Kmart reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,687 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

58% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Kmart has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,687 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
5.0
Mar 11, 2010

wonderful

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Pros

This is a wonderful place to work. All of the mployee's are nice as well as the management team and corporate.

Cons

There are not many down sides to this employer. They treat the employees great and I don't really have any complaints.

4.0
Feb 23, 2010
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Pros

i rely can't say what i like about it . everyone has thier own oppinion. overall not that bad. i had some good and bad times there

Cons

not enough hour to make enough money to pay the bills. too cut throat of an environment for me to like

2.0
Feb 22, 2010
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Pros

The HR team at Kmart was pretty accommodating for me around my schedule most of the time, especially considering it's a retail store. While the pay wasn't great, I also was making more than many friends were at fast food restaurants, and I didn't come home smelling like work.

Cons

Corporate management hog-ties store management, so all decisions are made by headquarters rather than managers on the "front lines". Newer, younger employees training is often inadequate, and therefore create a lot of slack for other hard-working employees to clean up, and management either doesn't realize it or does nothing to stop it. Company culture of management and associates is not as pro-customer as it should be (though better than Wal-Mart's culture this way). Customers pay for the products, and pay the paychecks indefinitely, and yet most employees still shrug them off like nuisances. Managers don't help this culture as much as they should. Little or no advancement opportunities available for those willing to work hard. No incentive to bust your butt, because at the end of the day your paycheck is the same size as someone else who sat on their butt the entire time while you're drenched in sweat from clearing pallets. Management does nothing.

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