Dick’s Sporting Goods

My son started working for Dick’s Sporting Goods while a student at UNC-​Wilmington. He continued to work for Dick’s after graduation and had become a manager for the new store in Wilmington. In April, several unsupervised juveniles entered the store and were kicking and throwing balls and doing other things that were inappropriate. My son, as well as at least one other team member, asked the juveniles to stop. When they exited the store, they continued to display behavior just outside the doors that was unsafe. My son went out the doors to again ask them to leave the area. One child’s mother came out of the store next door and saw the exchange. Again, she was not in Dick’s with her juvenile child. She and said juvenile went home and spoke with the father, who was also NOT in the store with the juvenile. Four months later, the father sends an email to corporate headquarters. When store management was contacted, they supported my son and his actions towards the disruptive juveniles. Since the father waited four months, store video that would verify how the unsupervised juveniles were misbehaving was no longer available. Did upper management support a long time, loyal employee? No. My son was let go for trying to protect the assets of a store he managed. I find it very difficult to support a company that «lets go» a manager based upon an email from a man who was not even in the store with his misbehaving juvenile child.

Pretty decent selections for a Dick’s. It was opening weekend so obviously there was a long line but all registers were open and working.
Very helpful staff.
The only real negative is there selection of North Face and Columbia gear. They could definitely add more stock on those brands but all in all a good store.