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 (859) , 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 443 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and helpful" ((in 293 reviews)); "Frindly coworkers and flexible hours" ((in 270 reviews)); "Flexible schedules due to the fact that they do not give many hours to anyone." ((in 154 reviews)); "The employees who have been there since the 'glory days' of Kmart are friendly and very helpful." ((in 101 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 639 reviews)); "Bad Management and HR" ((in 606 reviews)); "The managers were rude and made up dumb rules to try to save the failing store." ((in 250 reviews)); "No raises and they don't seem to care about keeping good help by giving raises to feel appreciated" ((in 135 reviews)); "Sups make 50 cents above minimum wage but aren't compensated when wage goes up." ((in 123 reviews))

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Kmart reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,689 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 3.5 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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Reviews by job title

7K reviews

1.0

Aug 13, 2010

Assistant Store Manager

Assistant store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- fast paced - easy to shine if you do well

Cons

- because you are "salary" apparently they can work you whatever hours to suit "business needs." This translates to lots of hours, especially during inventory or holiday (48 hours on paper, more like 50 on average, 55+ during holiday/inventory mode) for an assistant store manager - expectations are sometimes completely unrealistic - stressful/lots of pressure at times

3.0

Aug 10, 2010

Good start off. Long term? Not really.

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Friendly and charismatic workers. THE reason how I managed to survive 2 years of pain. -Alright earning for a part-time position. Commissions on Smart-Plans and Sears Credit Card can boost the pay up just a smidge. Just enough money to fill the wallet for 2 weeks. -Flexible scheduling. A bonus for people that are in school that need pocket change. -Employee discount can be used at both Sears and K-Mart.

Cons

-Found myself needing many overrides. Expect to price-check frequently. There are times that no one is working at the department, so paging is not always reliable/fast. You may need to run back yourself and look. At least you'll get excercise. -Very hard on smart-plans, credit cards, rewards card, and donations. Getting rewards cards and donations come fairly easy though. You can get a warning and be terminated if you don't obtain enough, or show progress. -Corp controls temperature in store. Prepare to either sweat like crazy or freeze until you're blue. -Usually only 2 cashiers are on duty (exclude customer service desk). Backups are available, but not often. It's pretty understaffed at times... -Will be written up for clocking in a minute over your starting shift. Even if the clock says 10:00, it MAY record as 10:01. Be sure to punch in around 9:59. -Lack of feedback until the very last minute. Surprises aren't always fun to read at the end.

2.0

Aug 10, 2010

Kmart

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Kmart does provide adequate means of transferring from one store to another if you have to relocate for personal reasons.

Cons

Store management and upper management are close-minded, repetitive, and disrespectful to "lower" class employees; additionally, they care little about their own jobs, but expect low-wage associates to devote their lives to the store.

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