Pros
50% Discount. Meeting really nice and like minded colleagues and customers.
Cons
Expected to manage a shop on your own (in some cases) for near minimum wage. No staff. No hours. If you're one of the unfortunate people who actually still care about the company then prepare to work a lot of hours unpaid. Management do not care in the slightest for the wellbeing of the staff. Company forks out thousands on sending staff to bookseller trainings and conferences but they won't invest any money on staffing their stores. For instance, whilst staff members are sent to a training day the store they're from will be completely understaffed. You have to sell the books management want you to sell, well most people stick their guns and give honest recommendations to customers but this is something head office do not want. James Daunt obviously has no idea what he's doing, the Kindle embarrassment is proof enough of that. We spent 2 years directing customers to our major competitor and Daunt thought this was good business. Management has for the last year or so has been driving out every bookseller with passion for the job, it's an unbelievable way to run a company, couldn't make it up.
