Pros
My staff was great. The other store managers were great and we helped each other to be successful.
Cons
When I first started ross was awesome! I loved it. Then slowly it seemed that they forgot that to be successful uou need to invest in your teams. Upper management started to have unrealistic expectations of stores. I can say this as someone who sets their own bar very high and was a GRS winner. Then upper management started to have a lot of turnover. A lot! That's when the wheels fell off. No one knows what direction this company is going in, but they will spin a good story to keep the store managers on board. I left. So, the first 6 years were awesome. Only 1 new zone director came aboard when one took a position in another state. The last two years my district manager quit, my zone manager quit, 1 ALPM quit ( of the 3 in our state, and they did not hire a replacement) so the remaining 2 split his workload in addition to their own. Then another District manager quit (in our state, that only had 3 DM's). I quit. Then the CEO quits. What conclusions can you draw from this? There is no stability in this company, even tho they will give you a press release saying how great the company is doing. They are cutting back everywhere in a desperate attempt to remain profitable. Soon there is no where to cut, then what?