Dick's Sporting Goods Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Dick's Sporting Goods full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The entire store changes with the seasons so you always stay busy. Great co-workers who keep the job fun. Great advancement opportunities with a rapidly expanding company.

Cons – Are just starting to develop their own identity rather than borrowing ideas from other corporations. This can lead to some growing pains.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Dick's Sporting Goods part-time for less than a year

Pros – employee discount
Managers actually acknowledge you
Coworkers show interest in you
its been an awesome job so far for a part time job

Cons – hard to get hours if you only work in one department, so get cross trained
thats the only con I can think of

Advice to Senior Management – continue hiring hard working people and ask employees what they would like to see changed instead of having corporate make changes without understanding what happens from day to day

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dick's Sporting Goods part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people to work with

Cons – Bad hrs that they have you work

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people fair with no respect

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dick's Sporting Goods full-time for less than a year

Pros – -Being on your feet all day is a nice change of pace and keeps you in better shape.
-Bright open floor plan is inviting
-Sports on the tv or radio helps to set the proper in-store atmosphere

Cons – -Like any other retail environment the hours are long and your work is often not appreciated
-Going the extra mile is almost never noticed
-Any ambition of moving from the store to corporate seems impossible

Advice to Senior Management – Offer better wages and/or incentive based rewards so that star employees feel rewarded for their additional efforts

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Dick's Sporting Goods

Pros – Fun environment ; very comfortable dress code.

Cons – Same day to day experience ; no challenge

Current Employee – been working at Dick's Sporting Goods full-time for less than a year

Pros – The effort and resources used to on board external store managers is unbelievable. 6 weeks of intense immersion in either Chicago or Atlanta followed by 4 weeks of transition in their home market.

Cons – Some of the markets aren't prepared for the new managers and what they can bring to the company

Advice to Senior Management – Ensure that all store managers and above attend the training to be on the same page

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Dick's Sporting Goods part-time for more than a year

Pros – Interesting work, nice co-workers, flexible hours

Cons – Disorganized management, unstructured inconsistent scheduling

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dick's Sporting Goods part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The people where always great

Cons – I had no concerns with anything

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Dick's Sporting Goods full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good systems that define work functions.

Cons – Management not receptive to hourly employee input.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dick's Sporting Goods part-time for less than a year

Pros – Lots of exercise from constantly walking and lifting materials. And you will be cross-trained in a lot of different areas the longer you stay.

Cons – Only minimum wage for having to micro manage 6 different areas of the store. Not much relief if you work in the Team Sports department and Bikes and Exercise.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire in people that actually know about sports

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend