Pros
can't think of many. Fairly competitive benefits for store managers. Hourly employees to receive holiday pay, they only have one medical insurance option and it is poor.
Cons
store managers shoulder a huge workload and many responsibilities. Hourly employees also have many shift duties, as well as running register, selling lottery, money orders, phone cards, accepting ebt and dealing with age restricted sales. Often a store will run on single coverage with expectation same work load will be completed as double coverage stores. Thank you's are sparse, promotion and appreciation not based on merit. Turn over in all positions, hourly, managers, supervisors, extremely high. No quality of life balance. Managers salary based on 52 hour work week, company culture is you work as many hours as you need to get the job done, 55-60 hours or more per week not unusual. Managers are required to cover call outs, no call no show, if they cant find anyone to work. If you have to work 2-3 shifts it is no big deal. No support from upper management. Company expectations and standards change frequently, often with no prior information given. Hourly employees, managers expected to come to work at moments notice with no regard to your personal life. Very few truly professional people in field level. store managers are often thrown into a store with little or no training but expected to function like experienced manager. Hourly employee's start at $8.00 per hour. Very chaotic atmosphere. Like working inside a giant pressure cooker.
