Vantaggi
You have a camaraderie with the girls that share your pain working here.
Svantaggi
Where do I begin.. initially you’re enticed with becoming a beauty advisor for luxury Korean skincare and you’re excited when you learn about all the different brands for the first few hours. But that’s where it stops. I remember getting told off soon after for not wearing enough makeup, which I found to be quite ironic considering Korean beauty isn’t known to be as exaggerated and bold as the western style and I was only going after your brand image. The managers start nitpicking your cleaning, followed by your advice and you’re constantly berated for every single thing you don’t do right. Not approaching the customers fast enough, not giving them the most thorough consultation with every single product in the store despite it being your first few days, and not closing the sale with another product you push onto them. You’re made to feel incompetent and insecure. 2 of the red flags of note are the groupchats where they publicise everyone’s sales and rank every staff member, so you know which poor girl will be cut within the next couple of weeks. And delivering products between the branches. I was especially peeved with this because they would make you deliver them after your shift meaning you don’t get paid for the time taken, justified only because “there wouldn’t be anyone else in the store”. Their dilemma is not my predicament. There’s a reason why there’s such low staff with such short hours.