Pros
Forced to learn time management, prioritization, and strategic planning. It's a "teach yourself, sink or swim" atmosphere.
Cons
Upper management fails to embody core values. There is no training. Low volume stores have the same amount of work but operate on skeleton crews. No assistance when there are shortages. No excuses when work does not get done, even when there are shortages -even legal ones, such as a full time associate being out for work on disability or FMLA, for months! Store managers cannot hire until they have a need, once the need is filled, the stores are given no extra time for training these new associates. Employees get promoted to store managers but receive no extra training and get blamed for their lack of training. It takes months and a book of documentation to fire a cashier, but two seconds and no policy or lethal violation to get rid of a manager.