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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sears?

51% 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 3.2 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 1093 reviews)); "Great coworkers help make the day go by fast and worth it to come into work." ((in 473 reviews)); "I like having flexible hours and I'm building valuable skills for a future job." ((in 453 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexible" ((in 250 reviews)); "Flexible schedules available" ((in 224 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 1186 reviews)); "low pay and be prepared to know spanish if working in Miami area or else you'll be struggling" ((in 970 reviews)); "The managers do this so they don't have to do any actual work themselves." ((in 505 reviews)); "No benefits until employed 6 months and then very costly compared to others in the field." ((in 335 reviews)); "Poor upper management treated associates poorly" ((in 287 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

51% would recommend to a friend

(14,742 total reviews)

Edward S. Lampert

52% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

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

2.0

Jan 25, 2010

It's a job

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a diverse team of people in the stores and they have a unique mix of hard line and soft line products.

Cons

Sears is a very process driven company that looks more at the completion of the process versus the results the process was designed to obtain.

3.0

Jan 21, 2010

Good for a Job, But Not a Career

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are generally good. Also if you perform well in commision sales areas, you can make a decent living.

Cons

Work life balance is lacking. Also underperformers are not addressed on a regular basis.

1.0

Jan 20, 2010

Bad job Experience

Merchandising associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Very flexible with schedules -employees are nice in my experience -most of the products are still good quality

Cons

-pay is bad (when you pay worse than walmart that's saying something) -No money is invested in the store. When things broke they usually stayed broken. -Management is terrible. We had a very high turnover rate of managers. Many of them were also under-trained and incompetent -Employees treated poorly. This is an extension of management. It really made me mad how they treated some of their best employees. These were good people that worked hard. It really killed morale throughout the employees. -Quality of some products are going downhill. I'd recommend customers fix older products rather than waste money buying something new that was of poorer quality. -Little to no positive reinforcement. Whenever management wanted to talk to you it was never good.

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