Pros
A nice building to work in. Comparable insurance to competitors. Low customer traffic, so low stress.
Cons
Low pay. 1-2 % pay increases, if you're lucky. Little chance to advance. Stores are run with very small staffs. Upper management changes yearly, if not more often. Company declining in sales and traffic, while competitors are doing much better. There are no longer Store Managers or Assistant Managers in stores, they are run by Shift Supervisors who now do manager and assistants job for less pay. They are overseen by "Pod Managers" who oversee 5 stores each. Since Managers and Assistants are gone, if you're a shift that is as far as you can advance. When a Pod Manager position has opened they hire from outside the company. Like most retail nowadays, the District Managers tend to "micromanage" and criticise as much as possible. There has been tremendous turnover in the past three years, you never know how long a district manager will last, and each one wants different things. The stores are so low volume now because of all of upper mgts. bad decisions, that they are easy to run, but you will be lonely, as you will run the store by yourself for a long time each day. Working here now is just a job to get by with, not a career, but you can't tell management that of course!
