Pros
The discount (50%) is favorable, and the product was very cute and unique when I first started with the company. The only thing that kept me around for 4 years were the friends I made in fellow associates. The second store manager I worked under was understanding of my school schedule.
Cons
In my 4 years at Fossil, I worked under 3 different Store Managers, and 8-10 assistant managers. The store morale from the top down was horrible, and I often felt disrespected by our head manager and district manager. Assistant mangers have the worst job of all, as they were often promised opportunities for growth but there wasn't anywhere for them to move up to. Associate opinion was never taken seriously, and nobody ever seemed to understand where we were coming from when we raised complaints. When there were HR issues, we would call multiple times per day but could never in touch with anyone to voice our problems to. Associates as a whole are taken advantage of. Pay was terrible, and after 4 years of working there I think my hourly wage went up by 92 cents. It wasn't uncommon to have new employees with no experience to be paid more than old associates. We were never given the opportunity to have a formal review with a manager, and thus were never given an opportunity to discuss our wage. Store technology is extremely behind-the-times. The product is no longer unique, which made it difficult to sell to customers. There came a time that our store was in jeopardy and needed to have substitute managers from other stores come to work with us. They were extremely disrespectful and treated us like trash. If you have self respect, please don't work for this company.