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Sears is a multinational department store chain focused on outdoor living needs, home appliances, clothes, outdoor furniture and more. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 360

TOTAL RATINGS: 5648

CEO: Eddie Lampert

Sears Company Culture

Sears Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews

2.3/5

Sears' Overall Culture is rated F

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Team

C-

Manager

D+

Environment

Diversity

Gender

Sears CEO

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Eddie Lampert

43 /100

A Day in the Life

Sears employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day

Work Hours

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Employees at Sears report the work pace is comfortably fast

Work Pace

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On a typical day, employees at Sears have 0 meetings

Meetings

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77% of Sears employees look forward to interacting with their team every day

Coworkers

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Sears employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year

Perks & Benefits

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47% of Sears employees report they are happy with their work life balance

Work Life Balance

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Sears employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work

Feedback

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57% of Sears employees call their work environment negative

Environment

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Sears?

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The media has killed our business, send out more positive info to each Sears directly to employees. Maybe in Segno information training.

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How's the vacation policy at Sears?

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Begin earning vac after 1 year based on hours worked. BUT actually USING vac time earned is another story!! Ridiculous amount of blacked out...

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What's the pay like for Sales roles at Sears?

Asked to the Sales Department at Sears

6.00 hr plus commission which they continue you do away with it. 1% at best.

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What part of Sears's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

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I wouldn't say anything is growing fast. Lack of skilled work driven employees is the worst part. Not enough help leads to abusing work...

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How common is it to switch departments or teams at Sears?

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Thats how they punish you for not selling their Protection Agreements ,put you in a lower volume sales Dept.

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What would cause you to leave your job at Sears?

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They closed my store. Been there 9 years. No severance and had to call repeadly to get my vacation pay.

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Sears applied for 10 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Sears has a total of 37128 employees

Total Applied

H1B Applications Outcome

100% Granted (10 out of 10)
0% Denied ( out of 10)
0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 10)
0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 10)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Sears

Bottom

15%

Sears currently ranks in the Bottom 15% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Sears

Bottom

15%

Sears currently ranks in the Bottom 15% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"

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-49

eNPS Score

18%	Promoters
15%	Passives
67%	Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

A leading integrated retailer focused on seamlessly connecting the digital and physical shopping experiences to serve our members - wherever, whenever and however they want to shop.

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Sears Culture At a Glance

Overall, the 360 Sears employees give their leadership a grade of D-, or Bottom 10% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Sears are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Sears, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Sears are not very pleased with their team. 360 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at Sears are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Sears believe the environment at Sears is negative. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Sears is comfortably fast. About 69% of the employees at Sears work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Sears are dissatisfied, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Sears has 37128 employees. 360 employees at Sears have reviewed Sears across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago. Overall, the 360 Sears employees give their leadership a grade of D-, or Bottom 10% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.Employees at Sears are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Sears, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits. Overall, employees at Sears are not very pleased with their team. 360 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at Sears are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.The majority of employees at Sears believe the environment at Sears is negative. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Sears is comfortably fast. About 69% of the employees at Sears work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.Overall, the employees at Sears are dissatisfied, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Sears?

How's the vacation policy at Sears?

What's the pay like for Sales roles at Sears?

What part of Sears's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

How common is it to switch departments or teams at Sears?

What would cause you to leave your job at Sears?

H1B Visa

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Sears

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Sears

eNPS

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