Unconcerned with realities of customer expectations, retail, and employment norms in the US. - Anonymous employee Decathlon Employee Review

Upper management is more concerned with self advancement than performing their roles adequately or even competently. Complete lack of team spirit among management with several of the members hustling to simply make themselves look good. English skills among upper management are middling to poor for a team spearheading a retail expansion to the US. This led to significant lost time due to inability to communicate clearly, and a feeling of inferiority American employees, as conversations among non native English speakers invariably defaulted to French or Spanish. Constant introduction of new top priorities created lack of focus and progress for the entire organization. All decision making is at the whim of the CEO who provides no context to his outlandish demands, nor will he speak with anyone but a handful of the expatriate management team. This is completely at odds with their often stated ideal of a "flat" organization, where everyone is supposed to feel empowered to take the actions they feel will make a difference.