- long hours working alone
- must wear dress shoes and stand for long periods of time
-must work weekends and holidays
-must have direct deposit or check does not come for days after being paid.
-unrealistic sales goals
-no room to advance, most stores have only 1 manager and 2-3 part time employees.
- part time employees are expected to act like assistant managers w/o benefits.
- some stores have 1 cash register which can cause congestion during high traffic periods.
- very little training , yet high sales goals
- very slow computers that freeze and need to be restarted when customers are waiting.
-must stick to selling script and demo most expensive face cream on everyone.
- small staff causes very little flexibility, someone is always on call. It's very hard to get a day off.
- daily marketing updates make it hard to keep track. If you only work a few days each week you'll never catch up on memos and emails.
- register codes never work properly
-store managers never know what's going on
-shipment never comes on time
-monthly bonus is very little for all the work that goes into a sale.
-managers expect associates to close on all sales, although half the customers have never heard of the brand before.
-customers demand a lot of attention
