Pluspunten
It can be really easy once you get the hang of what you're doing! A lot of the associates/co-workers I worked with were fun, helpful, and made the job enjoyable! You also get a 10% discount, which is pretty amazing considering a lot of the prices there are inexpensive. It was my first job and I was able to get a lot of hands on experience that I use in my current job. The person who interviewed me was very caring and understood I was nervous for my interview (sadly, he wasn't from my store, but worked at Winners in a city two hours away). The customers were usually very nice, even if they were in a long line. I had a couple times where customers told me I was very helpful and considerate, which usually made my day.
Minpunten
I started working at Winners in late September 2014, and put my two weeks notice in around mid-November 2014. First of all, I was barely trained; after a two day orientation, I was given my fitting room training which was with a group of ten other people, that was the only good training I had received. The next day I had my register training, in which I was thrown on register, not knowing what to do or what buttons to press. It took me a while to learn exactly what to do, and I had to ask a co-worker or manager what to do. I was also never trained on floor, but was put on their several times with no clue what I was doing. Luckily, a co-worker of mine explained what I needed to do. There was several occasions where the management had made me very upset, sometimes to the point I would cry on my breaks, or have to go to the bathroom to cry in private. That was very embarrassing. When coming into this job, I had expected the management to be strict, but there were times that they were just rude. During my second time on register, I had been very nervous and had been playing with the ends of my hair when no customers were around to try to calm myself and distract myself from my nervousness, only to have one of my managers slap my hand away from my hair and yell in my face "Stop that!". I was shocked that they got away with that. During my last shift, and the final straw before I had decided to leave, I had asked one of managers before I started my shift, what time I'd be off, as I was called in on that day and I needed to know so I could arrange for my mom to pick me up. The manager then looked at me wide-eyed and said: "Do you really think I have time for your stupid questions?" I had several paychecks which I believe I wasn't paid for the hours I'd worked. I was being paid $10.35 an hour, and you would get paid every second Friday. I remember one week I had worked 35 hours, and only got paid around $150. My last paycheck that I got was around $550, even though I had only worked 10 hours after my last pay; I have a feeling they might had paid me what I didn't get paid before. There was a time where my mom had come through my cash, because she had come to buy some Christmas decorations and also wanted to see me on the job. I was afterwards told I am not allowed to have my family come into the store while I'm working because I "could potentially be helping them steal merchandise" - I was never told this prior to this moment, and I wish I was because I could have just told my mom to not come in during my shifts.