All the downsides of retail and corporate without any of the benefits of either
Pros
I get paid. I like my immediate coworkers
Cons
Horrible communication, upper management does not actually listen to concerns. They'll tell you they're listening but their solutions are always the opposite of what we need or not actually fixed in practice. Purchasing is incompetent, visuals too. Why is a retail job so corporate? Why am I dealing with a very hypocritical (team first but unhelpful to us, planet first but waste plastic constantly and love AI, integrity but go back on their word, store quality but can't actually listen to what stores need) corporate management doing FUNdamentals and weekly synergy meetings just to sell dumb tshirts to tourists? They're in way over their heads and keep buying more and more businesses to expand when they can't even handle the ones they have. I literally only still work here because of how bad the job market is but I've hated every second of it and have been actively looking for other jobs for over a year
