Vantaggi
Its a good place to work while you're in school. The pay is decent and I feel that my job is secure. You get bonus pay on weekends and holidays. Employees get a 10% discount off of merchindise in the store, even gift cards. The scheduling is extremely flexible for part timers and management is very willing to work around school schedules. You generally get similar shifts every week with the same amount of hours as you request to work. It is easy to call off...you don't need to get a replacement to come cover your shift. The management in my department is generally easy to talk to. The employees that work there tend to have fairly good customer service skills and they take their jobs seriosly.
Svantaggi
There is a high turnover rate of employees. People around my age (20) and younger generally don't stay very long. It is fairly demanding physically. Sometimes you are expected to lift doors, lumber, or bags of concrete mix. Working weekends can be hell. Employees will sometimes take advantage of the fact that calling of is so easy. Managers are overworked, and when they get stressed out, the whole department will suffer. The work is quite monotomous and you can expect to do the same things all day, every shift. You will get pulled from promotional considerations if your job performance suffers a little. It is difficult to move from department to department.