God Awful Company - Sales Associate/Cashier Dillard's Employee Review

1.0
13 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I honestly can't even think of one.

Cons

I was considering putting 'the hourly pay' and 'the amount of hours' in the 'Pros', but when you consider Dillard's ultimate dilemma. Absolutely not. The problem with this company is how closely intertwined the hours scheduled and the expectations in sales are. Imagine you working at a pool. In order to work at the pool you have to pick up so many weights per hour from the bottom in order to get paid the amount you make hourly. At this pool, it is divided in sections your coworkers are in. You are thrown in with the expectation of picking up so many weights per hour. You know how to swim very well, the only thing is, they didn't teach you how to pick up the weights(that would require hours). Also, there is all types of debris in the way you have to make time to clean up. Not only that, oddly, the weights on your side are the heaviest on the floor. You dabble onto your coworkers' side (since their weight are lighter) or try to get their help, but you are met with down right hostility, trash talk, or insults thrown at you for asking to help. You think about contacting the higher ups at the pool but, you realize they aren't actually even "in charge". Your coworker that picks up more weights was actually given more authority than even the person(manager) that hired you. You also realize there are hired "pool cleaners", but they are all related somehow, don't speak your language, and all of them slack on their job leaving your side absolutely filthy since technically you are an "outsider". You don't get paid to clean, bicker with "coworkers" that are supposed to be on your team, not to mention, you haven't even had the chance to properly train so you end up being set for failure from the start, you drown. An unfortunate sacrifice because this pool company ONLY cares about the amount of weights picked up. It's not the manager's fault. This (pool)company is unorganized, unethical, they hired you as a placeholder for a position with an extremely high turnover rate. But hey, at least they encouraged you to sign up for a pool membership as a part of your benefits. There are many issues, but hopefully you get the gist.

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Pros

Great customer relationship opportunity and good pay

Cons

Long and inconsistent work hours

1.0
8 Jun 2026
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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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