Dillard's reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(8,361 total reviews)
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Bill Dillard II

47% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Dillard's has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 8,361 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dillard's 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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8K reviews
3.0
Mar 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

work is pretty easy and decent pay

Cons

racist company there are employees who are racist to not only other employees but also customers and management doesn’t do anything about it because those employees have been here forever and the store manager herself is also racist. Honestly it feels like high school the way the managers treat you when they’re upset. They talk bad about everyone and you feel like no one truly has your back in management. trying to maintain your “sph” is hard at times. The atmosphere dillards creates gets rid of the “5 star customer service” they strive for. You have to maintain a certain sph (sales per hour) in order to keep your pay or get a raise, if you fall behind come time for your review you’ll get a pay cut or you can lose your job. Because this is how it is you’ll have associates who barely do anything (stock, go backs, or maintain their areas) and all they do is sell something to keep their sph up. These associates don’t care about building a relationship with the customers just getting a sale. It’s a cut throat environment. Management never tells their associates they’re doing a good job and always make you feel bad if you call in or are sick. All they care about is numbers and credit cards. You’ll never get acknowledged for doing a good job or being a good employee only if you make your numbers. It’s definitely about favoritism for sure. Also the hours suck.

1.0
Nov 23, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No pros. This place is a joke.

Cons

I could write a book on how horrific this company is. For one, there is literally no work/life balance. They force you to work open to close almost daily. Management is catty and disrespectful and racist, especially at their North Olmsted, OH location in Great Northern Mall. This location also plays favorites, and lets certain employees get away with things, but will openly criticize others for the same things they complain about. As long as you’re making them money, they could care less about YOU as a person. New hires are treated like garbage, which adds to their high turnover rate. Current employees are miserable. Stay far away from this company, as they do not have your best interest in mind. Would never work for such a useless employer again in my life.

1.0
Sep 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The employee discount and 401k

Cons

-You only get 2 weeks of vacation and an additional week after working 10 years (but no one makes it that long) -Company culture is toxic -They make you feel as if you can’t be sick or go take time for a doctors appointment -Sick time is 72 hours -If you have covid you are now expected to come in while sick but wear a mask -High turn over rates due to lack of benefits and poor management -You will be working almost every holiday except the major ones(4 or 5) -Healthcare is expensive for what you get. Pretty much every doctor is out of network -Pay is below average for a designer role -Design workload is slowly being outsourced by an incompetent director -The design role is no longer designing and is not a true/real apparel designer role. Responsibilities are now to let other vendors design and develop product while you babysit them and push paperwork( and when the vendor messes up it’s your fault) -They told me designers get to travel but they do not. -They also told me there was so much room for personal development and career growth. There is certainly not. -Inexperienced director micro manages and when they mess up blames it on the designers -After reading this if you still want to work there make sure you are dressed like and influencer and have to followers to back it up otherwise you probably won’t get the job even if you are completely qualified.

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