Pros
Meeting & making friends w/ different kinds of people Seeing and buying clothes before they're out on the floor Can be family-like or h*ll (depending on store manager) Dress code (pretty much however you want)
Cons
Management (bad starting from the top to bottom) No flexibility if good worker Hours Micro-managed Unnecessary drama (high school) No opportunity for growth (Promotion, Training, Improvement) Work you to death High turnover rate for both employees and management Visuals think they are better than employees Cleaning the store (even bathrooms) Customers-rude & disrespectful Work/life balance-It's retail but ten times worse b/c if others aren't doing their job, you can leave at 2 or 3am Inventory, Overnights, Store visits, Floor set Return policy suck Employee Discount is 10% True slave work, Sweat shop