Pros
More hours per week were always available
Cons
The sales associates were expected to do everything. When I worked there, it was usually only a manager and myself working. The manager would sit in their office and do "paperwork" most of the day while I was expected to clean, stock, recover misplaced items, and work the register at the same time. Each time I would head back the the aisle that I was stocking and attempt to resume work, the bell at the cash register would ring, and I would have to run back up to assist the customer. When I spoke to my manager about my difficulties in completing all of the tasks he asked of me in one shift, he told me that I would "just have to get used to it." There was also a system of "drive-items" and you had to meet a quota every day. It got pretty old asking every customer that came through my line if they wanted to buy a package of bubbles. (No one ever did) My manager also did not tolerate call-offs. EVER. If you were sick with the black plague, well you better still show up to peddle their dollar items to the public, or you're GONE.
