Pros
I was a manager who "started out as an hourly employee." Like they like to say about 75% of their managers do. Also, not getting in that car crash I'd hoped for so I would not have to go into work that day. That's it for pro's.
Cons
I worked salaried management in both the store and logistics side so here we go: Now that I left that place (on my own power i.e. better opportunity) there is a lot of cons. The fear culture there is ridiculous for management. You can't say anything without fearing for your career to upper management. Once you get that title of salaried manager, work/life balance goes out the window. Unless you are an email forwarder (market level and above) you are in there 55+ hours a week. You are always doing projects so someone can look good and stand out. Many extra tasks just so someone can put it in their eval to look good. Once you sit down and realize your only mission in life is to pad the pockets of multi-billionaires and you get past the B.S. of "saving money, live better" and "take care of the associates" it is downright depressing. There is no consistent upper level of managment at all. My previous manager recc'd me for a promotion and when he left the next person said I needed to step down. This is how your career can go, one person likes you and life is good, another doesn't and life is rough. They say they pay their hourly employees fairly but do a search on here (glassdoor) and you will see they pay the ones who do the work less while the email forwarders get all the high stakes bonuses, stock, and other monies. To sit here and type up all the cons would be a lot of work. Basically everything you hear (low pay, no benefits, poverty hourly wages, corruption, etc is all true).