Pros
20% discount on merchandise You get to learn the basics of how a corporation and business runs You learn quite a bit about what your department and the merchandise within it
Cons
Terrible management (at my particular store) Managers do not show respect to every employee, regardless of whether or not they have done anything against them Little to no opportunities to move up from an hourly position Hourly associates are for the most part, expendable and treated as such The company can be very strict with some policies, and very loose with others. Understaffed issues/constantly working more or longer hours due to a lack of adequate workers Zoning can get very detailed and tedious, sometimes taking hours to complete a single project You may be asked to work late hours (a closing shift) and may end up getting out three hours after you were scheduled, if not later.