Pros
Store Managers are always highly supportive and friendly. As retail sales assistants, we are all trained to be friendly and supportive of each other, and cultivate a fun and welcoming environment, to welcome our guests and cater for them in the best way possible. The lovely retail staff are a big reason why this job is fun. This job requires you to learn the details of the products in order to convey them accurately to the consumer. It also requires you to manually demonstrate the product on the consumer or in the shop. This job is great for you to practise thinking on the spot when greeting and dealing with customers. The more sales you make, the more you can get a small monthly bonus.
Cons
Some days, the hours get very long and tiring - it's manual work on your feet for the day after all. As retail sales assistants, we aren't given much of a break time. For a full 8-hour work period, we get 50 minutes break-time - and depending on how many staff are there on the day, it's not as flexible to divide into small breaks to your preference.