Pros
Sure did learn a lot. Had a little bit of leeway to be creative here and there and my feedback was truly valued.
Cons
In a nutshell I felt almost as if I was in an abusive relationship. Seemed like management was constantly under pressure, so it rained down on the associates. During training, I felt I was unable to learn comfortably and then was berated if it wasn’t at a fast enough pace. Then once I learned something I was told that “you learned that faster than I did” but during the entire process I was ridiculed for not understanding something right away. Every Friday we had an “evaluation” that felt more like a chance for us to be torn into with a micro management process. I literally cried before work once a week before face to face meetings because I was terrified of what I was going to get in trouble for next. I’ve been in stressful corporate jobs with an immense amount of pressure but this took the cake for probably the rest of my career. I absolutely had to leave because of it.