Pros
The work is very simple and can be done with little brainpower. There are opportunities to make your own work fun. Coworkers are usually friendly. Mates can be cool. Get paid to taste wine and food.
Cons
The squeeze from up high can be felt trickling down all the way to the new hires. I have seen a trend in my tenure here. Employees are having their benefits cuts, premiums on insurance raise, hours are being cut and becoming less flexible (which mostly affects students or employees with children). You can feel the half-heartedness in the Captains and Mates as they implement new rules from Coprorate which usually compromise efficiency upon implementation. Captains are becoming reluctant to hire new staff and are forbidden from allowing overtime, so the employees are being bullied to pick up the pace which leads to more injuries. The fewer hours people get, the more in-house theft increases. It's getting to the point where crew is suspicious of earth other, killing cooperation and moral. Yet stores keep opening and profits keep climbing. Products are becoming less healthy and more gimmicky - basically we are an adult candy store.