Pros
-Coworkers are generally wonderful; you can find someone you get along with in any location -Clients can be amazing. I had so many make a lifelong impact on me, long after I left -You have the potential to learn and grow your change management and adaptability skills, as long as you're open to it
Cons
-SLT very clearly does not care about their frontline employees; when I left, I had been there 10 years and was in management (not in the location listed here) I was on state assistance at that time because I could not afford the essentials due to the cost-of-living in my area. I was constantly told that pay increases are "not in the budget". I always met or exceeded expectations on annual reviews and never saw higher than a $0.30/hr pay raise -If you were the opening manager and the closing manager called out, and you could not find coverage, you were working a double. This could mean 7 AM until 10 PM with no real lunch break. One time this happened, I missed my first anniversary dinner with my husband and spent half an hour in the back room trying to compose myself to do my job -Questionable hiring and career growth practices; I was overlooked for a promotion, and instead the role went to a re-hire who had previously been fired for stealing. Both the hiring decision-maker and the rehire were later terminated for separate reasons. -Work-life balance is unmanageable; I once spent all night at an emergency veterinary appointment. It was during covid, so I could not enter the veterinarian's office. I slept in my car, and then had to return to the store the next morning to work my scheduled shift.