Pros
Monthly bonuses - as long as you hit your, sometimes unrealistic, sales goal. Great team members. Most of the customers are good people.
Cons
I've been in retail since 1997...and I can definitely say this is THE most poorly run company I've ever had the misfortune of working for. Store managers have very little control of inventory and how much freight their store receives. A LOT of stores have entirely too much freight and their stockrooms are in violation of OSHA policies. As a matter of fact, in 2015 Dollar Tree was one of the most heavily fined companies by OSHA. Hours are extremely tight. A need to be cut on a regular basis leaving not enough staff to properly run a store. Since I was salaried, I was expected to put in long hours. My paycheck was based on a 45 hour work week. I don't think I ever worked under 50 hours. Often times it was 60+ hours a week. This company, as a whole, has a pretty weak managerial training program. And a non existent associate training program. We are given 0 hours to train new employees. Very high turnover rate. Store managers are bounced around, a LOT. In my almost 2 years with the company, I worked at 5 different locations. Freight, freight, freight. There is no rhyme or reason to the entire freight process. This is a dead end job. Not a "career" by any means.