DSW Associate Store Manager reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(230 total reviews)

Doug Howe

11% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

Associate Store Manager employees have rated DSW with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 230 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Store Manager professionals have a good working experience there. DSW is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Store Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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230 reviews
4.0
Dec 29, 2025

DSW

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, fairly easy job, good company values

Cons

Required to sell lots of add-on services and VIP sign ups for no commission, the pressure to do so has become overbearingly worse in the last few months

3.0
Oct 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours for most of the time

Cons

work isn’t worth the money

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