Pros
Nothing. Management experience looks good on your cv but apart from that, nothing. It has been such a relief since leaving.
Cons
Everything. Farmfoods employ 1 person to do the work load of 3 people, resulting in impossible standards. As a result, staff always work extra hours for free to get finished and morale is absolutely rock bottom. No opportunity for progression. The Area Managers and above are all hired externally and have never worked in store so are absolutely clueless as to how to implement the business model in a practical everyday scenario. There is never any praise or recognition of a job well done, feedback is always negative. The Area/Divisional Managers are as ruthless as much as they are useless whilst the poor store staff are worked into the ground. This is a dead end job and you will never progress unless you leave and join a company who invest in their staff.