Pros
- 10% Discount at Giant, Cold Storage and Guardian, capped at $100 - GP Consultation; No Dental Coverage. - People tend to leave on time. Just make sure they don't shove work on you. - I can't think if anything more. Really.
Cons
TLDR - If you have a choice, don't even think about it. The compensation is always low and don't get lulled in by false promise of progression or future compensation - it will never happen. Let's face it, traditional retail is a dying business. It doesn't help if it is a top down family owned business where not the best is put in charge but the well connected. Don't get expected to get rewarded because you bring in actual revenue because senior management will just bring in their acquaintances from entirely unrelated industry and mess things up for the sake of making sure results are not the consequence of predecessor's effort. To bring my point across, previous CEO lasted 2.5 years, was from Jardine Motors UK and forcefully asked for resignation for more than half of the local directors in the name of cost prudence. Of course, in the course of next year, expatriates are brought in to "revitalise" the company. Expatriates who have little or no experience neither in retail nor leadership. Right, so as a rank and file, surely those are distance concerns right? Well, the inexperienced leadership team will then again do what has failed before without any real sustainable change to counter the clear and present threat of online retail. And remember, with widespread firing of senior and middle management - priorities are always shifting. There is no real direction (but you do get lots of memos and make pretend employees engagement bs that detracts one from doing real work). Consultancy firms has been hired in to advice what the management should be hired to do - with little effect and huge billables. The workable ideas in investing in people (there's little external training because there's no budget!) and IT infrastructure has long been brought up by own employees. Management prefers the same advice from ivy league pedigrees than own staffs. Probably because the employees are paid far too poorly to trust their advice. As a springboard? Nope. With an insane attrition rate, don't expect your colleagues and bosses to give you good guidance as well. Low pay, no real learning, no progression and no clear plan. Why waste your time?
