Assistant manager training program is flawed. Spend more time being a body in the back or at the register jumping from store to store then learning how to be a manager. Very sink or swim, you can end up assigned into a brand new store with no knowledge at the start or wait 3 +months for an opening to pop up. Culture promotes unreasonable personal sacrifice and burning yourself out for bonuses that should have been apart of the base pay in the first place. Not really a 50kish salary, around 44k/yr hourly with 16ish hours/ month of overtime.
If offered to relocate your pay probably won’t be adjusted to the higher cost of living for the area and given around 1 month or so of financial support and told to figure it out allegedly. It’s hinted that you’re only allowed to deny relocation / store placement one time no matter your reason or you could potentially be demoted or fired allegedly. Minimum to no upper management support, manipulation, gaslighting, and not so subtle job threats can be allegedly used against you(There are some good ones though). They allegedly prefer not doing email communication and will do calls or in-person visits. Busy and more successful stores often are understaffed (yes the paint industry gets busy all the time) you can end up being more of an associate then assistant manager purely out of necessity but still graded on your ASM duties regardless. Duties are way more detailed and comprehensive then initially presented, but you will most likely not be told about all of them or get enough practice as most don’t do them or think about it enough to remember to teach it in the beginning. You also can be left by yourself to close or open a lot, when the rush most happens.
Just getting the associated level work down takes a long time by itself, as the computer system is outdated and complex and there are a lot of products you have to remember and understand along with learning the tinting process itself. This isn’t typical retail it’s more sales and businesses/ product consulting. Not the most neurodivergent friendly of jobs when it comes to the duties itself, except for maybe people with adhd. But if you got a cocktail of stuff going on I wouldn’t recommend. It’s also not as creative and relaxed as you think it’s gonna be, it's more business formal.
