Unethical behavior of management - Beauty Advisor Dillard's Employee Review

1.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I recently worked at the Asheville, NC location. The starting pay in decent & weekly pay. The only pros

Cons

It's impossible to make their numbers so your pay WILL be cut in six months. My job was constantly threatened by management EVERY day! I worked in cosmetics where it was impossible to make our numbers. Your best is never good enough, they always want more, more, more! It was absolutely the most depressing and poorly run business that I have ever witnessed in my life. Management turns the employees against each other in hopes of making them more competitive. There is ZERO trust in employees. You cant even carry a clear work bag. So "personal items" have to be carried in by hand. They absolutely do NOT value their employees. Very, very poor management!! Absolutely, without a doubt, the most depressing/stressful job I've ever had.

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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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