Kmart Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"Bad atmosphere. The technology is difficult to work with, only because it rarely keeps up with sales and ads."

"I haven't worked for Kmart since 2009. I stocked at least 60% of the store. I enjoy this job but wanted a career not part time job."

"They would change the schedule without telling me. The employees are concerned more about talking/gossiping about other employees' personal lives than actually working. They can't keep an employee for more than 2 or 3 months due to the fact they fire them for unexplained reasons or they quit. Two weeks after I was fired, the assistant manager who fired me messaged me and actually asked me to go out on a date with him. I would strongly not recommend working here."

"I work at Kmart. We are very understaffed. We never have enough people to close the store. Many employees don't get enough hours. Management is not helpful. They're seen walking around the store, playing on their cell phones, and telling everybody else to get back to work. My supervisors are nice, but the exception of one, who will yell all the time, even in front of customers. Customers complain frequently, as expected in retail, but if they do it enough, you can get written up for it."

"Kmart is the place holder job one takes *while* someone looks for a real job."

What do you like about working at Kmart?

"There's not much. The discounts would be nice, the pricing was more on par with other retail department stores. They also offer a part-time benefit package, but the pricing is so high compared to the 20-hour-a-week average, that unless you're working simply to have insurance, it's not worth taking."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you confirm the position you're applying for before wasting any time with an interview. Be hard-line on your availability before you say yes. Keep looking for a better job, retail's never been all that great, but Kmart is pushing the bottom of the retail barrel."

What don't you like about working at Kmart?

"The draconian rigidity in attendance policy (apparently your ability to perform is third to your ability to work while sick and to hard-sell perks), the push to hard-sell discount programs and Smart-Plans, the abhorrent practice of forcing workers to work on long-accepted family holidays. The inability to control/defuse us-n-them and not-my-job attitudes between departments. The bait-n-switch hiring practices. The bonus/raise system of no one gets a raise unless the store does x growth. The everyone part-time except supervisors and above policy. Moronic opening/closing times based on national trends, instead of regional and local. The general apathy (encouraged) by most of the issues above."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you want to be a family store, consider the family members you have working there first, instead of following the 80s retail cog ideal. Clean out old positions held by people simply there due to attrition. Give employees a reason to be part of Kmart. Push to make Kmart a leader in the industry, not simply a follower of every reprehensible retail trend currently being tested."

"Sears is in need of change."

What do you like about working at Kmart?

"A paycheck."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go to the next competitor unless you want to go to a stagnant environment."

What don't you like about working at Kmart?

"Sears hired a bunch of managers to help bring change that was needed, but that was a waste because Sears and K-Mart really do not want to change, so they will fade away because their ancient programs and policies do not work in this era."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cut out the fat at the top, get new blood that wants to change, and the new blood must come from RETAIL, sorry, but UPS is great, but not at retail. Get rid of the old fashioned people that have been there for 30 plus years and just want to continue to do it their way."