Pros
Great co-workers, mostly flexible hours for part timers, visible tattoos and piercings as well as un-natural hair colors are ok and in my position (in the frame shop) there's always something new to learn and I can really see my progress and growth within the company. And I do love my fellow framers.
Cons
Upper managment often turns a deaf ear, needs are never met, S**t rolls downhill REAL fast. I started out as a seasonal sales associate and was able to move up into the frame shop pretty quickly, however the obvious 'favoritism' that our store manager displays with the framers has kept me from advancing to senior certified framer. We are expected to meet certain percentages for the product we sell (i.e. masterpiece glass, triple mats, etc.) but because i am never scheduled during the day or for more than 4 hours at a time, i am consistently failing to meet my sales goals. I was told by my district manager that I "was'nt even trying" to sell custom framing when that is clearly not the case here. Also, I never work with any of the other framers, so if there is a job or technique that I am unfamiliar with, I never get the opportunity to learn from one of the other framers. My managers are simply okay with stunting my growth as a framer. Also, when we ran out of cleaning supplies for the bathroom, it took several months to get our store manager to order more (we were cleaning the bathrooms and breakroom with nothing more than plain water) and the same holds true for the frame shop materials. More than once we have been late on getting a customers piece finished because of a lack of appropriate materials.
