Dillards sucks I wouldnt wish this job on anyone. - Anonymous employee Dillard's Employee Review

2.0
Feb 10, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Commission only if you work in shoes. but the goals were set to high. They set you up to fail. The discount. My old manager before he quit.

Cons

mostly everything. They would lock you in the store after 6 you couldnt go out to your car or anything. Management watches the employees more then the customers. you had to have permission to do anything no freedom what so ever. you werent allowed a break on sundays even though it was a 6hr shift. they dont let you know when theres going to be sales so you have to get the floor changed around in a rush when you come in, in the morning while helping customers and or doing stock, there was no stock team we did everything! No house keeping team either or asst managers. Greedy company! the dock workers did everything we didnt do for little pay. If you didnt make your sales goals you would get pay cuts.

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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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