DICK'S Sporting Goods reviews

-micro-managing -disrespectful uneducated management - told to do 3 different things from three different people - NO payroll; you have to run around like a chicken with your head cut off - regardless of your job title or department that you work in, management makes you do BS tasks all over the store -they need to get their act straight; do they want associates to be customer-service oriented or task-oriented. When you try to do both, you are scolded. - the customers; the average customer is a slob and can't even put something back on a hook. A lot of them ask for random discounts. This isn't a flea market!!! - Corporate people don't have a clue - Most Loss Prevention Managers and District Managers think they are all high and mighty and don't even have the decency to acknowledge you...unless they see you not greet a customer that is 100 feet away from you -In a nutshell, Dicks Sporting Goods used to be a fun, upbeat place to work. It has gone severly downhill over the years. It is a miserable place to work. You are expected to do above and beyond what is realistic with the resources that you have to work with.

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.