Vantaggi
- Overall, it is an easy job - Perfect for college or university students - (Usually) flexible hours/easily resolved rota-based issues - Greater job security in a concept store (Stores the white shelving rather than wire) - Through Mid-January to early October, drops in sales means less customers and therefore less stress - Playing with the products can be fun (turns out, you can get very creative through boredom) - If you get a fun team that pulls together when it gets tough, the atmosphere can be fantastic
Svantaggi
- Unless you're in a near-CEO position, don't get comfy. Even the regional managers get replaced very quickly. - If you work in a non-concept store, Q4 of the year is Judgement Day for you. You better hope you make targets, otherwise it's the chop for everyone involved. - Benefits used to be fantastic, but have now been reduced to nothing. - Profit is priority over everything. Your health? Nope. I've heard of staff members receiving death threats over preventing thefts of £15.00 drones. - HUGE markup on most products.It feels like theft when a prroducts retail price is 200% the cost price. - Like most of retail, Christmas is hell on earth. In certain stores, you could be hitting £30k in one day. Pray you don't get a customer in the queue with a complaint or a returned product. - Speaking of returns, it's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. The strict return policy means we get shouted at from our bosses if we return it *or* the customer shouts at us for not returning it. It's awful knowing you'll get someone angry either way.