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Honestly, I really can't think of any.
1. Low salary: Only around 30,000, and Japanese companies don't tend to give raises unless you get promoted. On top of that, there are various fees deducted from your pay that you have to pay (such as the employee welfare committee fee), but they provide absolutely nothing in return. For example, the quality of the employee lounge is tens of thousands of times worse than the customer dining area outside.
2. Understaffing: People are let go because the revenue figures don't look good, and vacant positions aren't filled because management says, “If revenue is bad, where would we get the money to hire people?” Then, because there aren't enough staff to provide good service, there are constant customer complaints, and management turns around and blames us for having so many complaints.
3. Excessive workload: Because of the understaffing, one person has to handle the workload of around three people. Management also requires a lot of additional tasks, such as sales calls, cleaning the sales floor (there used to be dedicated cleaning staff, but their contracts weren't renewed because revenue was poor), and offering product samples.
Overall, this is a very poor working environment for both employees and customers. Employees can't handle the workload, and customers can't get good products to buy either.