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DICK'S Sporting Goods

Is this your company?

It's an awful place to work. You are expected to do way too much with no resources or time. - Anonymous employee DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

1.0
24 Jan 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-discount -flexible schedule -there are TV's in the store so if there is a major sporting event on and you have to work at least you can watch/listen to it

Cons

-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.

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5.0
19 Jan 2026
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Pros

Fun Nice exciting adventurous teamwork

Cons

Late hours long days long lines

1.0
23 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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