Definition of Tyranny - Anonymous employee Dillard's Employee Review

1.0
Sep 5, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The turnover is so heavy that all you have to do to get a job there is show up and look half way decent -- oh, and it helps to be white or Asian.

Cons

Inexperienced and uneducated managers in top levels of store management who react to here-say and tattling as if it were documented and observed fact. Regional managers encourage store managers to use threats and screaming to instill fear in employees. Stores are grossly understaffed. Training amounts to trial by fire. Antiquated, unreliable computer system. Rampant racism in regard to policy enforcement. Employees are made to feel guilty for taking required breaks, scheduled days off, and planned vacations. At the same time, putting in extra hours will get you no where but exhausted. You will have to be able to put up with a lot of abuse in order to stay for any length of time. Stockholm syndrome.

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Cons

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Pros

Only pro is that you can expect there won't be any. So, transparency.

Cons

Annual raises for salaried employees are minimal, often only 100–500 dollars per year, regardless of performance or inflation. Salaried roles are consistently compensated below industry standards for comparable positions. Management routinely solicits employee input and feedback, then consistently ignores it, making requests for opinions feel performative rather than genuine. Excessive favoritism is openly displayed, accompanied by constant gossip, drama, and office politics that undermine professionalism and team cohesion. Leadership culture normalizes poor treatment by implying that if everyone is miserable together, the situation is acceptable. The company shows little concern for employee health and safety, pressuring staff to work in unsafe conditions because “it was done before.” Employees who raise workplace health concerns or request alternate work arrangements for health reasons are consistently penalized rather than supported, effectively forcing them to choose between their health and their job. The building was shot at, and management waited several hours to inform employees and refused to let anyone go home, demonstrating a disregard for basic safety and crisis response expectations. Any non-vacation time off, including sick time, medical appointments, and other approved leave, can be held against employees and negatively affect promotions, raises, and recognition. Promotions and raises are often denied based on incomplete or misleading assessments of performance, while significant individual contributions and permanent fixes to long-standing issues go unrecognized. External or third-party training and professional development are not supported and, in some cases, are actively discouraged. Execs are only concerned about profits and never employee well being, morale, or happiness.

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