Vantaggi
Due to absent managers or supervision, ironically, there's relative freedom to work at your own pace or just get the bare minimum done. Flexible hours available (depending on your manager), can be good for students. Human aspect - you will get to work with some great people and build a great sense of camaraderie with your team
Svantaggi
It is quite frankly, ridiculous, to get your daily 20 page essay of an email from certain area/field managers when the company is facilitating a miserable work environment. I'm being very serious here, motivational and contrived emails from deluded upper management with titles like 'SELL, SELL, SELL TEAM IRELAND!', when the majority of 'team' is depressed and/or unmotivated. Although there are some lovely managers, there is a clique culture that exists amongst most of them. Private texting groups gossiping about members of staff. Conscious efforts being made by new managers to get older members of staff to quit. Majority of hours being given to a manager's favourite member of staff. Behaviour in some cases that borders on bullying. This in addition to staff being constantly threatened by head office to sell, sell, sell an embarrassing amount of 'extras' at the till. Incentive to sell? Well if you don't reach your targets, you will be disciplined. Simple as. The cherry on the cake, is that all members of staff in a store (bar the manager) receives minimum wage. No bonuses, no raises for long term members of staff. Nothing. I have witnessed keyholders managing stores (due to a lack of managers), doing managerial duties.. rosters/payroll, inventory counts, opening/closing, 40+ hours a week.. and still being paid minimum wage. The stores are in a chaotic state. New managers aren't being trained well and it shows. And the only people who seem to be oblivious to this chaos are upper management.