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Honestly, I really can't think of any.
1. Low pay: Only around 30,000, and Japanese companies don't tend to give raises unless you get promoted. On top of that, there are various deductions and fees under different names (such as the employee welfare committee), but they provide absolutely nothing in return. For example, the quality of the employee break room is tens of thousands of times worse than the customer dining area outside.
2. Understaffing: Because the revenue figures don't look good, they cut staff and don't fill vacancies. Management says, “If revenue is so bad, where are we supposed to 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: Understaffing means that one person has to handle the workload of roughly three people. Management also requires a lot of additional tasks, such as hawking products, cleaning the sales floor (there used to be dedicated cleaning staff, but their contracts were not renewed because revenue was poor), and offering samples.
Overall, this is a very poor work environment for both employees and customers. Employees can't handle the workload, and customers can't get good products to purchase either.