Vantaggi
For the amount of actual work you do, the pay is not bad at all, since it is a combination of hourly and commission. The benefits are stellar, and the training is very hands-on and in-depth, which made selling the products much easier, since I felt quite knowledgeable about them.
Svantaggi
Where do I start? In-store management is incompetent and lazy for the most part, district managers as well as regional management are rarely there and support is nonexistent. The attendance policy (the reason I no longer work there) is completely mad. You get written up for each absence and receive an attendance point, whether you have a doctor's note or other probable cause for absence. I have a two year old and when he needed to be picked up early from daycare due to sickness, I still got a full point. It's crap. The overall cleaning you do rivals that of the professional cleaners who come into the store on a weekly basis, so you will have to get dirty. You are expected to meet a monthly quota, which is fine, but when you do a good job, even if it's consistent, you will be lucky indeed to receive as much as a single compliment. Rewards are unheard of or nearly impossible to attain, but they will jump down your throat if they even suspect you might not hit your numbers for the month, and are more than willing to sit you down and tell you in great detail exactly how disappointing you are as an employee. This was not only in my case, but my previous coworkers as well. Day-to-day there would be at least one person threatening to quit due to the treatment they were being forced to endure. Not worth the decent pay. Want a similar position that won't treat you like crap? Try T-Mobile or Verizon.
