Pros
the pay is decent for a grocery store. the health benefits are affordable. the 401k end of year matching is great (if you can afford to put any sort of percentage of your check to it).
Cons
physically demanding and there is no true chance to alleviate the strain on your body. you’re not ever going to meet their standards. the closing staff is seen as lesser than the opening staff and is treated as if they don’t meet standards. if you have any sort of restrictions on availability you won’t get hired and then they discourage it after the fact. they promote and promise to give you a work life balance but there really isn’t one. the pressure for ring speeds and speed in general is unreal. the computer calculates a ring speed but it doesn’t account for real life situations. the simplicity of the register hinders your ability to cancel things like a mistakenly hit card instead of cash (until it times itself out and lowers your ring speed). and the till drawer is set up in a way that is hard to not get messy.