Not good if you're ambitious and want more for your future - Sales Associate Dillard's Employee Review

3.0
Apr 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a job that could be a jump-off point for sales or learning

Cons

No autonomy in your work. You work hard but it's never enough. You may make the top 10 list once every week it's just a list, and does not equate to any quantifiable bonus. The company has a revolving door of employees and their system of business is very lean. They are always in the saving money mode and try to squeeze as much as they can from the employees. Their main goal is making goals and sales. You could be excellent with customers with a stellar reputation but will reduce your pay if you don't make your sales goal. Customer service is not valued or quantifiable. They will give their employees the bare minimum. There are no perks or incentives to sell. Although you are told in the training that they want you to give the "5-star" treatment and sell across different departments, the work culture there is not conducive to it. No one supports that at all. There is a high tolerance for mistreatment by fellow co-workers and managers. I was present during a stressful time of one of the mall shootings. And instead of management or corporate saying you can go home or take some time or have some type of reach out to the employees. They opened back up and wanted everyone to be like business a assual. Work-life balance does not exist there.

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5.0
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Pros

Great payment benefits and flexible schedules

Cons

long-standing hours and sometimes overnight work or very early mornings for inventory

1.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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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