Pros
Employee discount is nice but that is about it.
Cons
Where do I start? First, every single negative review that you read on this site is absolutely true. This is a horrible place to work. I went in with an open mind but can safely say that it was far worse than I could have imagined. As a trainee, you will start in the stores and while the hours are not great, I cannot say anything bad about my store experience. Managers were fine and for the most part other employees were good too. Within a few months I was asked to interview at the corporate office for an "executive" position. After starting my new position there, that is where my entire outlook on the company changed. You will be micromanaged, belittled, and treated as if you are an idiot when you get to the corporate office. Management does not really care about you as a person but the bottom line. Your hairstyles and attire will be scrutinized for no reason. I got pulled into my managers office because my sweater was "not a professional enough material" and because my top knot hairstyle was "not professional" enough. You are not allowed to make friends in the office because it is "not professional" so you will often times feel extremely isolated at work. If they do catch you making friends, you will be reprimanded and again accused of not being a professional. Your vacation requests will frequently be denied. I requested Christmas eve off to go to church and it was denied - I was told I could find another church to go to with a service that would be after work. There were so many other instances where I requested vacation during non busy times - also denied. Your manager has access to your email and will religiously monitor it to ensure your inbox is not too full and that you are answering emails in a timely matter (not that I had anything to hide but it was really just weird). You will be grossly underpaid for your job, just as all hourly employees are grossly underpaid. Dress code sucks, women can only wear black pants even though men can wear whatever color they want. Just another example of how you will be belittled/ treated as less than. If you want to have a snack at your desk or drink that is not allowed. Only water in a clear container is allowed at your desk. They police this which is so ridiculous. Pretty much everything you say and everything you do will be extremely monitored and scrutinized. There is no upper manager at this company that you can truly. They all talk and they will all throw you under the bus at any opportunity they can. Lastly, there is zero flexibility working here and you will never be allowed to work from home. Even though you have a device and it would totally be possible, they will not allow it. Zero exceptions. If you are 1 minute late, they will notice it and you will be pulled aside. If you need to leave 1 minute early for something, again, you will be accused of not being professional. So do not plan on ever being late or ever being able to leave early, even if your work is done for the day. When COVID hit there was ZERO communication to employees about what they were going to do/ what the options were for employees. It was only communicated after the fact to people about what was going on -AKA Melody the COO stood on a latter in the middle of the office, yelling, to tell us that we would see AN EMAIL on the status of our employment. So people got told via email that they were being furloughed or going to reduced hours/ salary. Leading up to the lay offs, they took away all breaking in the office and if you wanted to eat lunch, you had to eat in your car. I have heard from people who are still working part time that the communication is still awful and that things have gotten even worse.