Sears reviews

3.5

47% would recommend to a friend

(14,741 total reviews)
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Edward S. Lampert

48% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Sears has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 14,741 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sears 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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1.0
Apr 26, 2015

Do not Join Sears

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Pros

I would say there are no PROS. I joined in Pune, India and working onsite now at Illinois. Since i have worked on both corners of the organization onsite and offshore , I can firmly say that the management is not good at all. Do not fall the salary they offer at Pune, India. I did the same mistake and i am now not able to switch my Job.

Cons

- Pune Management is hopeless - People working at Reliance as store Managers are IT directors at Sears Pune. - HR Policies are no good. Except the money but other than that you will suffer the politics, discrimination if you are not from Maharashtra. -Hiring process is not good, they hire all people as Tech Leads and Technologists, hence no growth for like next 10yrs. Growth policy is not good. -Do not join Sears India (Pune) , there is nothing you can learn except shouting at the management.

1.0
Feb 26, 2015
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Pros

Nothing innovative , butter culture

Cons

Higher management Dose not know ground level reality , Team lead and manager has rude behavior , only MP people get good treatment , lots of internal politics and lobbing , Managers and team leads are not qualified , overall bad culture and only lobbing and butter culture in Sears

2.0
Sep 13, 2014
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Pros

Working as an appliance associate, you can make decent money. I've met many friends through the company and Sears does carry a large selection of appliances. Flexible hours are nice too (though it's highly dependent on your manager).

Cons

Where to start? First, Sears has the worst delivery service of all major appliance retailers. Bar none. They will screw up your order, delivery broken product, then blame you for not ringing it correctly and you will lose your entire sale (which means your commission). This is the major source of frustration. Second, Sears thought it would be a great idea to give all consultative sales associates an iPad. Terrible idea. They grade you on how much you use it (which impacts your hours), yet the iPad rarely works and is EXTREMELY slow. It's an idiotic system, a flawed product, and it will cost you sales (then you'll have managers yell at you about why you're not using it - it doesn't work, stupid). Third, the company thinks that the best way to increase business is through the internet. It may work for Amazon, but it won't work for Sears. Just wait until you have to price match your own company and lose commission for doing so. They couldn't give two shakes about the appliance associate at the store level as long as the internet gets the sale. Finally, and on the same topic, they don't care about the physical stores anymore and that's unbelievably obvious. All they want to do is grow the online business and leave the stores to rot. It's such a shame. Sears used to be such a storied and respected name. Not anymore.

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