Pros
I really enjoyed it in the beginning - it was a good part-time job to have whilst I was still in education. The managers were friendly and as long as you did your job, gave you no trouble. - 10% off store items.
Cons
The issues arised later, when Argos began pushing financial services HARD. As employees, we were pressured into pushing for customers to sign up to Argos cards and, offer payment plans, and selling insurance on products. There was a whole script to read, maki my transactions so much longer than they needed to be. Managers put immense pressure on colleagues to sell these financial services, and you are questioned and put into meetings if you do not sell enough. Sometimes you just got unlucky, and didn’t sell much that day - maybe your customers just didn’t want to put something on a “buy now, pay later” plan - that that still wasn’t an excuse. Managers became very dictator-like about financial services. Also, I was there for 4 years whilst studying so I did not want to progress within the company, however even if I did, there are rarely progression opportunities. I think they may have started a few schemes now, by the end of my time there.