Pros
Staff discount is fair, vast majority of colleagues on all levels are great to work with, easy to fit things that can only be done in office hours in your personal life, training is ok, shift managers at my store usually try to be accommodating when you need certain days off, the job keeps you fit, the role improves your communication skills as you always have to interact with public.
Cons
Stores are very target driven which are often set to impossibly high standards, very understaffed on the shop floor - you are often expected to do a till and pick although this is near on impossible unless it is very quiet, you will never get a full time position (35 hours a week or more) unless you are some kind of manager or have a lot of responsibility. The salary is very low considering how much you need to learn, Argos expect you to be fully flex and plan your life around a part-time barely over min wage job, and don't care about any commitments you have. outside of work (duty managers do their best to accommodate you, though). Senior management think voice pick is amazing but was obviously designed by someone who has never worked on the shop floor at Argos - customers are heavily delayed because of this and it is extremely embarrassing for us. God help everyone at Christmas. Customers are delayed when staff are starting and finishing shifts as it takes ages to log off the headset (which often makes me late) and the person starting has to log on, especially when only one member of staff is picking. When you are rota'd to do a late shift you only get paid until your official finish time even though you are expected to help close down the store and assist with the changeover for nothing - this can be 15 minutes to an hour after you officially finish. Not on at all, as it brings our already low wage even lower.