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Long hours Very physically strenuous (be prepared to sweat and strain almost every day) High stress (always busy, always having to process freight - every day, all year) Indifferent senior management Poor or inadequate training Very poor work-life balance (inhumane scheduling, fatigue) Cookie cutter social expectation - clear expectations on which personality types are desirable. This can lead to a high school-like environment where some people clearly belong and some don't. This can negatively impact morale and even mental health in some cases. Implicitly sexist environment - Due to the physical demands to repeatedly lift or move heavy items, many female staff members frequently page male team members to lift or move items that female team members can lift either solely or in pairs.

Expectations are unrealistic and failure to reach them is punished. Also, expectations change constantly which shows a disconnect between what stores actually experience on a day to day basis and what upper, senior level management thinks happens in stores. Work life balance for management is not good. This is not a 40-50 hour job. The way merchandise is shipped, processed and merchandised is extremely laborious and tedious. All team members including store management will work extremely hard. This is a very physical job. Pay to hourly associates is not good. Teamed with the hard work demanded of everyone, there is high attrition and it is very hard to maintain talented store teams. Schedules for truck, markdowns and merchandising change constantly, even after store schedules have been posted. This causes management to constantly move shifts around and ask people to work different hours than what was originally scheduled.