Pros
Discount on clothes although sometimes the discount offered to customers was better. Flexible hours for part time employees so it could work great for college students or Mom's with kids in school. You do learn alot of fashion tips and gain confidence even in dressing yourself for future jobs.
Cons
The flexible hours are a good/bad situation. Most times the flexible part is based on the amount of payroll the manager is given for that week, or sometimes, sadly, based on who the manager likes better of the part time employees. You never know very far in advance what your upcoming schedule is, and then it changes day-to-day depending on the sales in the store. You could get your shift cut or have a shift added, you could get sent home after only 2 hours (yeah, THAT was worth coming in for) or you could get asked to stay several hours after you were due to leave. Makes it really hard to have a life, even if the hours technically are part time. If you have a good manager, she will try and keep that to a minimum but a bad manager doesn't "manage" that part well and no one knows if they are coming or going. Too many daily promotion changes with no payroll to get it done. Sometimes the promotions overlap so the customers can "double dip" so your sales don't add up to much and then you get called out by the manager for not making your quota of sales that shift. Not enough payroll hours are a huge problem- sometimes only 2 people working at time and that is not enough to greet every customer walking in the door, answer the phone, give excellent customer service to people in fitting room area, handle all the internet returns at the cash wrap, unpack shipment, change signs and window banners and walk around to make sure you aren't getting ripped off. Can't make any money with the bonus system for larger sales because of all the discounting.
