Vantaggi
Good pay Nice managers Good hours, most stores close at 7 Customer relationships over time Learn a lot Feel like you're part of something important
Svantaggi
Scheduling: you will be working by yourself much of the time. In fact, all of the time. Upper mgmt sees no problem with this. Hours: with part-time, they can promise you the world but when it comes down to it, if budget is not met it affects you directly in that your hours will be severely cut. No scheduled breaks: if you're busy, you're busy. Sometimes no time to eat or go to the bathroom. Picking colors: you have to no matter what position you hold. Fun, mostly, except if you're alone in the store and four people come in at once and you're in the middle of helping someone with this. Then it becomes a huge headache. Cold-Calling: Personally, I don't mind doing this since I've been in sales for a long time, but I would imagine someone new would not be comfortable at all with this. This is expected of everyone to do no matter what your position is. Growth: Difficult because they would rather hire people fresh out of college for their MTP program instead of promoting a part-timer or third key holder. I've seen much movement in the company because of this which is not necessarily a good thing.