The Massive Way Kohl's Department Store Let One Small Florida Community Down

Shame on You Kohl's

Ever since Hurricane Charlie decimated this little town known as Port Charlotte in Florida, it has been struggling to rebuild itself and bring in new companies to help generate economic growth. This effort apparently got the attention of Kohl's department stories a clothing and household retailer whom has been steadily opening stores around the sunshine state in Fort Myers, Boynton Beach, Tallahassee and most recently a grand opening last month in Port Charlotte on Cochran in-between the Peachland and Quesada intersections with other expected locations in Venice and Sarasota coming soon.

Excitement and anticipation spread about Kohl's coming along with possible employment opportunities for an area that really has been hard hit economically but while Port Charlotte greets Kohl's with open arms and wallets there is a flip side to Kohl's hiring strategy and economic growth plan, there isn't any. During Kohl' early hiring phases they attracted 2000 resumes by some accounts and out of those twelve were hired as full time managers, supervisors and human resources. Another two hundred were then hired as part time sales associates, cashiers, stock and signage people and which make up the bulk of their stores employees however, Kohl's is apparently using these part timers like pawns in a chess games. Because once Easter came and went a large majority of them had their hours either cut to five hours weekly and/or according to once source were given pink slips, in other words let go, fired.