Sears reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(14,742 total reviews)
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Edward S. Lampert

49% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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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15K reviews
4.0
Sep 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Sears call center felt more like a corporate environment than a call center. Employees were empowered to satisfy the customer and employees at the call center associate level were compensated well at $11 an hour for just having a high school degree. That made it easier to be their manager because most wanted to be there.

Cons

The communication between other offices and departments at Sears was poor. It was not very organized to call some of the people we had to deal with and some people had no idea my department existed. I also worked in a new department that had no way of seeing our sales figures and had no goals. Somewhat chaotic, but still able to get the job done.

2.0
Sep 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy job, even a monkey could do what I did.

Cons

Low pay even for commission based work, no benefits, mainly part time positions only, cronyism.

3.0
Sep 25, 2009

Sears is a decent place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the time Sears is flexable with work schedules. I have been able to get a masters degree and undergrad. degree while working for this company. The company also gives you latitude to learn the job and make some mistakes without getting rid of a person.

Cons

The downside is that it seems that the company is not focused on the customer at all times. In fact, the corporate office feels that they are the client to the stores in the field. That is so backwards. It seems that they are trying to catch someone doing something wrong instead of trying to teach them the right way to do something. Also, they give too much work and not enough time or resources to complete everything that needs to be done.

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