Pros
At its best, the company offered personal development to young women (and men of course) and taught valuable skills for later careers. The discount on apparel was also nice, as was the stipend for fitness classes.
Cons
Created an environment where you were at times set up to fail and had no support because of the culture of extreme personal responsibility - employees were always pushed to take responsibility and accountability while upper management and company policy never did. The scope and breadth of some of the job responsibilities for one person was at times breathtaking. In-store jobs are not friendly to those with later-stage life needs (children, solid benefits, salary that supports a stable life in San Francisco) and corporate jobs are hard to come by, even for those with the company for years and years.