Pros
*Decent bank-like hours *Managers are pretty cool and flexible *If you plan ahead your day will be much easier *No curve ball events, you pretty much know what your week will look like *You will inadvertently learn a lot about paints & other products *Deliveries allow you to travel your area and get away from the store environment for a while
Cons
Brace yourself *Sales Reps love to please & cater to idiot contractors who don't know what they are doing. So huge, ridiculous orders are sometimes expected to be done "Right Now!" *Company wants to compete with the "Big Boys", but refuses to use it's resources to do so *You have no control over the air in your store. It is controlled by people in Pittsburgh so if you are working at a store in the south, expect in the summer time for your store to be in the 80s. *Any mistake you make expect higher management to caution you, but when they make mistakes for your store you usually get a "Deal with it" type of answer. * Customers never understand how paint stores operate. Expect 5-6 matches being expected to be finished "Right Now!" *Some other store managers sometimes drag their feet when it comes to transfers. *A lot of pointless training and meetings. *Blaming process is a trickle-down effect. *Higher up management expects you and your PAINT store to be 100% spotless. *Passive-aggressive culture in the higher up management. *Sales Reps never answer their phones when you need them. *Pricing is never correct in your system. *Computer system is very outdated.