Respect for employees almost none... Don't work there,if you have any choices... - Sales Associate Dillard's Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very nice discount -25%. I was one of the few people to have a good pay. (Started at $10 and then got a $1.50 raise) The pay varies in every store. Easy, clean job. Department managers are usually very nice and understanding. Higher management? Read below...

Cons

You have to be very strong psychologically to survive there. You have sale goals, which are often very difficult to meet. You are evaluated only concerning meeting those goals. Your actual work does not influence your pay at all! you have to sell credit cards to customers. If you don't meet your one a week minimum, you have to come to class on Sunday morning to watch the same video every week. EVEN ON YOUR DAY OFF! And they don't care if you are out of town... The higher management is an under-qualified joke! They would spent hours in the camera room counting how many times you go to the bathroom and how long you spent there! They would reprimand you if they see you going on your lunch with your coworker! One of my friends was fired after 8 years of working there for checking the price on one item! Some like the benefits,but my friend after working 3 years for the company had 6 weeks, no-pay maternity leave... This definitely is a company that wants you make money for them but don't count on any pay-back when you need their help...

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Cons

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Pros

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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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