Pros
- If you are subsidized by your parents and only want great discounts on clothes - in other words, you really don't need a job but want to look good - this is the place for you. - Great clothing discounts - if you must have the clothes
Cons
- Too many "on call" shifts .... To be "on call" for three or four shifts a week, while at the same time being scheduled for only four actual hours of work, reflects an insidious lack of respect for employees. This alarming trend in retail – and particularly with J. Crew – is indicative of an economic volatility that has rendered jobs a scarce commodity. Employers now feel that they can treat employees as indentured slaves. - "Personal shoppers" are aloof, nasty, and uncommunicative. Most are poised at the fitting rooms to pounce on potential customers which in turn, creates a lot of tension on the sales floor among sales associates. - Stores have their own little clicks of workers - similar to a frat house mentality - if you don't immediately fit in, you never will. If these same people are in league with management, you may very well be doomed to "on call" shifts for perpetuity.