Pros
High pay for the time worked. Flexible hours for people who are on disability or in school. Kind management team. Flexibility towards personal life problems. Despite a lot of my complaints this is certainly the place I was treated the best of all the bosses I ever had. And I value that more than anything. I made a lot of contacts here both as personal friends and colleagues. I know that I can always return if need be. And it was a stepping stone for me in a bad time in my life. My Reynauds disability was not mocked or questioned once. (A cold sensitivity) I was always accommodated by not just my manager but also my co workers went out of their way to put things in the freezer for me and switched demonstrations with me when i didn’t feel confident I could do it properly. In the past jobs haven’t taken my hip issues, neck arthritis, reynauds, etc seriously and thought I was trying to get out of working certain shifts. I was never treated that way here and it’s probably the thing I’ll miss the most. I was treated like a person not a number. It’s easy to request a day off of work or take a lot of vacation if you don’t plan on being management.
Cons
Hours are oftentimes given last minute or taken away last minute. Lack of hours despite my positive outlook on the management team is what made me look elsewhere. Rude customers and lines make a lot of people anxious. I’ve seen co workers have anxiety attack’s over it. It’s an incredible amount of stress because people are demanding. A sexual harassment case this past winter rocked the foundation of the Allentown location. It was incredibly messy. And I feel as though management skirted the issue because it was a new thing for them to deal with it. But leaving employees in silence did two things: 1. Made us worry about it happening again because we weren’t sure if she was fired for a long time. 2. A lack of communication made it feel like the same situation could arise at any time. No one is provided Human Resources number to make a complaint about sexual harassment. We have to dig for the information. The situation left many feeling unsafe at work and untrusting of management .