Vantaggi
Some of the great people, both associates and local customers. Generous 40% discount, only off regularly priced merchandise. Associates should be allowed to double-dip off clearance merchandise. Easier/faster to get rid of. For full-timers: benefits.
Svantaggi
What isn't wrong: starts from the top. There's no CEO, no regional, only incompetent higher-ups including a DM that should have been fired a long time ago for his lack of leadership skills (stop pulling out the management book and be human) who do not listen to their staff needs. Guess what? Every store is different. Not one is alike. Get some new interesting merchandise! Every year it's the same items just different color. Boring and uninspiring. Nothing makes you special anymore. Pay your staff more. Never worked in a company where the turnover rate was so high. Learn how to talk to your people. Happy associates-->happy customers. It's not brain surgery. And don't require your staff to fulfill ridiculous availability requirements when you are not even able to give them more than a 4-hour shift a week. Also, the MOD program= garbage! Sometimes there's no one to manage other than one associate.