Pros
Good benefits, salary was good after the last pay change. I learned a tremendous amount about managing and coaching a staff to be successful. That overall experience developed me as an individual both personally and professionally.
Cons
The VP, DM or Regional role was not a positive experience for me personally. The company went through several changes and at times the management was so horrible at one point I contemplated leaving the company due to verbal abuse and threats. I did have one individual who took an interest in developing me as a manager and that's when my experience and outlook changed. This individual was soon demoted back to a store manager due to yet another change by the company. The regional layer was there for a reason and when they removed it the store managers we taken off the floor for 60 percent of the tine to deal with constant conference calls, and useless projects that never amounted to anything. The director never offered any insight or any positive changes to my position as a manager and it seemed their role was to stay on their laptop and sit through hours of conference calls so they could in turn hold conference calls.