Avantages
The culture pre-2000 was "Fast, Fun and Friendly" and "Smile and Say Hi" and it was great to work for a store team leader who remembered to treat the team members as well as we treated the guests. At the time, stores had a portion of their annual budget dedicated to fun ways of rewarding team members, like summer barbecues and catered meals during the holidays. Districts would have large district picnics every summer where team members from many stores got together for food and fun outside of work. It was a great place to work.
Inconvénients
Something changed during the 2000's, when most of the older store team leaders were replaced by young college grads who had never actually worked entry level jobs in a store. Their focus was on the numbers, the bottom line. Disillusioned, I ultimately left. Shopping at Target now, I notice mostly robotic behavior by team members. No more "Smile and Say Hi"