Vantaggi
Employee discount - 20% off everything in the store, 50% off REI brand, and special deals on top of that. Minimal availability requirements for PT - 2 half shifts during the week, one full shift on weekends. PT health benefits. The store overall is a little higher class than most retail, which means a higher percentage of customers who don't suck. They actually pay above minimum wage for starting positions if the cost of living in your city is high.
Svantaggi
If you're PT, and almost everyone in a starting position is, you may frequently only get 5 hours of work a week. "Black-out dates" - days when you're not allowed to request time off - cover roughly 90% of the calendar! It's impossible to take a week off to go visit family at *any* time of the year. These stores live and breathe through the folks who do floor sales - the people with astounding product knowledge - and they aren't paid much more than a cashier.