Pros
I had a great Regional Manager that I learned from and what I learned from him will help me in my next DM role. The company is over 10K stores and opening many more this year. Opportunities for bonus.
Cons
The budget for hours are cut to the bone. Store Managers are under paid and forced to work the store by themselves most of the time which causes the stores to be very dirty, external theft to happen and the back rooms were so impacted you couldn't move around in them. Also it was told to me by the Director of Sales that I needed to train my managers that 70% store theft is internal. This statement isn't true because of all the empty packages that are found on a daily basis scattered through out the stores from customers that stole. As DMs were are expected to unload trucks, stock, do planograms, prep for inventory as well as running the district with all the meetings, reports and paperwork...I am unable to delegate much because of the strict labor budget and the work has to get done. I have been burned out since month 6 and am currently looking for another job. I found out that I was the 7th DM in less than 2 years...very sad but I understand why.