no work-life balance, bad culture, low morale; mgmt takes no accountability and has unreasonable standards/expectations - Finance DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great building with great facilities, but they lie to you during the interview telling you that you will have time to use them since you work long hours. If you use them, it is basically seen as you are not working on your tasks. Pays well, but not enough to compensate for hours worked.

Cons

No work life balance, low morale, unreasonable standards and expectations, if you are 99% right at something, it just means that you are 1% wrong. No loyalty, work 70 hour weeks, nights and weekends and they still layoff at all levels from analyst to Sr VP. Cut throat, can't trust anyone, pop quiz environment. Only looking for 'yes-men'. Mgmt asks for change, but talks out of both sides of mouth because they give excuses (not reasons) why things can't change. Incompetent management (especially in Finance) at all levels and no appreciation or understanding of processes; systems are awful (several systems all give different answers for the same data, nothing integrated). Stay out of retail. Retail Industry is dying, DKS price points are too high and stores are too expensive to operate. Business model not sustainable for long-run. Even with corporate employee discount, most items are cheaper elsewhere (Amazon, Cabella's, other competitors) and people are figuring it out (check last 6-10 quarters of financial results, including sales and margins). Knee jerk reactions (if sales up, let's hire; if sales down, let's layoff). NO JOB SECURITY. Layoffs to meet analyst expectations on earnings and to achieve bonus payouts. No autonomy at mid-level management positions. No career growth plans provided. Finance Management (especially executive management) does not ask for input and assumes they can make all personnel decisions without asking what the employee wants.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Employee Discount Opportunity to provide customers an experience in which they can be confident in buying a new shoe for style, function and support-related reasons. Great selling tools, devices and display fixtures to work with

Cons

This is not really a con since I believe it is an important part of the job. Newer and current workers may need to keep up up to date and do research on products in order to be able to help customers effectively and efficiently.

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

- Unlimited PTO with 401k match is awesome

Cons

- Performance expectations were often unclear or inconsistently communicated, Feedback was reactive instead of timely and actionable. - Leadership quality varied dramatically by manager, with limited coaching or mentorship. - Constant shifting priorities without adjusting expectations or workload. - Psychological safety was lacking, Honest communication feel risky. - Leadership messaging around culture didn't match day-to-day reality. - Process was often valued more than impact or results. - Compensation well below market, w/little flexibility during negotiations. - I felt excluded from key conversations and opportunities that were important to my success.

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