Pros
Health Insurance 401K Training Diverse work environment Different tasks and customers made the job not repetitive / not dull
Cons
- Employee injuries were common due to the heavy and bulky products which are stocked and loaded on the carts for costumers - little communication about coworkers / one employee passed out in the garden center one year due to heat stroke and ended up dying. They didn't bother closing the store, or telling all the employees that worked there that soemone had died that day! They didn't pass around a card for people to sign ; or share obituary/ funeral details ect. None of the managers seemed to care. - Lots of toxic chemicals and Hazmat cleanup is a joke there. Not enough training on how to handle chemical spills; and how to deal with acid burns. Luckily they have a hazmat hotline on the phones which came in handy one time when I was putting away drain cleaner and one of the bottles had a leak . The acid from the drain cleaner hurt me a bit but i was able to get a hold of the hazmat helpline right away and they helped - One time rats died in the cieling above the restrooms by the breakroom. It smelled real bad for a week until the past control person fished the dead rats out ; made going to the breakroom and restroom unbearable due to the smell