Pros
The people you work daily with are awesome. The environment is somewhat relaxed. There is always pressure of finishing things on time like with any tailor shop but there’s a better balance. It doesn’t run like a sweat shop. There are many tasks that will keep your day going quickly like fittings, QA, sorting, training and sewing. As a lead, you’ll have a great opportunity to help grow people who want to learn and work together.
Cons
The upper management is a joke. Tailoring is basically shoved in a corner where people forget about you until they need something. You have to continually remind them about your performance reviews or you’re not going to get one. Raises in this department have been non existent when every other department in the company has already gotten their yearly raises. Management will try and hold you down and not help you to grow in your career because they don’t understand tailoring and why it needs a manager. The stylists will ask you clean up their mess in a ridiculous amount of time. The lack of respect from some stylists is shocking.