Kohl's Employee Reviews for Store Manager

"Poor work life balance, poor recognition, and strength is never rewarded."

What do you like about working at Kohl's?

"I like the product, customer focus, vacation package, health care, ESOP, vision and dental."

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

"Be prepared to work long hours and sacrifice days off and vacations. The company will draw a great picture of work-life balance."

What don't you like about working at Kohl's?

"I don't like 12+ hour days, unrealistic expectations, district managers discussing performance openly in front of subordinates or another store's personnel, inconsistency among leadership, and poor situational leadership skills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Deliver recognition, do not consistently focus on opportunities, do not badger and belittle team and store leadership to subordinates and other leaders, recognize strengths in every leader, and fill roles based on ability and not favoritism."

"The pay can be GREAT, but you will trade your life to earn it, and it's expected. Upper leadership is unapproachable and prefers NOT to interact with the store team to include the store manager! The current district manager is a door knob. Just ask anybody in the district, as it's a general consensus."

"I learned more working for this company than anywhere prior."

What do you like about working at Kohl's?

"I was allowed to run my store and was used throughout the district in key roles. I was customer service captain, freight flow district certifier, and I trained new ASMs and store managers"

What don't you like about working at Kohl's?

"Work-life balance wasn't what I would have liked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It was a positive environment, but it would be good to have greater interactions between SMs."