Pros
A lot of freedom, no managers in your face all day or co workers watching your every move like some other stores. Always a lot to do so the work day goes by pretty fast. When i worked there i was one of the best workers so for a while i got the most hours, it was a refreshing change. My raises also reflected my hard work, in less than a year i received 2 raises. One of those i technically wasn't there long enough to get but they told me i deserved it for my hard work. The staff was very friendly, and i truly enjoyed getting to know my co workers and customers and going to work most days
Cons
Sometimes unfair distribution of hours, they should be based on who wants them the most and who works the hardest, not who has known the dm the longest. They want you to move up to senior sales associate but no further, they claim to promote from within but its all a lie. My best friend clawed her way up to "assistant" with nothing to show for it, they refuse to approve a raise of a messily $1, so she works twice as hard for crap pay. Its really a dead end job