Post: Dillard's wants only men to manage mens dept????

Posted by D on 6/24/08

I am an ASM for Dillards and about a year ago I was placed
in another area after manageing the men's department with 2
years of increases because management said I "needed ready
to wear in my experience with the company" in order to be
promotable. a week later the position was filled be a
man. I started to hear comments from associates about how
VP of Merchandising for Dillard's Burt Squires wanted only
men to manage the mens departments. Then, out of the blue,
my mother tells me how a sales associate at a different
store across town told her the story of Burt Squires and
how he wanted men to run the mens departments. Funny thing
is I never told my mom the stories I was hearing. I went
from managing a 7 million$ yr business to a 3.8mil$ a yr
business. Plus, when they transferred me with 4 months
left into the year the area was down by 15%. They
basically, and I am using a phrase that Burt often
uses "eased me out". So my question to anyone out there
is...is this sex descrimination? Is there anyone else at
Dillard's out there that this happened to that would like
to talk? Should I talk to a lawyer? Should I just forget
about it and become barfoot and pregnant? any insite would
be great!

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Dillard's wants only men to manage mens dept????, 6/24/08, by D.

Re: Dillard's wants only men to manage mens dept????, 8/26/08, by jane doe.

Re: Dillard's wants only men to manage mens dept????, 8/26/08, by jane doe.