Negative Changes in the company in 8 months I was there - Sales Associate/Cashier The Container Store Employee Review

Short-staffed; lines often 8 to 10 customers long and when we called for back up on registers, there was no one scheduled to do that or someone had to be called from another assigned job they were working on; were told we would get a break when lines were caught up but that didn't happen because of being so short-staffed. No breaks for five-hour register shift, even for the restroom; often had to leave my register to use the restroom because no one was available to come allow me to take even a short restroom break. Even if Texas law doesn't legally provide breaks, most companies know that if employees are hydrated and nourished and have basic human needs met, they'll be more productive. (In the first six months or so at this company, 15 minute breaks were scheduled and provided for every register employee, but not in the last two months.) Little management support, except for one of the assistant managers People at corporate only seem to care about their profits and stockholders profits. None of the company profits seemed to have been distributed to non-management employees, i.e. more hours for the store, higher hourly pay, more overall store support. Some middle management and senior management employees seemed to only look for any little thing to nitpick about how badly we were doing our jobs rather than extending supportive, positive types of feedback. This positive feedback could've gone a long way with stressed employees. Seemed like for the past two to three months I was there, everyone was in a grumpy mood every day. It was very difficult to stay positive and when I saw no changes were going to be made, I made the decision to resign.