Pros
Solid track record and competent executive leadership. Decent job security depending on position within the company. Company has great operational procedures that protect assets and retain profits (if executed). Communication from home office is usually very detailed and competent (despite always sugar coating the real reason something is being done or changed). Home office responds quickly to issues raised through stores. Most isolated issues at a store level are resolved twenty four to fourty eight hours later. There are many talented and respectable people working for the company. Compensation seems to be inline with the market, but alway could be better!
Cons
the numberone thing i hate is the busy work that managers are given to do each day/week. there are reports that have to be submitted constantly, but these are reports that are redundant and useless because our IT systems automatically compile the data. needless to say, when one of these reports is missing, or late its a big pointless issue. regional mgmnt loves to punish the masses for the shortcomings of a few locations. ancilliary policies constanty come and go based on knee jerk reactions of what is seen at a few stores. regional managment also need to stay consistent and foucused. each week there is a new mission critical metric that we will live and die by, then the next week its something else