Vantaggi
Pretty much no supervision, up to you if you wanted to get any work done. Many sales people would just wander the store/hide out.
Svantaggi
Their “commission” tactic should be illegal, not sure if they still scam staff the way they did when I worked there? They paid a base minimum wage that they claimed was way more with sales commission. 1% of sales I rung up went towards commission BUT I had to cover my full hourly wages first with that 1% before I’d get extra $. Any items from other departments did not count towards my % as well as items from my department rung up elsewhere did not count. They also CHARGE INTEREST on deficits if you don’t cover your hourly pay, you WILL NEVER see a dime of commission! The manager showed me fake spreadsheets totally misleading me about this when I was hired, was confirmed by coworkers I asked. Would have to ring up over $7k in products to cover a single shifts base pay, if I rang up $5k it was a very busy day, most days would be around $1500. The rare moments I did see managers they’d tell me to go work in other departments or assist merchandise crews which meant I would get no credit towards my deficit. Had to decide whether to disobey them or put myself in more debt. Some staff in my department had deficits over $20k, it was a joke to them, I was offended by the whole concept. Was by far the worst job I’ve ever had. I pity anyone who works there and find it satisfying to see how many stores have shut down since I quit. I left after 1 month.
