As an employee, you don’t want to get put in a leadership position here. The moment you do, management throws a ton of responsibility your way with no training for the leadership position from them whatsoever. You have to rely on your coworkers to train you, coworkers who barely make more money than you.
Management is overwhelmingly unclear and flip-flops on what they want from you with such regularity, it’s almost funny. They’ll tell you to do something one way, then 2 weeks later, want it done a different way, then yet 2 more weeks later want it reverted back to the original way, all while making it seem like you did something wrong, instead of what’s expected just changing. If you mention it to the wrong managers, they’ll go to the boss and misconstrue what you said and meant. Once you’re on management’s radar, you’re screwed. Find a new job immediately before you get fired with no warning. Management likes to say they want to hear employee’s concerns, but they’re not. They listen to maintain the charade that they’re open to suggestions, then nothing gets changed and you just end up on their radar. When it comes time for raises each quarter and you’re on their radar (even if you didn’t do anything really wrong), they’ll find a way to deny you a raise.
You barely make more money here than you can make in leadership positions at minimum wage jobs, such as a movie theater, fast food, or retail. If you compare their starting rate to the average rate for someone doing the same job, it’s drastically underpaid. If you have a college degree in this field or extra knowledge, such as knowing how to code, you still get paid the same as some random person without a degree or extra knowledge. There’s a raise cap at $11 an hour, so after your first 6 months, your raises drop from 50c a quarter to 25c a quarter. The maximum you’re eligible for from 6 months forward is 25c a quarter no matter how well you do. There’s no incentives to stay, no PTO, no way to accrue unpaid vacation, no sick days. They only offer what they have to to try to keep their costs down: health insurance. If you have a lot of unfortunate life events or just need to have some time off to do errands or appointments, you have to tread incredibly lightly. You can only request so much before management starts getting upset, but they don’t have any sort of clear indication as to what’s “too much”, such as an established point system for attendance or something. It seems like when they just decide you’ve requested too much and you’re already on their radar, *snap* you’re fired.
All in all, don’t expect a career here. Don’t expect consistency from management here. Don’t expect clear communication from management. Don’t expect decent raises. Don’t expect to stay here for very long if you’re not a pushover.
