Pros
Decent freedom during shift, you are able to decide when to get task done because it is mostly solo at my store’s fuel center. This only applies to the fuel center at stores with a glass wall shack, not a convenience store. There is no personal freedom inside the main store. If your union is good then hopefully your compensation is decent.
Cons
You don’t get trained at all, they will just tell you to do stuff and get mad at you when you ask how to do it, and get livid when you do it wrong. It is the least positive environment. Everyone hates their job and is only here because it is their best option right now. Corporate doesn’t actually care about making the stores function or creating an environment that has happy employees who know what their job is, corporate doesn’t everything they can to cover themselves from legal liability to the fact that no department actually follows even half of the safety protocols corporate asks for, mostly because actually following said protocols would require twice as much staff and equipment. Corporate would rather make big flashy changes to stores than actually meaningful improve the experience for employees and customers alike. You are supposed to get five eight hour training shifts, in all likelihood you will get three and the second and third will basically just be normal shifts. You should expect to constantly be asked and expected to do tasks you have never done before and have never been trained to do, and then when you fail or need help you will be made to feel like it is your fault that you couldn’t complete said task. Also, there is so much needless drama in the store, everyone has to be up in everyone else’s business. There is no accountability to actually following HR privacy procedures, everything is just gossip regardless of it’s seriousness. Scheduling is a mess too, don’t expect to know your schedule more than 2-3 days before it starts.