Pros
Good benefits, reasonable hours for retail work, benefits for part-time employees. If you are uneducated and need a job with long-term benefits and a retirement plan, it's the way to go. A lot of older employees - returning to work, or even retirees just needing a few hours seem to be happy working there. Honestly the stock options and 401k benefits are hard to find anywhere else. There are also usually enough part-timers and younger workers that will work the later hours that parents and older employees may not be willing to work. Overall it wasn't a horrible experience but I found myself dissatisfied often.
Cons
Management seems uncaring at times. You can get shuffled around without any warning, and it's not usually to a department or job that you would ask for. I was moved laterally several times when I thought it should warrant a promotion and/or a payraise. In my eyes, moving from cashier to cash office clerk is a promotion - it required a lot more brains and trust than just managing a $200 cash drawer. That job change did not come with promotion, and then I was moved from there to a Special Order Sales Clerk (title no longer exists) without promotion, and then to RTM clerk with out them asking if I wanted it or a payraise. In 3 years, I only received one raise but was definitely expected to do more each year. Time off is hard to get when you want it.
