Pros
Really can't think of any at present. Will keep an eye out for some! I hear there is ANOTHER round of cuts coming so maybe they will get the right ones this time.
Cons
There are now no scheduled optics outfitters EVER. Optics has a pretty high margin and a STEEP learning curve so there should be trained people there. We now have no subject matter experts on the very expensive (7-9 THOUSAND dollar thermal /night vision scopes. The gun counter now has to staff long guns, hand guns, black powder, GPS, knives, spotting scopes, range finders, knife sharpeners and optics. Most of the time we have three folks on the gun counter. It is not uncommon to help a customer for twenty minutes picking out a scope, knife or binos if you have two of three folks doing that then you have one person on the gun counter and people walk out without being helped. I should also mention that hunting is staffed very lean too so being out on the floor selling ammo, holsters or safes for thirty minutes at a time is a real possibility. One outfitter got caught SLEEPING in the gun vault and she was not even on the list of outfitters allowed in the vault. Some people can't go into the vault due to some new policy so they have to wait for another outfitter to get guns for them which can be really silly when the people that can go into the vault are at lunch. Forget about calling a " code three" which is supposed to bring help to the gun counter. You will get zero response or you will get a lecture about the lack of people that are gun safety trained. In my mind all senior managers and leads should be able to help in ALL areas of the store.