I would give a a negative 10 stars if I could, but I can't. I am disappointed that I can't give a higher score for the employees because most of them give excellent customer service, however one manager is the reason why I have given this review one star and why I would prefer to give it a negative 10 stars. This specific manager is the cosmetics manager, I believe her name is Rosie; she is rude and disrespectful to the customers, especially when it comes to returns and/or exchanges; plus she is horrible to the employees. I shop at this Dillard's on a regular basis (at least 2-3 times per week), both the women's store and the men's store, but on this particular day I was in the men's store wanting to buy a fragrance for my brother when I witnessed this manager lecturing and yelling at her employees, and she was doing this all while on the floor in front of customers and other employees; it even sounded like she was accusing them of stealing instead of trying to research and figure out the reason for the discrepancy... VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!! The reason why I know this is because, again, she was doing this on the floor in front of myself and other customers and employees; other customers even made comments to me about what she was doing and how it was unprofessional, degrading and disrespectful to the employees, as well as to us, the customers, because we had to wait for her to finish "lecturing" her employees before we could get assistance.
There was another night that I was in men's store close to closing time and this same manager, Rosie, just happened to be there and it appeared she may have been closing the store, though I am not sure, but it seemed like she was. I had been in there for a while and lost track of time when I heard the announcement of the store closing soon. I finished grabbing the items that I needed in the Armani/Psycho Bunny area and was checking out. Behind me was a gentleman waiting to check out after me; he must have bought over $800 worth of clothing in that transaction, plus he had another 4-5 Dillard's bags already. The reason why I say this is because while this gentleman was checking out, I was waiting for my son to come out of the dressing room. The gentleman was done checking out and my son was out the dressing room prior to the final closing announcement, so we went to exit out into the mall since we had come in from the mall and not Dillard's, however the doors to the mall had already been shut and it seemed like they had been shut prior to the 8pm closing time and final announcement. The gentleman saw Rosie and asked about being able to exit out the mall doors and she blatantly refused; he politely asked again and stated that his pregnant wife was just outside the doors, but she yelled at him and in a very rude and callous tone told him that "we have been announcing for 30 minutes that the store was closing, you should have paid attention". He again politely asked and somewhat begged to be let out and she yelled at him even louder that he should have paid attention to the announcements and it's not her fault he didn't and he would have to exit out a different door and walk around. The customer became livid and and stated they were going to call the corporate office and complain and she just condescendingly told him to call 1-800-Dillard's. I was absolutely appalled at how she treated him and I was highly surprised that he didn't return everything that he had just bought because of how he was treated, I know that I would have. I am glad that I wasn't the one that asked about exiting out into the mall, because I probably would not have kept my composure if she had talked to me like that. I've worked retail as an associate and as a manager and I understand policies regarding the do's and dont's of closing a store, but taking the few minutes to slide one of the doors slightly open to accommodate a gentleman, whose pregnant wife is waiting for him just outside the doors, is not that hard and is not a huge issue, but Rosie sure made it one, and in front of other customers, myself and my son, and several employees. She should absolutely NOT be a manager; she is EXTREMELY rude, disrespectful, and condescending person with a disgusting attitude!!
I am so sorry this is so long, but I have held this in for far too long; and a recent incident where I heard her yelling at, what I assume was another employee, over the phone while on the floor is what finally prompted me to write this review. I don't know if there have been any other complaints about her, but I hope that something can be done about this, because the customers shouldn't have to be treated this way and the employees work too hard and don't deserve to be treated that way. Thank you. read more