Dillard's News and Happenings.

What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive? Are they looking to expand their staff, or do you think layoffs are inevitable?

How does Dillard's stack up against the competition?

This is the worst company to work for. I think that the Dillards in Moline has went through ever single person in the quad cities to employ. The have no compassion for the hard work that you do. They want you to fight like animals for sales and then what do they do? they cut your pay and eventually fire you. You have no chance to make a career with dillards unless well im sure you can quess

Tamy J Blanding said: I wanna know more about the Dillards located in Nebraska CROSSROADS MALL The Dillards there seems to be very quiet and dead...almost scarey. No one greeted me when I walked in...Is this mall going to survive?

Host said: What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive? Are they looking to expand their staff, or do you think layoffs are inevitable?

How does Dillard's stack up against the competition?

I worked for Dillards for 27 years and they let me go over a misunderstanding about a store policy.I know they let me go because i would be retiring in about 7 years and don't want to pay my retirement.Dillard in Waco is really a crummy company towork for and the management is really terrible along with all the asms.

Dillard's is not a very inspiring place to work, unless you are very greedy and cut throat and (veryimportant) get lucky enough to work in a busier dept. it is very hard to make it. It is very unfair the way it is set up. Their is favoritism there also. Some people just have the better depts and not many people work in then so they can make their goal and the rest just have to scrabble for what ever few customers come int to your area. Also, you have many other tasks to do. It is almost like the managers don't want you to sell. Just do busy work. I really don't know how they survive, the store is always dead.

Dillard's in Louisiana is not a very nice place to work either!!! I've worked there 5 years and I'm about to get my 2nd pay cut. The associates will stab you in the back for a sale because of the quota system!Managers make sure certain people get their sales while the others do the dirty work (markdowns, putting out new merchandise, dustings etc,,)Certain people don't work nights and weekends either!!Sure they pay well but in the end the take it all back and they fire you! I've had many friends who were fired because of(no)sales. How are we suppose to make sales when Dillard's doesn't bring enough customer in to support our pay?? It's a NIGHTMARE and I'm waking up!!!

Host said: What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive? Are they looking to expand their staff, or do you think layoffs are inevitable?

How does Dillard's stack up against the competition?

Dillard's may be around for a long time, but if the continuous problems that I have seen with mismanagement and employee mistreatment continue they will eventually go the way of Hess's, Sear's and others that have declined and settle for the retail scraps. Dillard's has already begun to close stores and lay off hundreds of emplyees in East Tennessee.

Tamy J Blanding in Bellevue, Nebraska said: I wanna know more about the Dillards located in Nebraska CROSSROADS MALL The Dillards there seems to be very quiet and dead...almost scarey. No one greeted me when I walked in...Is this mall going to survive?

Would YOU want to shop in a store where the sales associates swarm all over you like hungry fire ants?

I worked for Dillards 2 years--(early 06 to mid 08), as an interim job to keep busy, first as a sales associate then in the camera room. I can say without a doubt that Dillards better improve in many areas or they will be closing more stores in 2009. As a sales associate,for nearly 2 years, i can say unequivically(sp) it was stupid and unwise the way the manangement assigned positions on the floor. I got stuck in B and T for the first 3 weeks, and in the small store I worked in, that resulted in me not making the sales per hour for all 3 weeks. After commenting to the ops manager ( who was in charge of the mens area) until we got an ASM, he moved me to a better area on a rotation basis.
After that occurred, we had a former sales assoc. return and all of a sudden she was getting all the plum positions on each sale. The 3 managers I had at the Santa Rosa mall -Mary Esther, Fl store had very few manager qualities, and did not exhibit any ambition to work with one's employees to achieve a fair balance for all concerned. The only way one got the plum spots was to bit-- and complain other wise one would get put in the worst areas. My take and experience with Dillards.Where shopping is a pleasure and working is a depressing he--hole.More to come

One other thing they set it up that 80 to 85% will fail to achieve their goal.

Just wanted to add my thoughts, I have 25-30 years of experience in retail including owner of my own niche market store in Dallas, TX. I am now living in Ohio and working at the Toledo, OH Dillard's located in the mall. I went to work at the Toledo Dillard's because of what I then thought, it was one of the highest paid and sought after jobs in the area (needless to say I had not found this web page then). I went to work there seeking the ability to have a job that I would work at until my retirement approx 10-15 years, also to be able to move up in the ranks as I was very comfortable in the management arena. At this point I have been working at Dillard's for 1 year. I started as a better sportswear associate then was promoted to "shoes" where the pay structure is draw commission adhered to 100 percent (so what I am saying is as the economy goes down my sales go as well). Dillard's holds the associate responsible for this, not the economy. I have been told that I will lose my job as of the end of June. Our store has had the manager and assistant replaced within the last year. The store manager is totally in effectual and the assistant is a tyrant. Verbally abusive to employees and customers alike. Uses the threat of job loss as a weapon. Rarely misses a moment to compare departments against each other in morning meetings. Holds personal grudges against associates as well as plays favorites and many more civil rights infractions....
I of course do not want to work at Dillard's now or ever again. In the future when asked about my time here I will be quite frank: If a person wants their self worth attacked at every turn then by all means go to work at Dillard's so that you can make Alex Dillard wealthier.

branstadx3,
Sounds all too familiar with my experience at Dillards. I am sure that all the former Dillards Associates/employees could report the same environment. I believe that Dillards has it set up to allow 80-85% to fail and then to the door. I saw people come and go like a revolving door. There was no continuity of work force , just rushing them in and rushing them out. I only had one good ASM, who is still currently there and she , I think, is about at the end of her rope. Real, nice personable individual, and has an understanding of the system but can't change it. But she is sympathetic with adverse environment that associates work in day to day. One other item, I believe that the local Dillards here in Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Couuty has run through all the locals and is currently getting their new people from the bases.Thats it.

Donno Canetti in Shalimar, Florida said: branstadx3,
Sounds all too familiar with my experience at Dillards. I am sure that all the former Dillards Associates/employees could report the same environment. I believe that Dillards has it set up to allow 80-85% to fail and then to the door. I saw people come and go like a revolving door. There was no continuity of work force , just rushing them in and rushing them out. I only had one good ASM, who is still currently there and she , I think, is about at the end of her rope. Real, nice personable individual, and has an understanding of the system but can't change it. But she is sympathetic with adverse environment that associates work in day to day. One other item, I believe that the local Dillards here in Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Couuty has run through all the locals and is currently getting their new people from the bases.Thats it.

"Dillard's" has no heart for people. Just recently, they let a women go because her sales were low. No warning or giving her some opportunity to work with her and help her. She had worked in Dillard's many years, worked only part time evening in a slow area, but did all the grunge work because there was only one other person in the dept. They did not even let her finish her night. Just in the middle of her shift, let her go after all her years of hard work. Never mind, she was pleasant and professional. What do you think of that. And it seems like at least one associate a week is going for some minor reason. It is true, Dillard's is holding us responsible for bad sales, not the worst economy in recent history. As I said previously, I give up. There is too much wrong.

Caroline Liza in Pt St Lucie, Florida said: "Dillard's" has no heart for people. Just recently, they let a women go because her sales were low. No warning or giving her some opportunity to work with her and help her. She had worked in Dillard's many years, worked only part time evening in a slow area, but did all the grunge work because there was only one other person in the dept. They did not even let her finish her night. Just in the middle of her shift, let her go after all her years of hard work. Never mind, she was pleasant and professional. What do you think of that. And it seems like at least one associate a week is going for some minor reason. It is true, Dillard's is holding us responsible for bad sales, not the worst economy in recent history. As I said previously, I give up. There is too much wrong.

The environment is strictly cut throat, that way Dillards always get's their sales as a company but the heck with the individual.
I had heard rumors in the community, but thought that rumors are rumors, but did I find out the hard way after about 8 months at Dillards. I have been gone since October , 08 and glad I am out of that he-- ho--.

Antthing good about Dil??????????????

My boss-store manger who let me go just got walked to the door on August 7, 2009,goes around comes around.

It's not the Store Dillard's, it's the people that are employed there.
We're, afraid to shop there because they are so unprofessional, Instead of trying to keep customers,they're running us off. My wife doesn't want to have anything to do with their cosmetics because one of their associates actually begged her to buy makeup, and to top it off, her gum popping was annoying. We surely didn't expect to find this, we were very disappointed ,we are not looking foward to visiting a Store that is trashed with so many strangers.

Charlie in Mcallen, Texas said: It's not the Store Dillard's, it's the people that are employed there.
We're, afraid to shop there because they are so unprofessional, Instead of trying to keep customers,they're running us off. My wife doesn't want to have anything to do with their cosmetics because one of their associates actually begged her to buy makeup, and to top it off, her gum popping was annoying. We surely didn't expect to find this, we were very disappointed ,we are not looking foward to visiting a Store that is trashed with so many strangers.

The way the system is set up by the Dillard's store is the reason you have associates who are desperate for sales or will lose their jobs. So I don't agree with you that it's not the store. It is indeed the store and everything about how they do business. You can no way consider Dillards as a real career. They suck you in with higher wages and a lot of talk about how wonderful it will be working for them. Unless you are very thick skinned it's almost impossible to stand the "heat" of the sales floor especially when it's slow. It's a terrible place to work.

Donno Canetti in Shalimar, Florida said: My boss-store manger who let me go just got walked to the door on August 7, 2009,goes around comes around.

Which manager was that? there have been sooooooooooooo many since I started there. Heck I've been trying to remember them all

Disgusted at dillards in Navarre, Florida said: Which manager was that? there have been sooooooooooooo many since I started there. Heck I've been trying to remember them all

Ms L got the door either in late July, 09 or early August, 09 and it was confirmed by several of the associates who I still speak to when I come in to get the cheap deals. H a ha on cheap. Also the mens manager got the axe back in November, 09 I believe, a nice manager i thought.
Perhaps ms t' s departure was in October.

I would like to know about The Dillard's in Lake Wales,Fl
The manager I met he was nice I haven't met the other managers yet, and I heard some pretty bad things about Dillard's.

master shoe fitter in Moline, Illinois said: This is the worst company to work for. I think that the Dillards in Moline has went through ever single person in the quad cities to employ. The have no compassion for the hard work that you do. They want you to fight like animals for sales and then what do they do? they cut your pay and eventually fire you. You have no chance to make a career with dillards unless well im sure you can quess

you could not be more accurate in your statements,. I fell that I wrote it myself. Dillards is retail hell and should be reprimanded for the way they treat thier employees. The worst job and environment I have ever endured,,,,

master shoe fitter in Moline, Illinois said: This is the worst company to work for. I think that the Dillards in Moline has went through ever single person in the quad cities to employ. The have no compassion for the hard work that you do. They want you to fight like animals for sales and then what do they do? they cut your pay and eventually fire you. You have no chance to make a career with dillards unless well im sure you can quess

I agree,,,

I worked for Dillards in the late 90's at a mall store that is now defunct. I got fired when I was told that two of my coworkers said they saw me steal. That was a lie. Gossip and rumor and innuendo flew for ages about who had actually made the claims that I was stealing. They used the whistle blower law to conceal their identity, and that means only two or three people could have actually come up with that. One of them was the store manager! The day before I was fired I started hearing gossip, not about me, but I could just feel something was up and I spoke with my dept. manager. She said to just go and do your job, nothing is going on. Wrong! I found out that two girls were going around saying that I was stealing and giving empty boxes to management. The boxes were from things they had stolen themselves. One of the women was caught on camera, about a day after I got the axe. They didn't fire her, she got wind of it and left.

I decided that my primary reason for getting fired, besides the two girls claims, is that my sales had dropped. The seasonal pop was over, and many of us just sat waiting for our next customer. Our manager was some woman named Anne whom they fired a month after she fired me. I spoke to one of the police officers for the county who regularly worked my mall and he said that he'd never seen a woman as incapable of managing as her. That she really had no people skills. I had worked in sales for about ten years and I had never been treated with such callous disregard for my rights as the team that managed that Dillards. They are contemptuous of basic human rights to have a job fairly termed for cause. They refused to name my accusors, and that was the only reason they gave me for firing me, the false allegations. Also, lots of their product is old, last season, and still full price. I got a dress from TJ Max by Karen Kane that was selling in Dillards fine dresses for 128.00, for 13.99.