Pros
Ability to interact with the public. Free food. Camaraderie with fellow economic refugees: almost 90% are over 50 years old. May of us are college educated and have had good work careers but unable to find better paying work due to many factors, including being laid off in the Great Recession and then unable to find a similar well paying work situation. Many feel this is due to an "unspoken reason" that we are mature adults over age 50. This seems to be a very common denominator.
Cons
Treated like 2nd graders Almost unreachable sales goals for a measly $40 bonus All CDS sales associates work in Costco. That said, the pay disparity between what a lowly starting Costco floor associate makes vs a CDS sales associate makes are HUGE! There are CDS sales associates with 10 plus years of service making exactly what a newly hired person makes. It's crazy.