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DICK'S Sporting Goods

Is this your company?

Disorganized managers and training ruined an otherwise good experience. - Lodge Associate DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

2.0
Sep 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good sales experience, customers like to chat, was fun to sell something I'm passionate about, decent pay and compensation, learned a lot about hunting, fishing, and outdoor activities.

Cons

I don't even know where to begin with these people. I enjoyed the job, but the lack of training I received made the job extremely difficult. There was no orientation period and the only training I received were some online tutorials about gun sales, and how much trouble I could get in if I screwed it up. I was given no instruction on even administrative things (i.e. getting a name badge, operating the time clock, setting up direct deposit, etc.). I was forced to run the entire department myself the second day I was there. Also, when I went to ask to get some time off for a family vacation (thee weeks before), my manager told me to fill out a request form, and put it in his mailbox. I did not hear anything about it for awhile, and assumed it must be approved. That was until I noticed a stack of requests hanging out of his mailbox, that he had not even touched. In the end, he did give me the time off. When I got back, I was notified that I would basically be getting replaced by a transfer and a previous employee, because I worked too slow for their liking. This was a result of me having to ask people how to perform certain tasks, since I was given no instruction or training on how to do them. Absolute nonsense.

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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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