Pros
Leading a team you've grown through training and leading through example Highest starting hourly wage for unskilled workers Compared to starting rate very low percentage-based yearly increases for these hourly unskilled workers. Generous shift differential for nights & weekend hours worked by hourly associates, calculated as a percentage of base hourly rate. Benefits
Cons
Feeling helpless when wanting to reward your high performers a higher annual increase. This is goes with the salaried manager's territory in any field consisting of mainly unskilled workers, but I'll say it anyway: being on salary and still working positions 40 to 90% of your work week covering for call outs, vacations, in peak & extremely below peak periods and during staff shortages Benefits