Pros
Some of my colleagues are lovely. Salary isn't terrible for part-time retail. The workload is manageable so it's a pretty easy job, and I am trusted to work independently, therefore micromanagement is virtually nonexistent.
Cons
I started this job straight out of university 6 years ago. My role is to take in and put out the delivery. My secondary title is stock supervisor as I also manage fast filling and the gap. This is not what I want to do as a career, but with the state of the job market in the industry I want to break into, there's not much else I can do. In those 6 years, I have been begging to go full-time or at least to do overtime, but have consistently been rebuffed, being told there aren't the hours available. However, under our new manager, I've been getting more overtime (mainly to cover for the fact we have been bleeding staff since he started), and he even mentioned to me that he'd put me forward for dispensary training whenever a position opens. Lo and behold, a week or so later, a colleague of ours who functioned as our assistant manager, announced she was leaving, meaning a full-time dispensary position was open and needed to be filled. I worked very closely with this colleague and she taught me a lot about the shop, so after she left, I've been doing a lot of overtime dealing with a lot of the things she was responsible for. I feel like I was the obvious choice to fill her shoes, but no, our manager went with an outside hire who has worked for the company for half the time I have, is far younger and knows less about the shop than me, to the point I'm literally having to teach my new assistant manager (and occasionally my manager) how to do simple things like changing the paper in the photo machine, or signing in visitors. On top of that, I've now been told there are no longer any hours left to give anyone overtime. If that is truly the case, then why is our manager still bringing people in from other stores in our area for extra duties? On top of all this, the new people being brought in are completely incompetent and are unable to do simple tasks. Stock is constantly in the wrong place, tidiness has taken a nosedive and our new members of staff have been cutting so many corners its ridiculous. All this has prompted me to get off my backside and finally submit my teaching application, because I can't see myself working there for much longer without going insane.