Pros
The discount was good and uniform allowance was fair. Most of the employees were great and I've made friends for life from the store.
Cons
The store was very disjointed. Complaints were made against a fellow employee as behaved in a disrespectful manner to other employees and made some customers feel uncomfortable, however no action was ever taken against them. Some items were poorly made for the price people were expected to pay, so made for a hard sell at times. I was on a 16 hour contract to begin with and I was constantly doing more than 20 hours a week, often 30 hours a week. When I asked if I could get uniform and holidays for the amount of hours I was doing I was told no as it had to be for what I was contracted for. Managed to up my contract to 20 hours but my hours then increased to 35 hours a week, still only getting the benefits of if I was working 20 hours. I always worked weekends and never had consecutive days off. Whenever I asked for a day in the weekend off I was told that I was a "senior member of staff and was needed in the store at weekends", however many people who were more senior than me or started at the same time as me hardly ever worked weekends. With the hours I was working and never getting consecutive days off or any weekends, I had no work/life balance and I was constantly tired, which made it hard to make time for any socialising.
