1- If you aren't management, then you're on the bottom rung and don't matter
2- the discount policy is RIDICULOUSLY strict (your parents can't even pull out a debit card to pay for your purchase if you use your discount, which is why I was terminated)
3- little to no room for advancement
4- high stress during corporate visits-- I was yelled at in front of customers because I helped them out instead of folding down the front table ahead of a possible visit. The customer proceeded to apologize, tell me that I was an amazing associate, and gave the manager an earful for misconduct
5- floor set changes every two days (new collections for KBM every two weeks)
6- If you take a shift at another store, the GM will rip you a new one
7- If a manager from bigger store wants to "recruit" you because you do great work and need more hours, your GM and him/her will have a shouting match, after which your GM will tell you that s/he would prefer it if you "don't take shifts there anymore"
8- After the holiday season, your hours will drop from 20+ weekly to 4/wk
9- they check to see how often you use your employee discount, and if you spend over a certain amount, they will call you into a meeting with an LP agent and discuss your spending habits (they believe that you may be purchasing items for a friend and making profits or being paid back)
10- Ooooh, you can't switch shifts either, you have to give a few days "notice" along with a written note and reasons as to why you want to switch, then the switch has to be "approved"
