It was a good experience but it's time to move on
Pros
- People - Free company gym - 10% off private label products (should make this off all products like Target) - Cafeteria - Challenging work - Good learning experience - Many diversity employee resource groups - Support many good causes in community - Nice stores - In house nurse and clinic - Is trying to be less conservative/old school/traditional by removing cubicle walls and having more open space in some areas of the organization - Typical vacation/sick hours offered - Many career growth opportunities for entry level positions - Overall diverse workplace - Invested in technology - Just 4 U program - Focus on quality products
Cons
- Still very formal and conservative retail culture (even the dress code) - Top down management style (Courage is one of the competencies that is encouraged in the individual development program book. However, it is known to backfire in reality) - Many red tapes and approval needed to get things done - Many meetings, process, procedures and reports that can be streamlined and consolidated to save company's resources and employees' time - Reactive environment rather than proactive/creative - Silo driven (getting a little better than before) - Uneven workload and salary (some functions/departments in the companies seem to have much shorter days than others) - Many unhappy and burned out employees - Starting to lose hardworking, core and experienced employees - Many newly promoted managers lack experience but the company doesn't seem to have a choice because slowly the experienced ones find better jobs externally - Benefits is getting worse each year for the last few years (you and/or your family will have to pay more for medical vs before) - Pension was decreased to half what it used to be a few years back - No 401K matching - Very political (yes I know big companies are like that but this one is exceptional)
