1. may not be given a break if the store is busy, even if you working an 8-9 hour shift.
2. sometimes if sales are low, management request you to complete a work time correction form which moves the hours you've worked to another day, these sometimes don't work properly so it can take an extra month for you to recieve your pay for the shift.
3. Exploit you in every-way possible, for example you require around 10 hours rest between subsequent shifts, however if you don't know this you could finish a shift 9-10pm and start at 6am.
4. rapidly varying hours from to week to week, you could working 17 hours one week then 40 hours the next. The rotas a changed within very short notice and sometimes you are asked to come in within a few hours of notice.
5. don't get trained in any meaningful way, even though they brag about training on there website. the first role you do when you start is sitting on the checkouts, when else someone else new starts, you will move to decarding duty. i have recently done the morning bakery however i was never trained on it, i just picked it up from colleagues and some trial and error.
6. highly manipulative management nice to you when they want something such as extra hours in very short notice.
7. can get shifts cancelled in short notice if sales are low.
8.procedures always change. we had procedure for how long the ques should be at the checkouts for 3 months and is now a disregarded practice, we had a procedure for what to say to customers at the checkout this is now disregarded after a months.
9. after stock checks are conducted and they find out they are down on stock, they usually put blame on cashiers even though its due to heavy shoplifting due to no security presence.