Dick's Sporting Goods Reviews

Pros

advnacement is a plus in this company. there is a very good chance to move up in the company which is nice

Cons

sometimes you work with difficult empoyees. Meaning some just show up to work just to get a pay check while others truley enjoy working there

Advice to Senior Management

None. I believe managment is doing a great job in promoting this company. I believe it is heading in the right direection

Pros

Solid financials.
Great training.
Great potential for upward mobility.
Great people.
Great feeling of open forum and community within the store.

Cons

Retail schedules can be difficult. Working weekends. Putting away tackle without most managers understanding how long it takes. Laugh more.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't have management harp on negatives so much during daily updates. Be more open about praise for employees. Clarify metric standards for all employees.

Pros

great management they do there best to keep it a family friendly

Cons

Long Hrs up to 15 hr long days pulling double shifts

Advice to Senior Management

promote someone with in the company who has worked there nearly 8 yrs or transfer him to a different state for management

Pros

Pay rate, working for a big box company, ability to manage a multi million dollar store for a billion dollar company

Cons

Hours are very long. Sometimes you are expected to make sacrifices of personal time to get work done. Very demanding job

Pros

time management
good experience learning how large retailers operate
build your personal management experience
learn how to communicate effectively

Cons

poor management support for employees
not good mentors for training managers
poor planning process for hiring employees
high expectations without support

Advice to Senior Management

every associate is important to your team. Build your team and support them with training to develop their skills. Care about everyone and communicate effectively.

Pros

The company itself is okay, many of the associates are nice, most of the managers are friendly, company policies are normal, pay is decent.

Cons

Managers played favorites, talked alot about other associates behind associates backs, not professional, your good work usually went unnoticed, over looked for promotions.

Advice to Senior Management

Get your heads on straight and act like managers not regular hourly associates.

Pros

Dicks Sporting Goods sells fun! As corny as that sounds, its true. Usually the customers who shop there are nice and just need some help outfitting either themselves or their children. It really depends on the location as to how you are treated as an employee. Some stores have a great work environment while others are lacking.

Cons

The managers (who care about what they do and their stores) are over worked. Working 60-70 hours a week because of budget cuts, monthes on end has to throw up a red flag somewhere! While managers are given 2 weeks of vacation to start with the company has many black out periods where you can not take vacation. Working 7day work weeks with crazy hours (15+ hour shifts) is tiring.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn how to controll payroll. Stores cant function at the level they need to when you have no associates on the floor because you had to cut them.

Pros

Good environment, flexible hours, descent discount

Cons

Tough to advance beyond the store

Advice to Senior Management

Do a good job of getting out to the stores

Pros

Love working around the sports and outdoor equipment that I use. Employees work together well and have a good team feel in most cases. Good benefits packages. Store management for the most part seems to care about the hourly employees.

Cons

Lack of ability for career advancement. Takes to long to get promoted to manager and the amount of external hires for manager is very deflating for those aspiring to move. Payroll cutting takes place to much to the point that it affects the moral of all employees, stretches departments to thin and leaves full time employees with part time hours almost. If you make it to an hourly leadership position you are severely underpaid for the work that you do.

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of your hourly employees. Pay them what they deserve and don't cut hours so severely. It would definitely improve the morale of both store employees and store management. Get back to the focus on rewarding hardworking employees by promoting from within instead of looking outside for manager openings.

Pros

Generally, an "OK" place to work. Clientele is a "want" type of customer vs. a "need" type of customer and is receptive to personal help which makes selling the product fun.

Cons

The company has changed a lot over the past 4 years going to a more cookie cutter type of philosophy vs allowing managers to be a merchant. Upper level management does not communicate with store management well and the sense of security and satisfaction with your work has somewhat gone away.

Advice to Senior Management

Change Management....the company is trying to change every facet of the operation. There is very little time to breathe and focus on retail, selling, and customer satisfaction...although that is what we preach every day. Overall assocaite satisfaction in the workplace has decreased dramatically through the years.