Pros
Once you "make it" within the store, as in a Store Manager position the pay is great. Benefits aren't bad. Profit sharing is a nice added bonus, however it isn't like it used to be.
Cons
Where to begin... horrible pay for anyone less than a Store Manager or Pharmacist! The company as a whole is so focused on becoming a fortune 50 company that they do not care about their employees or what they do to get them there. The number 1 focus of the company is customer service, great....but that should be number 2! Take care of your employees and they will provide great customer service! The expectations at the store level are merely not feasible. WAYYYYY too many dumb acronyms...ECC.... trust me, the employees feel ignorant saying "thank you & BE WELL" or "how may I help you get, stay, and live well today?" seriously... let us be friendly with the customers and have a normal conversation with them... stop making us sound like robots. Back 5 or 6 years ago this company actually made the employees feel like they were somebody and like they cared... now we are just a number and they could care less what you have done for them. They never say thank you, its always..."but you should have done this or that". Too many chiefs and not enough indians! Work-Life balance... I work 5.5 days a week...between 45-60 hours. In the month of december I get 4 days off...they rest are full days sometimes from 7am-8pm...I have no life outside of this company.Training... a new employee is lucky to get an hour on the register training before they are left alone the rest of the day... why?!? Because we are completely understaffed because corporate gives us NO HOURS! Management literally has to do everything... granted I make decent pay after the decade I have given to this company however, when I am an ASM, beauty advisor, cashier, photo tech, pharmacy tech, stocker, vendor receiving, customer service rep, and janitor for clean-up in aisle 6 at the same time... I should probably make twice the pay! You expect me to do all those tasks at the same time..with a smile on my face and wear a god awful vest that is hot.... and provide the best customer service ever to keep the customer coming to us rather than CVS or Wal-Mart.... oh and I forgot... BE WELL!