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DICK'S Sporting Goods

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Lied to, Taken advantage of, Thrown to the wolves - Ecommerce Content Specialist DICK'S Sporting Goods Employee Review

1.0
18 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- working at DSG got me my next job -made a lot of close friends (trauma-bonded)

Cons

I started working at DSG fresh out of college. I was a contractor making $15/hour. Within 2 weeks of starting, I was covering an entire category of business, having the same responsibilities as the full time employees. Needless to say, I was crushing it. I was told when I started that I would have the opportunity to interview for an open role on the team 1-3 months after starting. However, my boss threw a meeting on our calendar and told us that she had hired two new people on the team. Guess who trained these full time employees? I did. The contractor trained the new full time employees. Considering the turnover is so high, I was able to interview for another open role on the team a few months following. The fact they even made me interview for a role I had been doing for 8 months is hilarious. I was made full time and given a salary of 45k (lol). Pre-covid, we were in the office full time. I would go weeks without seeing or speaking to my manager. We were on our own. One time, I came into the office and my desk was being torn down (they were turning that room into a breast pumping room). My manager was informed about this, but did nothing. One time, two contractors showed up at my desk on their first day. They had no computers, nothing. My manager was not there, so I trained them on what I could with pen and paper and sent them home. One time, we were told that we were going to split our role into two roles. 3 people on the team were selected to pilot the new role based on seniority, the other 5 of us were left doing the grunt work. We were told that after the pilot, we would have the opportunity to interview for the newer/better role. However, those 3 people were promoted without an interview. Notice how I didn't even touch on how awful the actual role itself is... that's a whole other story, but the culture speaks for itself: RUN.

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5.0
11 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Corporate is 10/10. At a large company, every department is different but they value their customers and employees and offer great benefits. Rewarding to work there

Cons

Not much to say. Best employer I’ve had

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1.0
23 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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