Horrific. Unending torment. Hell on earth. - Beauty Advisor Dillard's Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None whatsoever. Whatever you do, stay away from this company.

Cons

- Horrible managers intent on humiliation you and berating you in front of every coworker - Invasive management intent on knowing every single tiny thing you’re doing at all times - Absolutely no advertisement or support for any events or departments, yet they expect you to advertise for them - Extremely unrealistic SPH standards that continue to rise just so they won’t have to pay you more - Virtually nonexistent training. I had no experience applying makeup on other people, and they just expected me to know everything on my first day - Forced to harass customers by calling them multiple times a week and texting them almost every day - Forced to do extra work for other departments that were not stated in initial job description - Absolutely zero room for growth or improvement. - The turnover rate is abysmal. Most people do not last longer than a month - Return policy is a joke, thus interfering with employee SPH. They’ll take anything to make the customer happy - Legally ambiguous gifts and incentives to coerce customers into applying for credit cards that destroy their credit scores (does not specify that it is a hard credit check) - Employees expected to go to 9 am credit classes despite shifts not starting until 11 or 12 as punishment for not forcing people to sign up - Managers trash talk employees and pick favorites - DO NOT WORK HERE IF YOU ARE PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY THEY DO NOT RESPECT YOU - Horrifically conservative and micro aggressive toward minorities - Bullying and competition between associates encouraged

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Pros

Great payment benefits and flexible schedules

Cons

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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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