-Minimum training, with maximum expectations.
-Low pay at $19 an hour (not enough to survive on in Portland, which requires more than $25 an hour). Minimal raises, between $0.50 to $1.00 annual raises.
-Bad work environment: When I first joined, my immediate coworkers told me to my face they were betting whether I would "make it or not". It felt like a toxic frat-bro environment, and I genuinely didn't feel comfortable or enjoy a single day working at Chris King.
The sales team was the most negative and least helpful team I've ever personally worked with. I couldn't even ask simple questions without getting either a snarky, sarcastic, or unhelpful response. This was usually over product knowledge that I wasn't provided in the first place, or didn't have the experience and repetition to know about. It got to the point where I wouldn't talk to my immediate coworkers all day because they were straight-up unfriendly to me.
-Management: Corporate, distant, unhelpful. I was given less than a week's notice to "improve my performance", prior to being let go. This was about product knowledge that I was given insufficient training for. They also "cited me" for issues that I had corrected many weeks prior after being provided feedback. It genuinely felt like I was being set up for failure and then I was let go suddenly without so much as a goodbye.
I can't stress enough how bad working at Chris King has been over the last few months, and I feel relieved to no longer be in such a toxic work environment. It's a shame, because the products are awesome and the company has a ton of great history.