cashier

customer service representative

apparel associate

retail sales associate

customer service associate / cashier

Kmart

Kmart was my very first job. I was with them for about a year and a half. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:
- Laid back atmosphere, so you were never really stressed out as an employee. Don't get me wrong. You worked, especially during the holidays, but it was not like you were overworked or anything.
-My fellow employees were amazing people. I met a lot of great people working there.

Cons:
-They do not give raises EVER! They have been on a pay freeze for several years now. Basically, what this means is, you can work there for 5 years, but your knowledge and experience means absolutely nothing to them. You will make the same pay as a brand new employee in training. This causes you to feel unmotivated at work. Working hard means nothing. You get no rewards for being a good employee.
-No cross training. When I was interviewed, they told me they would have me on the register first. Once I got comfortable with that, they would move me to soft lines. Well, that never happened. When I asked them about it, they told me I had to stay on register because they did not need anyone for softlines.
-Their registers are old and therefore slow, which causes many customers to get frustated at us. You can not put a transaction to the side either, like you can in other stores. So if someone forgot their wallet in the car after you finished ringing up their cart load of items, you have to either wait and send your customers to a different register, or you have to void the entire transaction and restart the ringing process all over once they return.
-These registers also waste A LOT of paper! I can not tell you how many customers would complain to me when I handed them 10 pieces of paper (I kid you not) where one is the receipt, and the other 9 pieces are coupons that are useless 90% of the time for the customers.
-The reward cards they give customers are only worth it if you shop there regularly. For the most part, customers receive 1% cash back on their card. They have bonus points in the flyer, but for the most part you receive 1% cash back, which is not very much. Other stores give 5%, which is way more worth it.
-There are never enough supervisors. When a customer has a complaint, they want it solved quickly. I have literally had to stand around for 5+ minutes, with a LINE of people, just to get a supervisor to come and help me solve a complaint with a customer.
-They will randomly stop giving you hours. For weeks they will give you 25+ hours, and then out of nowhere they give you none at all. This happened to me, hence why I quit. I asked them why I wasn't getting hours. They told me "budget cuts." This made little sense to me because other cashiers were getting 5 days a week, and I was only getting either one day or none at all. So what did I do? I quit and went to Target instead.
-Employee discounts are a joke. You get 10% off. You can only get a discount if the item is NOT on sale, which is insane because half their stuff is on sale anyway, so really you pay the same price as your customers most of the time.
-No air conditioning. As an employee, I felt faint during many of the summer days because it was so hot and stuffy in there. We even had a day where the chocolate candy was MELTING off the shelf and had to be removed!!! Now, when candy is MELTING, you would think they would fix the problem, but nope. It costs them more money to keep the place cool. They would rather the candy melt. Customers are always sweating and complaining, asking us if our air is broken.
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Ever since I left Kmart and went to Target I am WAY happier! Target treats the employees well. They give raises for a job well done and even reward you with free snacks, or sometimes even a free DVD for a REAL good job that day. They do cross training. They have faster and newer registers. They give Red Card holders 5% off their purchase every single time they shop there. There are plenty of supervisors to help the customer/guest (we call them a guest there) within 60 seconds or less. So far, my hours are fine. I get plenty of hours, but I am new so you never know about that. Employee discounts are on both sale and original priced ites in the store. Also, when an employee signs up for the Red Card, they save 10% first, and then the Red Card saves an additional 5%, so the discount is MUCH better than Kmart ever was! Not only do you receive discounts on in store items, but you also receive discounts outside of the store. Last time I checked, I can save $4 off a movie ticket at Regal Cinemas. I can also save 30% off my Six Flags tickets if I decide to go there, just for being a Target employee. There are discounts all over the place. It changes weekly of course, but no matter what you will always get discounts somewhere. Lastly, they have air conditioning, which keeps the place at just the right temperature to shop and work comfortably in.

Bottom line, Kmart is terrible. Don't go there. Go to Target instead. You'll be way happier.

Kmart was my very first job. I was with them for about a year and a half. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:
- Laid back atmosphere, so you were never really stressed out as an employee. Don't get me wrong. You worked, especially during the holidays, but it was not like you were overworked or anything.
-My fellow employees were amazing people. I met a lot of great people working there.

Cons:
-They do not give raises EVER! They have been on a pay freeze for several years now. Basically, what this means is, you can work there for 5 years, but your knowledge and experience means absolutely nothing to them. You will make the same pay as a brand new employee in training. This causes you to feel unmotivated at work. Working hard means nothing. You get no rewards for being a good employee.
-No cross training. When I was interviewed, they told me they would have me on the register first. Once I got comfortable with that, they would move me to soft lines. Well, that never happened. When I asked them about it, they told me I had to stay on register because they did not need anyone for softlines.
-Their registers are old and therefore slow, which causes many customers to get frustated at us. You can not put a transaction to the side either, like you can in other stores. So if someone forgot their wallet in the car after you finished ringing up their cart load of items, you have to either wait and send your customers to a different register, or you have to void the entire transaction and restart the ringing process all over once they return.
-These registers also waste A LOT of paper! I can not tell you how many customers would complain to me when I handed them 10 pieces of paper (I kid you not) where one is the receipt, and the other 9 pieces are coupons that are useless 90% of the time for the customers.
-The reward cards they give customers are only worth it if you shop there regularly. For the most part, customers receive 1% cash back on their card. They have bonus points in the flyer, but for the most part you receive 1% cash back, which is not very much. Other stores give 5%, which is way more worth it.
-There are never enough supervisors. When a customer has a complaint, they want it solved quickly. I have literally had to stand around for 5+ minutes, with a LINE of people, just to get a supervisor to come and help me solve a complaint with a customer.
-They will randomly stop giving you hours. For weeks they will give you 25+ hours, and then out of nowhere they give you none at all. This happened to me, hence why I quit. I asked them why I wasn't getting hours. They told me "budget cuts." This made little sense to me because other cashiers were getting 5 days a week, and I was only getting either one day or none at all. So what did I do? I quit and went to Target instead.
-Employee discounts are a joke. You get 10% off. You can only get a discount if the item is NOT on sale, which is insane because half their stuff is on sale anyway, so really you pay the same price as your customers most of the time.
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Ever since I left Kmart and went to Target I am WAY happier! Target treats the employees well. They give raises for a job well done and even reward you with free snacks, or sometimes even a free DVD for a REAL good job that day. They do cross training. They have faster and newer registers. They give Red Card holders 5% off their purchase every single time they shop there. There are plenty of supervisors to help the customer/guest (we call them a guest there) within 60 seconds or less. So far, my hours are fine. I get plenty of hours, but I am new so you never know about that. Employee discounts are on both sale and original priced ites in the store. Also, when an employee signs up for the Red Card, they save 10% first, and then the Red Card saves an additional 5%, so the discount is MUCH better than Kmart ever was! Not only do you receive discounts on in store items, but you also receive discounts outside of the store. Last time I checked, I can save $4 off a movie ticket at Regal Cinemas. I can also save 30% off my Six Flags tickets if I decide to go there, just for being a Target employee. There are discounts all over the place. It changes weekly of course, but no matter what you will always get discounts somewhere.

Bottom line, Kmart is terrible. Don't go there. Go to Target instead. You'll be way happier.

This is from the viewpoint of a Hardlines Merchandiser at Kmart. A typical day at Kmart is unpredictable. When it is quiet, there is very little to do. During such times, the minimum wage you earn seems justified. Sometimes individual projects will be assigned or there will be merchandise to stock, but these opportunities are rarely engaging.  When the store is busy and hectic, however, the number of responsibilities you have to undertake are ridiculous. Kmart is attempting to save money by making everyone part-time and only scheduling so many people at one given time. This can make the demands they place on you unjustified for the minimum wage they pay. Let me explain. A Hardlines Merchandiser is assigned an entire half of the store; not a department like other retail positions, but half of the store. This means you must tend to every department. If a customer needs help in your half of the store, anywhere, you must go help. You are responsible for answering phone calls at the same time. You must help out those at layaway and electronics too. You must perform janitorial duties during emergencies since none are ever there during a regular shift. You must also retrieve carts when the cart bay runs low. Sometimes, you'll be asked to be taken off the floor to work at the register or service desk because the turnover rate is so high, especially among cashiers. This is all going on while you are tasked with stocking merchandise on the floor and conducting individual projects. During calm periods, these responsibilities are not too overbearing, but during rush hour or the holidays, it is ridiculous. I was outside for 3 hours straight getting carts during the Christmas season. Carts must all be collected by hand so it is a very slow process. Speaking of which, the technology available to the employees is inconvenient and broken. Registers frequently freeze during checkouts and shutdowns, the RMU (inventory/price guns) are outdated and extremely slow, and fixtures are so old and decayed, it is far too cumbersome to assemble them. Training is basically nonexistent. Everything is basically on the job training and many things are not told to you. A year into the position, I was discovering new things that would have made my job easier.

Co-workers were my saving grace though. Very nice, down-to-earth people worked with me and made my job better than it should have actually been. Unfortunately, management were the worst people. Management and employees are on an entirely different wavelength making communication an enormous issue. Management said they would conduct group meetings before every shift, but since everyone is part time and come in at different times it never happened.

Overall, this position taught me how to work under extreme stress  while providing quality customer service. I learned what a business should not do and what issues must be addressed in order to satisfy employees.

The hardest part of the job is working with an inconsistent schedule, especially during rush hour periods. Doing most of the work with faulty technology makes it especially challenging.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my coworkers. Workers on the floor display great communication; unfortunately, teamwork is largely frowned upon in place of a much slower, individualized philosophy.

Overall, Kmart provides a dead end job to just about anyone who applies. There is no opportunity for advancement and the pay and hours are terrible. With the amount of responsibilities the average merchandiser is given, this is just unacceptable. Kmart is nearing bankruptcy, a wholly deserved consequence of its archaic business strategies and treatment of employees. If you need a job though, Kmart will be there. Just don't expect to stay for long; the turnover is so high because everyone seems to recognize there is simply no hope in staying with this company.

Because this was a Super K-Mart  and open 24 hrs the flower shop was always available 24 hrs.  My in shop hours started at 10:00am and ended at 6:00pm to accommodate customers who would often come in after they got off work  The first thing check coolers for cleanliness and see if any arrangements needed replaced, next check all plants to see if any needed watered, during which time I may have customers  to assist. I liked my customers and often they would have questions and I was glad to be available and able to help them.
Often there were orders to fill, corsages and special arrangements to make, balloons to fill, (some times change out the helium if needed.) balloons to put at each check out ( not less than 8. ) and also fill the balloon cage near the cards and stationary center (not less than 25.) Balloons are very popular and needed to be order weekly,  I also took orders some times for the same day, some times for other days.
I  wrapped loose flowers for special occasion's, and for walk in customers, they liked them to look pretty, layered and tied with a piece of ribbon.  2 times per week flowers and or plants were ordered and when delivered unpacked them and put them away. Then there were the days for special occasions to set up special displays out in the store and try to make them look attractive in order to draw customers to them, such as folding back the foil and putting bows on the large plants which came in. Or displaying roses and flowers in a pretty way for Valentines Day, or special arrangements for 
Fall Holidays.  There was also inventory day, once a month, count it all ( unless it was something a customer had already paid for in advance.) My inventory always came out  less than the intake. Customer's and more customers made me happy and my supervisors and managers too.

   I learned to be organized, punctual and appreciate working alone in a high volume area that was always busy, how to accept instruction and change, and follow advice from others who had been there and done that. And learning something I had never learned before.

Management was great from my supervisors, to produce manager  to the store manager, they were always available if I had questions or to give me advice on displays and were often ready to assist me when needed or as needed often with out my even asking for help. they taught me how to do it all.  I appreciated them and they appreciated me and often told me they were glad to have me as part of their team..

My co-workers were kind but I didn't see them often except at break time they all worked hard and there wasn't a lot of time for socializing
when there was we talked and got to know each other a little.
We all had our own lives outside for the store. There were not a lot of complaints that I heard. There were two ladies from customer service who were willing to come into the flower shop and help when I got  very very busy.

The hardest part of  the job. Walking from the front of the store to the back of the store to what seemed to be never ending. And pushing carts full of boxes just waiting to be unpacked and put away, but always looking so pretty when it was all done. It was worth it. In retrospect I suppose there was really no hard part of the job. 

The best part of my job.  I liked my job, I liked what I did, I looked forward to going to work and being part of the team knowing that today I may have helped some one feel better or having said  something that would bring a smile to their face.

Because of the constant hanging environment of job loss and a 5yrs running term of no raises . There is a high sense of no future at all times, no matter the individual.You get the constant beat down mentality of the District Managers that feels as if they don't report bad, they will be noted as weak and terminated. Then the flow downward of how the store management is treated. The hush hush demand for you to work 6-7 days a week and don't say anything . Your called constantly while your off because of unplanned visits . Your asked consistently to give up your quality of life with your family.You are debased and given false promises that Never come to fruition. Then your worth is on the( personal), if I like you basis. Even if your work is effective and you show much improvement in your areas of responsibility the behind the scenes haynes lies has its strong hold on this company. It has the mom and pop feel of if I like you, I'll put my efforts behind you.There are some good individuals that are in the upper management but they are far and few in between . When you speak your mind to make a positive change in the work environment you are viewed as outlandish and your given the silent beaten . Your vacations that you plan with your family is at all times on the bubble . And no this is not the ex-employee disgruntle explosion of bad thoughts .This is the overall statements of all the in store managements as a whole. I can rattle off at least 100 + incidents that has occur ed that managers has sat and complained of falsehoods.I myself have been on the field management team and it was disheartening to hear the overall displeasure of what the employees thought of the company. There was no plan showed to the laboring employees of when they are going to start getting cost of living increases .Even that small consideration of showing he employees what is in store for there future at the the store would increase employee moral. I have manager at upper and store level that are waiting for that magical day that the Company would understand that it value isn't in the merchandise but in the associates that come there for pennies day a work their tails off knowing that it may or may not be appreciated. have had some huge positive learning experiences that I will always appreciate this company for giving me .I have seen traveled and grown as a manager , man , and father because of some of these events that occurred while being there. But take Heed Kmart,, Your competitor isn't beating you in sales because the sell a far more superior product . They don't have some secret alliance with the manufacturer that give them the upper hand. They are just showing their employees a plan for there individual futures and they are getting the returned benefits in return.I have and will always have a great passion in sales management and marketing . But I thank you for telling me that it as time for me to show and grow to my full potential somewhere else. From the broken advancement promises , To the lose of my family time , and the personal attach on individuals characters . I hope there is a major overhaul that increases the net come back of Kmart Corp. I stand behind my Passions..

The culture at this Kmart location is more than disappointing. You would think that a small town store in a chain With a longstanding reputation for great customer service would actually put effort into caring about serving its customers and employees.

However, the management and service supervisors( with very few exceptions) mostly could care less about the customers and staff.  Managers, staff, and customer service desk staff : Would do well to at least try foster a positive environment of respect and teamwork as there is currently very low morale and little teamwork. 
Many in supervisory/managerial positions act in a way that shows that they are not self aware enough and/or can't be bothered to leave giant egos at the door-instead creating lots of unnecessary drama- regularly bullying and ridiculing employees. 
They might actually take time to recognize employees' efforts instead of micromanaging and belittling employees in front of customers and employees.
 This Is the type of place that  always take the first opportunity to be hypercritical, condescending, and overly strict and punitive towards its employees: a very negative environment overall. 
Management and customer service leads could use leadership training on how to treat both customers and employees with basic respect and civility.
 This is the only Kmart for miles around, and it is kind of a big deal for the local community to have a store like this one. Many if the customers drive here from out of town. 
Unfortunately it is a very negative and highly disorganized workplace due to management's attitude as evidenced by their consistently poor behaviour, bullying/ lack of civility toward employees and customers alike.
This store has very poor customer service and weak leadership that creates a less than positive working environment.

The positive thing about working here is that most of the regular customers are very nice retired folks!! 
The best thing about working here are the coworkers who are a diverse group of semi-retired folks and students (high school/college who are students working here at their first job) so there is a very interesting mix. The average coworkers overall are very nice!  

There is a very high turnover of employees. and they do hire for seasonal work as well. 
The store is frequently understaffed during peak hours and overstaffed during slow hours.
The working hours are inconsistent over all. 
Don't be fooled by the hours listed at hiring because the hours will vary. 

What’s more, HR should make it clear from the get go that once hired, your scheduled hours will be based on how many credit card, replacement plan warranties, and that you will be rated on how many ShopYourWay club card sign ups are done per shift. The commission is a paltry $2 per credit card sign up.
Most managers/supervisors at this location do not act in a way that respects employees’ personal boundaries, and they will schedule you without regard for your listed hours of  availability.
Overall a highly disapointing experience.
Horrible place to work but it has the potential to be great.

I took it upon myself to try to advance within K Mart by learning as much about the company and each position and department as possible. I became a "Jack of all trades" and could assist anyone with anything from simply checking them out, finding an item or answering a lot of in depth questions regarding the merchandise they were purchasing. I took pride in my customer service abilities and loved that no matter the task, I could complete it without needing someone more experienced looking over my shoulder. I was a team player however, and knew the importance of utilizing my teammates in getting things done in a timely manner. If I could not complete a task in a reasonable time frame, I was never opposed to ask for help. Honestly, my typical day at K Mart varied very much from day to day because of my vast knowledge and skills. One day I'm assisting in the electronics department with merchandising, organizing and pricing all of the items, and the next day I'm up at the Customer Service desk acting as an Assistant Manager because someone called out and none of the real Assistant Managers could cover. I worked in every department and could run every register in the store and I could tell you where to find just about every item in the store as well as answer most questions about a variety of items from the seasonal Gardening Department merchandise to the Electronics section. The management at K Mart when I worked there was a bit lackluster. They were assertive in getting the tasks that needed to be done that day completed, but I felt that they were sometimes unwilling to get down and dirty with the rest of the minimum wagers. I also felt it very unfair how promotions and raises were handled when I was working there. After a year and a half of service, I was left at minimum wage, and job postings for better paying positions were not offered as promotions, but as new hire positions offered only to non K Mart employees. There was once an agent (now a friend of mine) hired on as the "Electronics Department Assistant Manager" and he started out making almost 2 dollars more than me with better hours, but when we looked at our job responsibilities, I actually did more than he did on any given day!. I felt this unfair that I wasn't even offered the possibility for advancement within the company. My co-workers were all great people. I made a lot of friends and I felt that I could rely heavily on any of them to get the job that needed done, completed the right way, the first time. The hardest part of the job was probably the physical labor. There were many times (mostly in the summer) when I had to lift objects that weighed hundreds of pounds such as playground equipment, new pools, trampolines etc. but to be honest, I relished the exercise. The most enjoyable part of the job was making the sale. I loved being able to talk with customers, interact with them and assist with their needs, then at the end of it all, be able to take credit for the fact that the customer I was assisting is leaving with products that keep K Mart alive, because of my customer service skills.

The huge positive thing that I will say about Kmart is that I worked at three locations and travelled with them creating the "store of the future" in Illinois. The managers were wonderful and supporting for the most part (one however, was the manager nightmares are made of, but they were not on my shift so I didn't deal with them too much).

The second location I was employed was closed even though the store was profitable and a staple to the community. This was during their "store of the future" campaign where they would upgrade stores to meet a certain standard (and turn them green). At this location, I did enjoy my job. The store manager made a point to come out and say and do nice things for the employees, and to this day I adore that woman. When a co-workers husband died, she allowed all of us who were close to her to leave work and go to the viewing (the new employees stayed and held the fort). This was a store manager that cared about her employees and her store. Seeing the pain in her eyes when they announced they were closing the store was infuriating, not just to me, but to us all.

The downfalls. Most Kmart stores have poor security, do not allow you to stop shoplifters, and for those of us in 24 hours stores... that can make working there dangerous. On multiple occasions I was threatened by people intent on harming me for the money in my register. On one occasion I sent out a message for help over the intercom, no one came. Eventually I had to go on the intercom and yell "unless you want a dead employee, get up to the registers right now". As you can tell, I was written up for this event.

At this position, I was a front end supervisor. My car was damaged and due to lack of security, I couldn't do jack about it. Someone kicked in my drivers side door. No cameras were functioning in the parking lot to see who actually did the damage and the store was uncaring. Not their problem.

At the time that I worked there, even though I was full time, there was no insurance.

The pay is dreadful. As a front end supervisor, I made $9/hr, $9 as a department manager, and $8 as a general csa.

Even with my good managers, I had no work/life balance. They didn't have good scheduling, and I saw people fired because they were so ill that they didn't come to work. They'd rather their customers get the flu, than keep their cashiers home.

Eventually I was terminated for what they claimed was stealing, even though they saw on the camera the individual who did it. After I was gone, that individual was fired and admitted he did it. However to this day, it is on my records at Kmart that I stole money and am not rehirable (not that I want to go back but that is a lie and it's not fair that I am stuck with that reputation). Unfortunately also, this event occurred at the store with the manager from h-e double hockey sticks, who had no intention of doing anything decent for his employees. Including doing the morally right thing of correcting the lie of a record his store placed on me.

A typical day at Kmart is like going to a zoo, but your on display. Corporate lays out certain rules and regulations to follow when dealing with customers, if a customer is unsatisfied and asked for a manager, this is not uncommon. What I did find uncommon was that the managers will usually go against corporates rules to please the customer. This is not unheard of. What is unheard of is when you get a complaint written to corporate about you because at first you followed their rules, management will not stand up for you. This to me is their trick to keeping you at the bottom of the store food chain. They will also schedule for 15 days straight when your availability clearly states that you can't (even pregnant with a doctors note) and say that its not really in a row because according to payroll it's different weeks. If you are pregnant, just run. I had low blood sugar before my pregnancy which was made worse by my pregnancy. I got a doctor's note stating that I needed a snack and water with me at all times. I turned the note into management, no words exchanged. A week later I was written up for eating my snack. Because I did not tell them about my blood sugar, they did not see a reason for me to have a snack and stated that a doctors note does not give me permission to have eat on the floor. I did not want to tell them about my blood sugar issues but found that I had to. They then stated "They were not aware." I explained they were aware from my doctor, they just didnt have the exact reason and that by forcing me to tell them because I did not want a write up, violated my HIPPA rights. They were quick to apologize but were still not very helpful but limiting where on the floor I could eat. I would also be scheduled during my 7th month, for a 6 hour shift. No complaints with that. My complaint is that they would have only underage kids working registers, and you must be atleast 18 to cover service desk so none of them could cover when I had to use the rest room, which at 7 months was pretty often. I again got a doctors note and gave it to HR, which in a nice manner stated I was pregnant and had to use the restroom often and they would have to accommodate that. For the next 2 weeks, there was still no help. I finally went to my store manager about this and he said to call HR for her to cover for me. I agreed and hoped this would help. NOPE. I would call her to come cover for me and she would tell me she was on lunch, or the phone, or with an employee or leaving for the day. When she would come up, it would be 30-45 minutes later. That was not easy for me to hold it for such a long period of time. I thanked god the day they terminated me while on family leave. It allowed me to collect unemployment because they had no grounds for termination, other then I was a "pest" during my pregnancy, and even though I have not found a new job yet, I am happier with less money than I was there.

A typical day at work included operating cash registers in every department of the store when needed. I've worked in the jewelry department, customer service desk, garden department, and the electronic department. Sometimes during the day I clean and organize my station and stock isles with merchandise to make it appealing to customers. I also worked on the sales floor stocking items, taking inventory, and keep things in tact in the women, teen, child, and DIY sections of the store. Daily I would have to convince customers to purchase possible credit cards with Kmart, and also start reward plans with the company. Each employee had quotas to meet when it came to selling credit cards, and signing people up for reward plans. I was the top 10% when it came to selling both. 
I learned and acquired a great deal of patience, not that I didn't acquired it in previous jobs but retail was a new path for me. I also learned how retail works and how making sales are important to company enrichment. 
Management was hard to deal with simply because the company was going into foreclosure. They weren't sure how to deal with it, making it harder on not only employees but faithful customers also. My co-workers were very easy to get along with. When it came down to the store closing we tried really hard to collaborate and keep it open. 
The hardest part of the job was dealing with items that were marked down and putting them into the register making sure customers get what they ask for. Management was supposed to update systems, and ads so that marked down items could be present in our registers so when customers purchased marked down items the register would automatically recognize the items and marked them down instantly. Instead as the cashier I would have to manually put in the marked down price, calculate it mentally, and then make sure the computer would prove the transaction. Also the software on the registers was out of date. The company couldn't pay for new registers so there were times when I had a long line, and I was checking someone out and the register would freeze, then I would have to reboot it right in front of customers, or I would have to send them to someone else's register. Another difficult thing about Kmart was trying to meet corporate quotas. Corporate (Sears Holding Corporation) wanted us to sell at least 20 credit cards and 20 reward cards each day. Since the business wasn't as successful and we were located right next to a Walmart we hardly received customers, and without customers you cant sell anything making the pressure on employees harder. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was the learning experience behind it, meeting new people, and getting along exceptionally well with frequent customers.

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