Ask the right questions - Part Time Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

I was only in the company for a year and a half but from what I gathered is "part-time" workers are low on the totem pole unless you want to advance and be a part-time key holder (only if you have reliable transportation). I believe it is limited when they want "reliable transportation" because amazing workers cannot afford a car and afford the salary you offer at $11.00/hr. You have to take into consideration if that employee has an amazing track record and their store manager praises them to the high heavens then why block them from advancing because they don't have a car? Hours are 25 hours a week, no breaks especially if you have an understaffed store. A lot of backbreaking lifting of 5-gallon buckets. Open on every holiday unless Christmas and thanksgiving. Most times depending on location the area is super slow. City and District Managers sometimes overlook you because you are part-time. We matter too. Customers can be ruthless to you and do we as part-timers get praise for handling ourselves in those situations? Not really. If you are a part-timer who is just there to breeze by then ignore this. But, if you are a part-timer that MAY want to advance then ask the right questions and see what steps you have to take to get to where you want to be because most steps that Sherwin Williams suggests may not be RIGHT for you. There are always options. Also, lack of bonuses for part-timers even though they are there busting their butts as well as the assistant and store manager. There are "sales" call rides with sales reps that are optional/required with assistant/store managers but like me, I had to push to get noticed and go on sales to prove to them I am more than just a part-timer.