Pros
I had a great store manager and great coworkers.
Cons
There was no real opportunity for raises. People I was working with were making barely $1 more per hour than when they started. Starting a $10.25/hr in lumber/building materials where you perform physical labor while understaffed and never being caught up. Dept. Sup. was only making $15/hr. I made that at an internship in college with zero real responsibility. This is a high cost of living area and a department supervisor gets paid $15?!? High turnover: You can't keep hard-working, knowledgeable employees at such a low rate. It seemed apparent that those workers who needed the job most were least likely to see a raise. When they knew the worker had little opportunities to move elsewhere they weren't inclined to offer any better compensation for the good work they did.
