You Can't Run This Business Without Empoyees - Sales Associate Dillard's Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I like interacting with customers and having good friends in other associates

Cons

Employees are treated like children. Their policies on absences are to strict, they do not allow for life happenings that can not be avoided. The sales goals are unreasonable and they take your pay away if you don't make your goals.They are always warning about overtime but yet they will not announce to our customers that we are closed therefore we are kept later than scheduled consistantly. No matter want you do it is never good enough. The medical Ins they offer will take your whole pay check for premiums ,come on a big company like that can't negoiate a better ins for their employees???Then they want you to go to the DR every time you are absent for every sickness,even with no Ins. otherwise it is not excused, 3 unexcused your gone!!!

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Cons

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Cons

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