Pros
I do not have good things to say.
Cons
Working at 2nd Street negatively impacted my wellbeing and mental health. I was a PART-TIME buyer because I am pursuing higher education / freelance work outside of 2nd Street. Unfortunately, this did not matter to my store manager. Buyers were forced to stay later than they were scheduled if buys weren’t finished for the day. They received disciplinary action if they didn’t stay behind. Additionally, the store manager purposely kept the total amount of buyers low (2 for the store max) in order to know who to “blame” in case things not up to standard were bought in. Though I can understand this, it was taxing on buyers to work full shifts and STILL be forced to stay after against our scheduled shifts. There’s no grace periods for shift/lunch clock-ins — even if you’re in the store and at the punch-in tablet, if you clock in one second late, then it tallies towards potential termination. This is across all stores if I’m not mistaken. When I communicated I was not available for inventory day because I had class + outside work, I was simply told that I “had” to be there, and if I “had bigger priorities” outside of my job as a buyer, then a re-evaluation of my job title may be necessary. I believe that if I’m BY CHOICE a part-time employee, then yes — I have bigger priorities. I think this company is predatory, doesn’t pay their employees enough, and constantly stacks on more tasks to the job role without adjusting pay. In a single month, we lost 4 employees because of the poorly-managed and hostile work environment. I do not recommend working here, and though I’m sure work environments vary from place to place, I wanted to at least share my experience.
