Pros
-Can be Flexible with schedules - Employee 20% discount
Cons
-Mandatory shifts on Thanksgiving - Non-matching mandatory 401k contributions for full-time employees - Extremely harsh demerit point system= want to get employees fired or make them quit - Abusive managers - Exclusion of employees outside the Rhode Island-based headquarters from employee appreciation events - Very low pay and poor performance raises -Deceptive " 2 potential monetary raises per year" =virtually no one gets merit raises and raises of 5-9 cents per hour annually most common - Cheap,outdated work equipment - No programs internally to help struggling employees -Timed 10 minute breaks where you are documented for being 1 minute late even if for good reason - Constant video surveillance of employees by in store management and a dedicated spying team at headquarters - Many examples of conflict of interest; managers dating/having relations with subordinates - Callous disregard for employees reporting concerns or wrongdoing -Many of the products of inferior quality
