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DICK'S Sporting Goods

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Still "Male and Pale" in 2020 - Anonymous employee DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

2.0
14 Jun 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive salary and benefits | Decent work-life balance | Nice gym | Some parent-friendly policies

Cons

While making some token efforts towards diversity and inclusion, DSG's remains a company in which white males hold systemic advantage. I'll grant that some of this bias may be unconscious. But it's 2020. That is no longer an acceptable excuse, if it ever was. The two most recent additions to the C-suite are white. The company CEO is white. The president is white. It opens the question of whether the company makes any serious effort to consider nonwhite candidates for executive leadership roles – or, given the dearth of people of color as vice presidents, directors, and managers – for leadership at any level. Footage featuring teams of nonwhite players being gifted equipment and financial assistance plays continuously in the public spaces of the corporate headquarters. I'm not suggesting that the company stop their philanthropy. I am suggesting that they take a more thoughtful approach in how that philanthropy is messaged. I am suggesting that they engage in real dialogue with the communities they seek to support and genuinely listen if those communities express something other than gratitude. D & I extends to gender issues as well. President Lauren Hobart champions the 2020 Women’s Initiative to support professional female athletes while many talented women in the building that she works in are marginalized, spoken over, and discounted. It's an environment where males may make unwanted physical contact with female coworkers. Where men interrupt their female colleagues, and go unchecked. Where microagressions thrive, and the only recognized group advocating for women in the corporate workplace is the "DSG Mom Squad." While working mothers certainly deserve and need support, it is troubling that women are seemingly viewed primarily in their roles as family caregivers rather than as professionals to be championed.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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