Pros
Macy's gives you opportunities for growth. I went from a sales associate to a manager. The salary was decent for first time management experience. Vendors come in and educate you on the products you sell. They also offer some training support but it could be better.
Cons
The mentor they gave me did not have my best interest as they were competitive with my position. The training they offer from corporate is good, except when you go through the disciplinary process with a troubled employee it is impossible to have HR support you in the last step to termination, no matter how offensive they are to other employees or customers. If the associate doesn't do something extreme like stealing etc. they will not allow you to pursue the counseling process to lead to termination. This makes a management position very difficult. It is very hard to achieve outstanding results with negative and lazy associates. As management will say themselves, "What do you expect for 7 dollars an hour?" That is absolutely correct, but Macy's does give performing associates incentives/increases so why not decrease the unproductive ones?
