Pros
The prime-timers are the best thing going for The Container Store. They are intelligent, personable, well educated and dedicated employees. The company has endless training opportunities. The pay us above average, until the minimum wage increases.
Kontras
Store managers spend Mondays deciding who will get time off. There is no rhyme or reason to their decisions. Prime-timers are often told no to days off for family birthdays, celebrations and vacations. There has been a steady loss of excellent part timers due to the managements' unwillingness to allow time off. A tactic in the Chicagoland area store has been to bargain for time off. " If we give you this day off, can you come in that day? ". Why not be consistent with all employees? There is some (hard to understand) favoritism, and that in turn kills the moral of everyone else.