Pros
Discount is good but nothing worth bragging about. Working with my team and developing talent is something I enjoy as well.
Cons
Since the inception of "Market Leaders" upper level field management has been completely uninvolved in their stores. They have NO idea what is happening and when they visit it is solely business and merchandising driven and there is NO focus on people. At ON if you want to be a person filling a position and not an individual running THEIR business you will fit right in because that is all they see you as, we do NOT have names. They put no value on their Managers and SCARE them into being afraid to make decisions for fear we will be fired. Someone was recently fired for leaving their keys unattended in a LOCKED office that only manager's have a key to, seriously..FIRED!! The whole point of Market Leaders was to un-layer the corporate ladder and make senior level leaders more accessible to the stores. Unfortunately, what the creation of Market Leaders really did for the business was lay off all the AWESOME District Managers and promote all the lower paid, unexperienced District Managers to save money. The company is being led by uneducated, inexperienced, University of Phoenix graduates that have the talent of a tea spoon and the managerial skills of a 8 year old baseball team captain.