Prós
-Great way to meet people, socialize, and learn customer service
-Always tasked with different things every hour
-Friendly crew who will always help you to learn and get better at your job
-Get a slight pay raise every 6 months
-No outside commitments and amazing benefits if you work full time (about 28 hours a week for every 6 months)
-Will take time, but find your friend group, stay with them and have fun, you can't please everybody
-Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains
Contras
-Not many, unless you are stuck in a bad store with bad management
-I had some good luck of working in 3 great stores, so YMMV
-Sometimes can get cliquey like you are back in high school
-Getting promoted up to store management may involve buttering up and being a "yes-person"
-Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains