Although flexible schedules are nice for part time, it’s not the same for management. Managers are required to work the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day- so if you are looking for a job long term be aware you will never get to vacation during holidays (this is something that was implemented a few weeks before the holidays, so if you already had a trip booked, too bad). You can also not vacation during spring or when another manager in your same district is gone, so it is difficult to actually use those PTO hours. You are also not allowed to eat at the counter, and asked to eat in the supply room (where all of the cleaning chemicals are stored). However they will not provide anywhere for you to sit, so unless you personally purchase a table for your store, you have to sit on the floor to eat unless you are fortunate enough to have enough supplies in boxes to make a table out of cardboard. You are also expected to use your cellphone to email pictures when necessary, but not provided WIFI, which has caused people I work with to go over on data usage. Consistency is nonexistent in this company. You will receive an email one day saying to do something, and then get a phone call two days later from someone else demanding to know why you are doing it. We also receive rude and condescending emails on a weekly basis from the corporate office, to the point where you are literally fearing if you will still have a job next week. The company is quick to point fingers and fire employees when sales are down, but slow to praise when employees are going above and beyond- I think they are under the impression that a paycheck is enough to make you happy, but when you are constantly getting beaten down and yelled at in emails, it really isn’t worth it. It is unfortunate that they have this attitude, because it causes some of the best employees to find other jobs where they are treated like decent human beings. Rather than a build-break-build attitude, they constantly break people down until they quit or are fired, instead of offering support, and that is a terrible way to treat the employees who make the company money.
