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DICK'S Sporting Goods

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Toxic Environment, Abusive Management - Apparel Associate DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

2.0
24 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Easy job overall, the dress code was my favorite part of the job. Just throwing on some leggings, a sweatshirt, and sneakers was perfect considering you’d be standing/running around the store for your entire shift.

Cons

Management was horrible. Managers were encouraged to get employees to quit rather than fire them to make themselves look better to corporate. Employees were pitted against one another and encouraged to suck up to management to get priority for hours. If a manager didn’t like you, you didn’t get hours. Corporate did nothing to prevent this favoritism when it was reported by multiple former employees.

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Friendly coworkers, good PTO, solid pay

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Employee Discount Access to Expert voice, which seems like no one tells you about, That's about it.

Cons

The biggest problem is there's no defined end to the night. We're scheduled until 9pm, but it's become normal to stay an hour, two hours, sometimes even longer past that because leadership keeps adding more tasks and finding new things to fix after everything is already done. It feels like the goalposts constantly move. My availability hasn't always been respected, communication has been poor, and there's a huge difference in accountability between employees. The people who work hard and stay busy all night end up staying just as late as the people standing around talking or doing nothing. Instead of addressing the actual productivity issues, everyone gets held hostage until leadership decides the store is finally good enough. I've worked retail for years, and every other place I've worked had a clear definition of what needed to be done before you could leave. Here, it feels like there is no finish line, which makes it impossible to plan your life around a part-time job. The discount and perks are nice, but the lack of consistency, the constantly changing expectations, and the uncertainty about when you're actually going home have made the job a lot more frustrating than it needs to be. If you're thinking about working here and want to work night shifts, plan on staying well past your scheduled end time until someone tells you it's "ok to leave". I was told I needed to ask for permission before clocking out, great leadership skills.

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