Dillard's is your priority and ONLY priority!! - Beauty Advisor Dillard's Employee Review

3.0
Mar 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount is a great pro, especially on double discount days. Your co-workers are great, with any place there is drama so you just have to weed out the bad ones. Starting pay is pretty good compared to most retailers.

Cons

Sale Quota's are like EVERYTHING at Dillard's, Managers are always on your case about your quota whether or not you are doing good or bad. Some quota's are almost impossible to reach if its a slow day or if you have a customer that is willing to buy everything you have. Higher Management offers false promises. One day they tell you , you'll be moved to this and the next day "your quota card isn't exactly where it should be at". Some parts of management doesn't care whether you like your position or not if you want to be moved up and the position isn't something you want you are liked forced to take it. If not, you will never be moved up for a long time. If Dillard's is not your priority don't even bother working here, if you have kids or other obligations that are more of a priority then forget about it! They work you long hours , that are like crazy unrealistic. Sometimes management tries to make you take a 30 minute break instead of an hour due to how hectic it is on the sales floor, even though you are there for like 10 hours. When there is a corporate visit, everyone acts fake and tries to be friendly. There is no care for employees once so ever unless you are a favorite. TO MUCH FAVORITISM. If your quota card is falling behind drastically, they will pull you in the office and tell you that you have 30 days to make some improvement if not you are gone!

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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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