..as a cashier your forced to pressure customers at checkout.

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great coworkers fun to interact with customers short shifts with breaks every 2 hours usually only 4 hour shifts commissions

Cons

insensitive mean managers if you don't get enough people to sign up for credit cards, reward cards, smart plans, and so on.. you get fired customers get annoyed and frustrated because at register it takes a ridiculous amount of time for them to get out of the store..due to surveys, questions, register prompts, sears credit cards, rewards cards, etc..ridiculous because if you don't ask them one thing..you are in danger of getting fired

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