1. Some benefits and systems at a large company are very well established

2. Working in a department store lets you get to know many brands

3. There is an employee purchase program; employees receive discounts at certain brands

1. When you first join, you have to write many reports, and later there are also many written documents to type

2. There are many miscellaneous tasks (Being a floor manager is the most exhausting, but don’t assume other departments have it easy either, because the company will make you do the work. Mainly because positions are not fully staffed, the share of tasks you have to take on will increase.)

3. Rumors and gossip spread very quickly, so you have to pray that you meet good coworkers

4. The gifts for the three major festivals are company gift vouchers, which can only be used at Shinkong Mitsukoshi

5. There is no overtime pay; you can only take compensatory leave

6. There are eight full-day shifts per month. Human Resources tells you this from the beginning. They say there will be a two-hour break, but you will find that your coworkers eat while working, and no so-called break time is actually scheduled, making eating under a lot of pressure

Overall, I guess the department-store industry isn’t a good fit for me.