Pros
-Customers! I loved my customers; I had my regular shoppers who would shop frequently and only ask for my assistance and I had customers who would simply visit to check up on me and buy me lunch. They were the absolute sweetest! -Co-workers. After working many hours with your co-workers, you will become friends with them. -Employee gratis! Each month, per new product arrival, you receive free products courtesy to the company. -Transportation. If your co-workers and managers are like mine, on days that you have no transportation home they will offer to take you home. -Uniform. You get to feel comfortable wearing jeans and a white top daily.
Cons
-SPAH! This creates competitiveness and lack of trust. Associates steal each other sales; managers steal associates sales by telling associates to stay productive on sales floor while they (managers) remain on cashier closing the sales; managers tell associates to go to break early to have the sales floor and cashier to themselves; etc. -Favoritism. If a manager notices a certain employee exceeding in sales, the managers will favorite them. Or, if a manager is more close to a selected group then the manager will favorite them more. -Gossip. Make sure you don't mix business with personal, or else your personal business will be spread around. -Unlikely to rise in company. One of the sales lead, who I worked with, would complain about how difficult it was to rise within the company. She's been a sales lead for 4 years and wanted to be a manager. And, my manager was a manager for 16 years and stated how rare it is for people to rise within the company. -Hours. One week your paycheck will be great, and the following week it will be poor. -Hours and SPAH. The number of hours you get depends on your SPAH count and number of sales. -Floorset. I loved sales but not floorset. I worked for the company for 1 year and only did floorset 3 times. It's tiring and you don't leave home until 2am, sometimes even later. -TOO MANY EXPECTATIONS FROM COMPANY WHEN THEY'RE ONLY PAYING YOU LOW AMOUNT!