The corporate office and store management are routinely showered with luxurious gifts and gratis while the rest of the employees are lucky to get a "thank you" for their hard work. Mostly it's criticism for not being able to pull off the job of three people simultaneously. I mean, it's totally realistic to expect three women, all weighing in the low 100 pound range, to unload five pallets of boxes filled with liters of shampoo and conditioner, stacked six or seven feet high, carry them out to the floor and then stock all of it on the shelves in four hours. Not at all impossible, and that's what they'll tell you every time you show up for a shift (that was probably adjusted to your detriment hours, or a day if you are lucky, before) and the truck is running an hour and a half late, to top things off. All while your task manager is also expected to be the floor manager and close the store when she should be focusing on her job, WHICH IS LOAD. And then she'll face a reaming because everything didn't get done. Five years of loyal service will get you less than a dollar more in hourly pay than someone who walks in off the street. The stores are so understaffed that breaks and lunches are nonexistent (and I'd like to take this opportunity to mention it's illegal as hell). It is not uncommon during the holidays to work shifts that qualify for breaks and lunch periods, only to be expected to sign your approval on a piece of paper for involuntarily working straight through the shift.
