Decathlon reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,532 total reviews)
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Javier López

84% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Decathlon has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,532 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Decathlon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Aug 25, 2018

Worst company to work for

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Pros

I struggle to find any...

Cons

Overworked, underpaid, brainwashing employees to love their job when it is a toxic environment with everyone talking behind each others backs, bad teamwork, rostering issues, no time off, no free time outside of work, expectations to work very long shifts with little or no breaks, an enormous amount of responsibility (they expect one person to complete 4 or 5 peoples work per day) and early morning starts and finishes,

3.0
Jul 31, 2018

Upper Management disconnected with reality

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Pros

Colleagues are open-minded and always working together to improve customer experience Some Senior Managers actually care about employee well-being and willing to listen when approached

Cons

Senior management has habits of hiring their friends from previous jobs to senior positions without proper vetting Global support in either EU or APAC does not respond to emails, messages or give clear answers for timelines and roadmaps for projects Half of managers understand Decathlon company culture while the other half follow their micromanagement style from previous jobs Lack of language or cultural understandings leads to managers getting easily upset or angered from misunderstandings that are processed as imagined attacks or perceived slights Coach mentor program to ensure employees have high energy and to understand company needs ineffective as coaches either travelling or action items from past sessions not followed through. Lack of appreciation for work and some employees are favored over others Store associates empowered without proper training so most decisions requiring consensus wind up with deadlock or nothing is done until follow-ups Management keeps giving more responsibilities without increasing pay or benefits

1.0
May 11, 2018

Experience with Decathlon

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Focus on promoting sports for all

Cons

- They don't have HR's in India.All hr tasks are done by zonal manager so lot of peraonal bais involved while hiring and appraisal. -If company bring managers from Europe, please educate them about country culture -I was hired through campus recruitment.After interacting with their store manager,I got some doubt regarding variable component of CTC and asked manager to clarify it.Instead of helping me to understand compensation structure,he withdrew my offer letter citing I am more interested in compensation. - Seriously???do this company expect people to work freely for them?? If I was not interested in their business,why didn't he gauge it during interview??Was he sleeping while taking interview??

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