Pros
The enormous wealth of knowledge you can gain from experienced team members, knowing about the deals and promotions before anyone else, ability to earn decent vacation and paid time off based on the hours you work. Also, they have a vast amount of knowledge on the company intranet so that you can search and learn basically anything about the functions within the store and the various products.
Cons
The biggest downfall that I've found while working at Babies R Us is the lack of professionalism through out the company. Every where from store level all the way up to corporate it seems like there isn't much follow through and there is a general lack of commitment. There are high expectations for the Dept. Supervisors (and part time associates, for that matter) yet no training program set in place. Its a sink or swim mentality and you are ultimately the decider of your fate in the company. There are a lot of empty promises and very few rewards for your accomplishments. Hard work is expected and the only reward you get is a pin for your name tag. They consistently do contrary to what they promise and blame it on the circumstances. They promise and/or threaten to keep written proof of accomplishments and pitfalls in order to manipulate a persons performance. There is very little management involvement and straight answers are difficult to come by. A lot of issues seem to be taken personally and you can always find management standing around gossiping with their favorite associates. Over all it is a very frustrating atmosphere to work in and the only thing that has kept me there so long is the Supervisor team I work along side.