Pros
Relaxed dress code Flexible hours Easy interview / hiring process They reward you with a lot of money if you catch employee theft A job
Cons
So many. Managers did not communicate well with each other, communication between employees was bad, and there was no real training on the job. Everyone is too busy to answer questions. It was very, "Why aren't you finished with this task we never told you existed? Are you stupid?" This could be specific to my location, but I doubt it. Because it seemed like the main problem was that the managers were being over-worked and under-appreciated, so they treated employees badly as a result. Nobody was happy to be there. Also, there is lots of propaganda, which is shady. They show a series of DVDs during training, and one of them is about how it's bad for employees to join unions. Without explaining what a union is, they show a series of actors in TJ Maxx/Marshall's/Homegoods uniforms saying how unions would disrupt the "TJX family", and one woman says something to the effect of "I joined a union at my last job, and all they did was take my money, they didn't help us." They give the obligatory "you are allowed to join a union" sentence while implying that you really shouldn't. That is manipulative, and not cool. I feel like there is mutual disrespect between corporate and in-store employees. Corporate expects too much from the lower level employees and is unhappy when they don't comply, lower level employees resent corporate because they are the ones making their jobs (more) difficult. That isn't a fact, but that is the impression I got. Everyone other cashier or inventory person I talked about wanting to quit. I left after three weeks and have zero regrets. Now I have a job where I don't get through every shift by fantasizing about quitting.