Pros
The Container Store was very fortunate to open in Indy when they did......I have met and made friends with some amazing people who are thankful to have a part time job - very talented pool.
Kontras
Having commented on the pro portion....The Container Store has not recognized the talent they have on board in this particular location. There are only 2 full time associates and one manager that really work on the sales floor. The remaining full time associates spend a great deal of time in the break room, cash office, or manager's office. This includes the district/area manager, general manager and one other manager....they are lovely people, but not worthy of management. I have been in retail on a much larger level for many, many years and am quite surprised/disappointed in the hours the management team spends behind closed doors and/or off the sales floor (specifically break room). Lots of personal conversation that has nothing to do with TCS. I have been part of the 'truck/merchandising' team since we opened and what I initially thought was fun and a challenge, has turned into a drudgery and a forecast of disaster. The 'rah-rah' team building was totally misleading. It is dangerous work and all the hype that is broadcast on the PA cannot hide the fact that we take a huge risk every time we have a full semi-truck pull up to the dock and it's up to us (mostly women, I might add) to empty it.