Pros
Opportunities for business travel (loved helping with store openings and training new employees), Camaraderie with other hourly employees but mostly to complain about unfair management, Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance as well as stock ownership and retirement, Pretty flexible schedule if you need (unpaid) time off, I felt that corporate or regional employees were always friendly and able to recognize potential and offer opportunities that store management did not
Cons
My complaints are regarding my particular store and how it was run; the corporate office and regional staff were much more supportive and helpful. LOTS of complaints about management from employees, Felt taken advantage of and underappreciated - had to pick up slack from lazy employees but would be asked to do more since that made me more capable, Opportunities for advancement are only available for favorable employees who were close with management, Low pay