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DICK'S Sporting Goods

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An overworked nightmare - Sales Associate DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

2.0
Jun 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The discounts and benefits are pretty good. If you are a teen or if this is your first job, the pay isn't too bad as a part timer. 12 dollars an hour is pretty good consider most part time jobs in my area makes 9-10.

Cons

Management is a NIGHTMARE. Managers constantly under staff the store, making it incredibly hard to work at the efficient that they keep forcing down our throats. In an extremely large store, we may have 6-7 employees on average with 1-2 employees per department. Management actively refused to help the employee with their tasks, claiming they are too busy to do simple things like answer the phone or help with recovery when all they are doing is walking around, telling people how to do their jobs. If you are a part time employee, expect to work near full time hours with none of the benefits. They do this a lot. They'll give you just under the amount of hours required to be able to get full time benefits or they will make your shift just under the minimum amount of hours required to take a 30 minute break. They exploit their part time workers so they can get the most out of them without actually giving them the benefits. While the pay is fine on paper, you are severely underpaid with the amount of work you are expected to do. T

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Cons

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Pros

Employee Discount Access to Expert voice, which seems like no one tells you about, That's about it.

Cons

The biggest problem is there's no defined end to the night. We're scheduled until 9pm, but it's become normal to stay an hour, two hours, sometimes even longer past that because leadership keeps adding more tasks and finding new things to fix after everything is already done. It feels like the goalposts constantly move. My availability hasn't always been respected, communication has been poor, and there's a huge difference in accountability between employees. The people who work hard and stay busy all night end up staying just as late as the people standing around talking or doing nothing. Instead of addressing the actual productivity issues, everyone gets held hostage until leadership decides the store is finally good enough. I've worked retail for years, and every other place I've worked had a clear definition of what needed to be done before you could leave. Here, it feels like there is no finish line, which makes it impossible to plan your life around a part-time job. The discount and perks are nice, but the lack of consistency, the constantly changing expectations, and the uncertainty about when you're actually going home have made the job a lot more frustrating than it needs to be. If you're thinking about working here and want to work night shifts, plan on staying well past your scheduled end time until someone tells you it's "ok to leave". I was told I needed to ask for permission before clocking out, great leadership skills.

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