Pros
Really good pay (especially for retail), full time positions for stock and sales leads (unusual in retail), lots of free items, some managers really love the product and their jobs and that can be inspiring, training was excellent
Cons
Scheduling: no work-life balance, No room for advancement; many times, outside people were brought in for higher positions, leaving loyal associates at the bottom. I was promised the world but it never materialized, while incompetent people were brought in that made me do their job for them Lots of weird business policies that made no sense and weren't followed New benefits package is awful; the old one was very nice. No benefits for same sex couples As a whole, the company does things very last minute; many times I was expected to complete floor changes or pricing issues within 24 hours without being notified and not having the proper staff, then getting blasted for not getting it done. Miscommunication and misinterpretation was rampant; no one ever knew what was going on. Vera Bradley wants you to be a very specific type of person, and any deviation from that will just cause your more heartache than it's worth.