Vantaggi
In the LP department, the scheduling is REALLY flexible for everybody. They rotate weekends, you just write your requests on the office calendar and you get it...EXTREMELY rare if you don't (only declines would be to others requesting it off or a major store event, like Inventory or a new arrival event of some kind). Its a really laid back atmosphere and the 4-5 people in the department are pretty close and work well together, its not a clique though. Good hours, open is: 830-500, mid is 1000-630, closing is 115-945-ish. Not a physical job in anyway, and no pressure to catch cases.
Svantaggi
Being such a small department, its nearly impossible to call out because then you screw someone else out of their day off or they have to work a double shift. Pay is low but better than companies like Sears, Wal-Mart. Full-time is 37.5 hours instead of 40 hours and there is NO overtime...very rare to even get the chance for overtime. Paychecks are every other Friday. The ONLY way for a promotion is to transfer to a full line Neiman Marcus store. As an associate, to make a purchase with your discount, you need to pay by cash, check or Neiman Marcus credit card ONLY!!! LP audits are done weekly and monthly but aren't too horrible to do. Pay raises are every August no matter when your hire date is, and at least for LP, .25 cents is the max. Associates can be annoying when they come to the window and ask for stuff (scanners, stamps, etc). Insurance is getting worse and worse each year. Annual company biometric screenings are a joke!! They're not even accurate with my "real" doctor. To be vague, as long as your good with the LP/OPs manager, store manager, and HR manager, you'll be fine. If one or more of them hate you, your done. Drama with the sales associates is up and down and the associates themselves are a mix of people (the good, the bad, and the ugly). People (associates and a few dept. managers WILL throw you under the bus in a heartbeat for the stupidest stuff. On a side note, most of our cashiers are SLOW in ringing up their transactions, lines back-up, etc.