Pros
Customers (the good, the bad, and the ugly), medical benefits, free half pound & shift drink
Cons
After years of working for Caribou I can honestly say I have never had a break, we snack as we work, sometimes not even able to get to the bathroom during a seven hour shift, there are alot of detail oriented tasks that are very time consuming, especially with the new chocolate, teas, oatmeal, and breakfast sandwiches. Management changes so much it's hard to find anything good to say about them at all. I am 'part time' and depending on the manager have sometimes been scheduled twelve days in a row, at $11/ hour am capped out so I recieve no more raises and have had opportunities for advancement that would only change my title not give me more pay. Every store is overly scrutinized by upper management (who have never worked in a store) about absolutely everything, (we have a planagram for our cabinets to store sugar,napkins,etc) have never recieved any good compliments or rewards from upper management, there is no reward in being a team member or shift supervisor unless you plan on being a manager of a store, and then you won't have a life because Caribou will be your life and you'll be expected to control costs you have no control over, and you will feel even less appreciated unless your DM gets his bonus.They take forever to promote good people that already work here and hire alot of bad people from the outside.