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There aren't really any advantages.
1. The salary is not transparent: a basic salary of 25,000 plus a 5,000 basic allowance bonus. However, this bonus can be withheld or deducted at any time due to the boss's business-related mood or because of being late. If the boss thinks you are not serious enough or have not met his requirements, he may threaten to take it back. Being 10 minutes late means losing 1,000. After deducting labor and health insurance from 25,000, you end up with roughly 23,000 to 24,000. If there is a staff shortage, you may also be required to work overtime on what would otherwise be an every-other-weekend schedule.
2. The training is a complete mess. Everything is taught all at once, and there is no formal SOP. The stores people are assigned to are usually also stores that do not make money, because the veteran employees are assigned to the profitable stores, allowing them to earn performance bonuses and making them willing to stay. New employees leave because they cannot earn any bonuses or feel uncomfortable after training. The turnover rate is very high, and then they act surprised: “Why are there so many overly delicate young employees?!”
3. It is difficult to take the days off you actually want. Usually, you do not make your own schedule either, but you can inform them in advance if you have something to do. One day of personal leave must be requested one month in advance, and two days of personal leave must be requested two months in advance. Sick leave, however, is very difficult to get approved. Usually, they hope you will continue working unless you are seriously ill; otherwise, there is no one available to cover for you. Some people come to work with a fever and just tough it out until the end of their shift.
4. So far, no one has received the so-called year-end bonus or the bonuses for the three major holidays. There is also no overtime pay when you leave work late, and there is no annual company banquet. This year, I heard the boss say there would be one, but it is still uncertain. Maybe it will be canceled if he happens to be in a bad mood recently. In short, the benefits are poor.
5. The boss really likes employees who make money for him and employees who work extremely hard and do a lot of overtime (which is understandable), but his attitude is incredibly condescending and very unpleasant. Sometimes he watches the surveillance cameras like a pervert to see what you are doing, then calls to criticize you and tells you, “You may not know me, but I’m very tough. I can fire you at any time.” Yet he is not even the person responsible for recruiting; that is still handled by the store staff. What a joke.
6. In the past few months alone, more than ten people have left. I advise everyone not to apply randomly. Another wave of departures may happen after the New Year. All the promises they made at the beginning really were just empty promises.
If there is anything else you want to ask, you can keep asking. I will come back and answer when I have time.