Is DICK'S Sporting Goods a good company to work for?

DICK'S Sporting Goods has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 12,604 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at DICK'S Sporting Goods to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about DICK'S Sporting Goods have been left by employees working as Sporting Goods Sales Associate , Customer Service Representative (CSR) and Intern .

Does DICK'S Sporting Goods pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, DICK'S Sporting Goods employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at DICK'S Sporting Goods. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at DICK'S Sporting Goods?

72% of DICK'S Sporting Goods employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated DICK'S Sporting Goods 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DICK'S Sporting Goods?

Sales Associate (1541) , Cashier (709) , Footwear Sales Associate (464) , Retail Sales Associate (451) , Customer Service Specialist (397) , Sales Associate/Cashier (385) , Golf Sales Associate (196) , Apparel Associate (178) , Apparel Sales Associate (168) , Team Sports Sales Associate (153) , Front End Cashier (131) , Footwear Associate (127) , Store Manager (126) , Associate (112) , Footwear Lead (112)

What are the pros of working at DICK'S Sporting Goods according to real employee reviews?

"Great people on the staff that make you feel comfortable and know what they are doing." ((in 734 reviews)); "Great coworkers and fun job" ((in 512 reviews)); "Experience with customer service is a plus and very flexible hours for most of the year" ((in 502 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 290 reviews)); "They had pretty good benefits and they are one of the largest specialty retailers in the world." ((in 270 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DICK'S Sporting Goods according to real employee reviews?

"The management is poor and negligent" ((in 949 reviews)); "They don't promote from within often and low pay compared to other IT jobs in Pittsburgh" ((in 718 reviews)); "Had a bad manager come in at the last minute and she was a micromanager." ((in 547 reviews)); "Also had no training on anything so it was learn as you go which is not how a store should be run." ((in 148 reviews)); "There is no work life balance with this company and you are constantly on edge." ((in 135 reviews))

What are employees saying about DICK'S Sporting Goods layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about DICK'S Sporting Goods layoffs and their outlook for job security at DICK'S Sporting Goods in 2026.

What DICK'S Sporting Goods locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Texas City , Valley Stream , Greenville , Loganville , Savannah , Moore , Scranton , Bloomfield Hills , Holland , Flower Mound

DICK'S Sporting Goods reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(12,122 total reviews)

Lauren Hobart

81% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

DICK'S Sporting Goods has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 12,122 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DICK'S Sporting Goods employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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Reviews by job title

12K reviews

1.0

Feb 4, 2010

Dick's----Look elsewhere for employment.

Sales associate - baseball specialist

Recommend

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Pros

Sad as it is to say, but the only sense of fulfillment a part time employee of Dick's receives comes that first time he or she makes a purchase with his or her employee discount.

Cons

Dick's Sporting Goods embodies every poor quality one can imagine to describe a bad employer. Your schedule is erratic, and your hours are constantly cut. They are notorious for removing lunch breaks from your paychecks, regardless of whether or not you took them. They disrespect employees, while simultaneously expecting these employees to run an entire department and handle customers alone. PAY IS TERRIBLE... I started at $8/hr with promises of future raises, and was content with that. 2.5 years into my tenure I was only making $8.24. Managerial requests for my (and all other employees') raises were denied every time. Dick's is the worst place I have ever worked.

2.0

Aug 28, 2023

Tread carefully

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

There are employees that live the projected corporate culture and will really make you feel welcomed and 'one of the team'. Unfortunately as you progress up the corporate hierarchy...that seems to quickly diminish.

Cons

During Aug 2023 layoffs it was reported impacted employees were 'under performers'. Many seem to be reporting they never receiving Performance Improvement Plans or any negative feedback. Be careful and tread lightly.

DICK'S Sporting Goods Response

2y

Thank you for your feedback as a former Data Engineer at DICK'S. Regarding your concerns, please know we are forwarding your feedback to the appropriate parties in order to improve upon the workplace experience. We appreciate your hard work, and thank you for your contribution to the DICK'S experience.

4.0

Aug 3, 2022

Very comfy and fascinating job, but problems for passionate contributors.

Software engineer ii

Recommend

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Pros

- Great engineering management and leadership in Store Technology. It's rare that you have buy-in from the engineers all the way up to senior leadership, but it was clear to us that we were aligned on the same goals. - Great senior/principal level engineers in general. There was a lot of domain expertise as these people were usually promoted from within the org's product teams. As such, the product-focused culture we had was kept strong by these IC's, which I really believe drove the success of various store-focused initiatives. - Investment in pretty solid enterprise-level tech, and a lot of freedom to choose how it was used. I learned a ton thanks to having highly competent teammates in engineering and having the resources available to experiment. Of course, this problem-solving resulted in a ton of improvements for certain business processes in efficiency, teammate satisfaction, and labor costs. - Lasting product culture, a remnant of the prior generation of leadership. The prior generation of tech's most senior leadership had an extremely strong focus on product-focused development paradigms. The remaining IC's, product and design teammates sort of split the difference between that very specific paradigm and their personal judgment, and came up with a flow that made sense after the hype was over. This resulted in cross-disciplinary teams whose members are fiercely sought out by DSG's competitors for their domain problem-solving skills rather than any particular domain knowledge. This culture still persists in product teams headed by people from this time. - Pretty darned good benefits. Very good healthcare, solid PTO, a recently improved paternity/maternity leave policy, a good number of holidays, etc. Absolutely no complaints- many teammates start and raise their families working for DSG. - Fascinating domain problems to solve. Especially in Store Tech, you can do store visits in your region of residence to help out your design and product teammates, and learn more about how those disciplines work. I still miss this part of the job tbh. - Absolutely stellar work-life balance. I can count on one hand the number of times I was asked to work any off-hours outside of an on-call shift, and the on-call is pretty manageable now that we've shaken out a lot of legacy baggage. - Overall a great learning opportunity. If you're an entry to mid level dev and want to learn how to develop in your particular team's stack, DSG teaches you incredibly valuable product and engineering skills because of the quality of senior/principal teammates.

Cons

- The Store Tech org's product-focused culture slowly got weaker over time. Business needs are important, but there were a number of examples where we wanted to get data to better solve domain issues and were roughly told "no, because I said so", or got stuck working on a vanity project for a VP. This is demoralizing to teammates who are there to solve problems rather than collect a paycheck (because realistically, engineers can collect great paychecks at lots of places). - Strong focus on pair-programming can mean that there are times when you might just feel like you're watching someone code. From where I stand now, I can honestly say that's what it actually was sometimes, especially when skill/experience levels were slanted between partners. The pair programming requirement is sort of a carry-over from the Extreme paradigm, and does tend to result in very high-quality code amongst the DSG tech teams that use it. However, if you're looking for more flexible schedules or are working from an area with poor bandwidth, it can make things tough for your situation. - Poor recognition of high performers due to DSG treating tech like a business org rather than a separate entity. The tech organization's ability to keep up with the market in terms of comp is hampered by top leadership. I got a lot of marketable skills during a series of high-business-priority initiatives I took part in. Even with my manager and director fighting very hard to get high performers recognized, I found that my skills were much better compensated elsewhere by similar companies. This isn't exclusive to DSG, it's an issue across enterprise orgs where leadership doesn't want to rock the boat by asking for more funding, and instead blame it on a "labor shortage". - The product and design orgs need leadership that actually respect the meritocratic contributions of its contributors (including female veterans of the industry we were lucky to have). When I was there, it seemed to be headed by leadership that was kept there due to not rocking the boat with the business. Some of the best design experts were given titles that probably came with great salary bumps, but which also didn't give them the merited responsibility of determining policy. DSG needs those people in decision-making roles not out of entitlement, but because of their demonstrable capabilities.

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