Pros
Store Hours, Decent Pay (as far as retail jobs go), hour-long lunches, employee discounts.
Cons
Outdated computer systems, geriatric merchandise buyers (particularly in the home and lingerie departments) buying tacky/hideous/outdated/unsexy merchandise, managers who either micromanage or won't leave their office, misleading information given during the interview process regarding scheduling and the ability to "choose which department" you end up in. I'm a passionate, hard worker. During training, I was placed in a department that I was originally nervous about, but excelled in. I really loved that department and fell in love with it. I was so excited to work at Dillard's and I was consistently selling more than $250/hr in said department. I let my boss know that I definitely wanted to be in that department and told her how much I loved it. She put me in a few other departments. I think she thought I would do well in one of them, but I absolutely hated it. Finally, at the end of the training, imagine my surprise when I was placed in a department I hadn't ever even stepped foot into. I saw my $250/hr sales average plummet to nearly $40/hr. It was a horrible fit. I tried talking to management about it, and was ignored. I've really been trying to make the most out of it, but there is no money to be made in the deadest, most outdated section of the store. Most of our "customers" just took a wrong turn on their way to the bathroom. They claim to pay "the big bucks" but it is only "the big bucks" to someone who has never actually made "the big bucks". Managers and employees can be very catty at times.
