Pros
-Very simple work -Amazing co-workers -Management is very friendly (local store management) -Usually, overtime is available for all staff to sign up to -Very clear holiday entitlement and booking progress -Free Coffee/Tea for Staff (although most people aren't aware of this!)
Cons
-Simple work = boring work -Job is repetitive and not challenging -Rate of Pay doesn't scale with your responsibilities (Same pay for Cash Officer than Sales Assistant) -If you are on a close shift, you won't get out on time and you won't get paid for the extra minutes you work (acc. to paycheck) -No extra pay for overtime -No extra pay for bank holidays (Weekend staff HAVE to work all bank holidays acc. to contract) -Higher Management has no involvement (Who even is our Area Manager?) -Very disrespectful customers -Power-Hungry Supervisors/Managers can fully bloom as higher management doesn't care if they think the "lower" employees are useless -Very limited career opportunities -Useless Benefit-Scheme -Staff discount for only 2 weeks of the year -Airconditioning breaks on a regular basis - no water used to be provided at the tills until after complaint was made to trade union -Holiday pay is calculated including overtime as well - example: Say you work 8h part time Saturdays and Sundays. Then you holiday pay would be for 8h a day. But if you do overtime (most overtime is 4h) during the week, your actual holiday pay goes down - it is calculated on you average hours worked during the past 3 months. The more overtime you do, the worse you're off on your holidays!