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 432 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and helpful" ((in 285 reviews)); "Frindly coworkers and flexible hours" ((in 278 reviews)); "Flexible schedules due to the fact that they do not give many hours to anyone." ((in 144 reviews)); "The employees who have been there since the 'glory days' of Kmart are friendly and very helpful." ((in 96 reviews))

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

"The pay is low and there are some that shouldn't be working there if they don't pull their own weight." ((in 648 reviews)); "Bad Management and HR" ((in 599 reviews)); "The managers were rude and made up dumb rules to try to save the failing store." ((in 253 reviews)); "No raises and they don't seem to care about keeping good help by giving raises to feel appreciated" ((in 136 reviews)); "Work is often needed in other departments of the store for which you have no training whatsoever" ((in 121 reviews))

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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

2.0

May 23, 2011

It was a job, but not a very good one.

Electronics sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job, and it does pay the bills.. when they give yosdfu hours. They're (sort of) flexible it comes to what hours you can work.

Cons

Management is awful, you will NEVER get a raise from working here, they often schedule you times you can't work, there's no respect, no communication, and I would HIGHLY recommend finding somewhere else.

1.0

May 21, 2011

Horrible

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fexible hours. If u work there in a year, may get a promotion.

Cons

A lot peple get payoff, work too much hours and only get pay minimum wage.

3.0

May 15, 2011

If you like being threatened and high stress than this is the job for you

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers are great people to work with. The loyal customers that came to the store were great but the majority of customers were slobs, 90% of your day is just maintaining the store. Benefits were good. Pay is good as long as you negotiate well starting in (don't expect a pay raise after you start, it isn't happening).

Cons

No pay raises for last 4 years. Very threatening of your job if you are not performing o company average on rewards program and credit card apps, they have even fired many GOOD store managers because of their store not performing up to par. Way too many emails in a given day to go through with many of them sent from corporate and than resent by the dm or whomever else with their 2 cents put in. Can get anywhere from 100 to 150 emails a day. Expected to work 1 full weekend 1 weekend off and the rest are split weekend. Hours or management were a minimum of 48 hours but expect to work no less than 55 hours.

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