Pros
You become close with your coworkers
Cons
- absolutely atrocious communication; each and every decision -- from hiring, to firing, to employee hours -- is dictated by the owners at the last minute each week, but when something goes wrong they blame it on the managers or other employees and pretend to know nothing about it. Everything is done at the whim of the husband and wife duo who run this store and if you displease them in some way, you are humiliated in front of your colleagues.
- there was way too much gossip amongst employees; at first this was a turn off for me and I pulled away from other employees so as not to be gossiped about, but after I transferred to the store attached to the home office, I realized that it was all generated by the owners/senior management who choose to have conversations with fellow employees regarding termination, payment, disability, etc. in front their colleagues (and sometimes customers as well)
- they were late to deposit my pay check EVERY week and still have not paid me the commission that I'm owed - though the owner told me that commission was paid monthly, rather than biweekly.
- owners are condescending and rude to employees; disrespectful of sexuality, age, disability factor, as well as time spent out of the store (i.e. refusal to comply with notified changes in availability or neglecting to notify sales associates of weekly hours with appropriate notice)
- quality of clothing is cheap at best; most is damaged purposely by the owners to be able to send it back to the vendors and/or get it for free