Does Sears pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sears employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sears. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sears?

49% of Sears employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sears 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sears?

Sales Associate (1259) , Cashier (836) , Sales Associate/Cashier (259) , Consultative Sales Associate (196) , Manager (185) , Customer Service Representative (168) , Store Manager (149) , Sales Consultant (137) , Backroom Associate (113) , Sales (113) , Retail Sales Associate (110) , MCA (107) , Assistant Manager (99) , Assistant Store Manager (86) , Director (80)

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

"There really are no pros for the company I did work with some really great people though." ((in 1074 reviews)); "Great coworkers help make the day go by fast and worth it to come into work." ((in 474 reviews)); "The only two good things that I can think of are it's easy to get and flexible hours." ((in 466 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexible" ((in 244 reviews)); "flexible schedule and typically overtime is offered all the time." ((in 239 reviews))

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

"Poor management throughout the entire company in all departments.They are more worried about their social lives than improving the company" ((in 1174 reviews)); "low pay and be prepared to know spanish if working in Miami area or else you'll be struggling" ((in 986 reviews)); "The managers do this so they don't have to do any actual work themselves." ((in 496 reviews)); "No benefits until employed 6 months and then very costly compared to others in the field." ((in 312 reviews)); "Poor upper management treated associates poorly" ((in 286 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sears layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Sears layoffs and their outlook for job security at Sears in 2026.

Sears reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(14,742 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

49% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Compensation and benefits

Sears has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,742 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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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

1.0

Mar 1, 2018

Not a Technology company to work

Senior qa

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cab Service is provided,Team lunch quaterly

Cons

During its initial days it started well but later company management got changed and lot of experiments with management leads to downgrade company standard.No job security.

5.0

Feb 8, 2018

Sears is LGBT friendly

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

every one is thee is like family. i worked at Macys and going from Macy to Sears was a better experience. there is lots of teamwork and management will go out of there way to help u. best job i have ever had.. Thank you

Cons

they are cutting management and stores. they need to lissen to the customer.. bring in self check outs and retain employees... closing "unprofitable stores" is not the answer you need to figure the why... Retail is coming back and Sears needs to show the American people we are here to stay.. for america Sears is like to Coke..

1.0

Feb 3, 2018

Worst company to work for

Technical associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing that I could see

Cons

It is one of the worst companies that I have worked for. During the interviews they will give a different picture of your job description but after joining it would be nothing like that. The top management doesn't even have a vision for the next six months. They can hire and fire you within 2 months just giving cost cutting as the reason. They can retain you by providing big packages and then again fire you within 3 months. The managers there will always save themselves during layoffs and kick out 5 other people who deserve to be there. Old technologies, bad HR practices and no processes set.

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