For part-time work there are no benefits, except your discount. Hours are hard to come by, you're looking at 4-8 hours a week most of the time. The only two peak seasons are back to school (August - September) and the holiday season (late November-January) the payroll is always very strict, so working over 28 hours (which is considered part time) is very bad. You will be scolded for doing this. Even though every month you have a new floor set, new merchandise coming in, old merchandise going out, new standards to fulfill, all while maintaining stellar customer service and keeping the store at visual standards. Sometimes it is very difficult to take on such a workload on the hours you are given. On top of the shortage of hours, there are about 14 other sales associates in the same boat, competing for hours just like you.
I know plenty of other part time sales associates that get paid twice what I do, it's a very hard job to have if you're trying to live off of it. When I first got this job I had to get a second one because the hours were so terrible. There is a very large disconnect between corporate and the stores. If your store does "well" in any aspect of retail (sales, shrink, reviews, etc.) then your store manager is rewarded, and you (as the sales associate) get nothing. It's hard to feel like this company cares about its employees actually pushing the product and selling it. It's very difficult to move up, there's very little flexibility as far as management goes (must be able to pretty much work all the time)
