Pros
I entered the Management Trainee Program right out of college. You start as a trainee and can move to an assistant manager then manager semi-quickly. I was an assistant manager when I left. The salary and benefits were good. There was an opportunity for growth (but it was much narrower than they'd have you believe).
Cons
The potential for growth was very limited. It was really just working in a paint store. It was just a retail job that any high school kid could do. The biggest cons were the people I was exposed to. I am a woman and I experienced immense sexism on a daily basis from not just customers but my own co-workers and manager. I felt unsafe and very disrespected daily. They also left one person alone for hours at a time and all day long on Sundays. I felt unsafe many times. Also, our store had no security system, alarm, or cameras. Even after some theft and a break-in, the higher management refused to install any safety precautions.