DSW Outlook Employee Reviews | Comparably
DSW Inc. is a United States branded footwear and accessories specialty retailer operating 326 shoe stores in 40 states read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
590
TOTAL
RATINGS
4617

DSW Outlook Employee Reviews

What makes you most happy at work?

What used to make me happy was the drive to grow, learn, and gain experience- as of recently, they have bled us so dry and spread us so thin with more work, less support, and then inaccurate/ unfair reviews. Example- 40% of performance based on a program with severe technical issues (Fulfillment).

I like helping the customers.

to be an effective leader

The people that i work with in the store

Working with the warehouse manager and Supervisor. They have encouraged me, taught me by example, been the most amazing leaders and if I ever need them they are a phone call away.

Review from Admin Dept

The technology they work on

The fast pace work environment and a sense of community.

Nice co-workers. They are fun to work with

Breaks honestly. EVERYTHING ELSE IS TIRING

when i can brighten someones day up and getting VIP sign ups

Review from Sales Dept

Break, clocking out, and my pay check.

Review from Sales Dept

To get the job or task done

The people around me. Its fun.

Review from Sales Dept

Seeing the new shoes come in amd serving my community

Review from Sales Dept

When customers are kind and grateful, or when managers reward you for your effort

nice customers make my day

Seeing my coworkers and managers and working.

Review from Sales Dept

Being able to talk with my coworkers

Review from Sales Dept

I’m most happy when I am able to accommodate all my customers needs and everyone is happy at the

Review from Customer Support Dept

Seeing the kids and my breaks

Review from Sales Dept

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

I feel my manager is not a good fit for the role and a store visit where higher up or HR comes in and talks to each associate one on one about her to discuss how everyone feels, because I feel everyone's feelings deserved to be validated!

Management needs to check in on employees. Management is also fine with talking bad about employees right in front of them. There is seemingly no patience for new employees since you're expected to do everything and know everything about how to do every task despite not being trained.

Review from Sales Dept

Social with costumer and find enjoyment and fulfillment. Learn tougher skin and roll of the bad because interactions come and go everyday. Management need to be responsible and address issues then excuse bad and inconsiderate behavior. Keep public language professional

Review from Sales Dept

The manager needs to make the schedules fairly so that we all have opening mid and closing shifts

We need a new store manager who cares about the people who work with her and not making it a manipulation tactic to tell every associate to "turn it off" when they come to work. So being very misleading and very contradicting.

Review from Sales Dept

Overall, better leadership from the store manager

We need to get a stronger team with good intentions and stop making excuses to not hot our goals. Which is what the mager is doing always using excuse on why the store is how it is.

Review from Sales Dept

Company needs to make that there are enough supplies to do the job.

Even these questions are just a repeat over and over again asking the same thing but phrased differently. DSW is toxic and they failed me in everyway.

Review from Sales Dept

There is a lack of diversity within DSW. The culture is not progressive and conducive to the success of African American people.

Review from Sales Dept

Extremely limited payroll; constantly cutting payroll while increasing daily tasks. In the end it negatively affects the customer experience

Review from Sales Dept

Treat your employees with respect.

Review from Sales Dept

Treat employees fairly and legally. Your stores have a policy where associates can't clock in until they have a walkie talkie which is located in a break room, yet timeclock is at the front of the store. This is illegal. Look it up. It's called asking employees to work off the clock.

Review from Sales Dept

The manager is very rude and controlling and petty.

Review from Sales Dept

More hours, fair treatment. More communication

Review from Sales Dept

They gave me NO HOURS, for something I never applied for . There is no communication.

Review from Sales Dept

equal equality is needed to make a better company

Managers are rude and don’t really care

Review from Sales Dept

Too many changes without support to the store teams that have to implement them.

Review from Sales Dept

New people as far as management

Review from Admin Dept

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What would you most like to see improved at your company?

Communication between boss and employees

Review from Customer Support Dept

Work hour distribution

Review from Sales Dept

Review Sentiment at DSW

62
62%
38
38%

About DSW's Outlook

D
56/100

Where This Score Ranks DSW's Outlook

BOTTOM
15%

In the Bottom 15% of 1226 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in Springfield, OH

5th

5th place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably

DSW's Outlook is scored a D by 913 employee ratings based upon answers to questions such as “How confident are you about the future success of your company?” DSW's Outlook score negatively contributes to their overall culture score, due partly to the fact that the Operations department’s negative scores cause Outlook to be one of DSW's weaker culture attributes amongst employees. Use the filters below to understand DSW employee perspectives by Department, Gender, Ethnicity, and Experience. Last updated 7 days ago.

Rate Outlook the Highest

  • Department - Customer Support
    +25%
  • Ethnicity - Other
    +10%
  • Experience - Entry Level
    +8%

Rate Outlook the Lowest

  • Experience - Over 10 Years
    -22%
  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    -9%
  • Ethnicity - African American/Black
    -9%

How DSW's Outlook Score is Calculated

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Results from 579 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

55
out of 100
How confident are you about the future success of your company?
AnswerPercent
Fantastic16%
Good38%
Neutral35%
Bad9%
Terrible2%
How do your customers perceive your company?
AnswerPercent
Yes48%
No52%
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