Kmart Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great company with wonderful fashions and home accessories. I love the Martha Stewart line."

"I've worked for Kmart for over 21 years. In that time I watched it change from a company that valued its employees. To a company that would look for any reason to let someone go. At Kmart they are always rolling out a new way to do things. However some of the old ways worked best. Kmart never wanted to listen to the people doing the job but the ones at corporate. Also the CEO would drop money in the stocks to keep the stock prices up. I feel that Kmart is on its way out because they do not want to listen to their customers what few they have left. Kmart also will not listen to their own employees who do not want Kmart to fail. I would also like to say that Kmart has the highest turnover rate that I ever saw."

"There have been many changes since this."

"At the location I worked at, I can affirm there, that Management seemed unwilling or unable to address voluntary negative occurrences between employees and personal grievances. The company is definitely proactive about slip & fall prevention/safety, and sexual harassment but might consider ancillary drama and strife too petty to address and resolve. It's hard to turn down extra hours sometimes. But also two days off was actually hard to automatically get. Working here had pluses. I knew the pay was ground level minimum but employees would so perk up under even a tad more. And as widespread, especially in retail, raises and official benefits are simply not there. Can be really bad, foul language... all over the store. As with a coworker's disrespectful or inappropriate words or behavior to another, what could be listened to by management? Some employees or managers lacked physical boundaries, ironically. You tell someone please don't do that, but guess what? Or if you have a pain problem and someone just keeps touching you just a little too hard. I rated technology a low mark for a few reasons, the biggest being mismanagement of how employees stash needed by others devices so they can't be accessed, and the debilitating dearth and lack of radios and other salesfloor devices when overcrowded and top-staffed. I can't talk badly of this company but with it, as with so many other work venues, you're taking your chances. I worked with some great people but toxic ones. There could be much angst and lack of smiles, so it's important to be true to yourself and monitor your morale and attitude projected to buyers, but it does actually mean a lot. More than you know. One of the pluses was it wasn't so rush-rush, you could still get the line thru or get your job done without your neck breathed down upon. Be aware this is a rougher environment people-wise, generally, and if you don't like it... well. The stockrooms are COLD or facilities very warm, it's true."