People are friendly and down to earth. Corporate are...idiotic.
Pros
The pros of working for this company is while corporate does hold dominance of each branch and is divided into divisions, the people within are all friendly and down to earth. Maintaining a state of professionalism at times, some times it tends to falter when management allows their own personal morale to drop. But this is to be expected in all forms of retail. So I wouldn't find it discouraging. My advice to a potential new hire is to not get invested in any politics or engage in the drama within these doors too much. But all in all, I highly doubt all branches are the same. With anything, make your own opinion. I started out at 9.60 and within the first six months, you get a raise, and at a year you get another raise. After a year with them, I think I left making 10.60. You bottom out at 11. Unless they have updated their raise policies since the merger.
Cons
Corporate doesn't appear to know how they want their stores to look like. They can't seem to make up their minds and appear to be grasping at straws for gaining new customers/keeping recurrent customers. But at least it isn't completely at employees expense. (Unlike Walmart)
