Good first step after college - Management Trainee City Furniture Employee Review

Retail life. You will work EVERY Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Holidays off? Wishful thinking. You get Thanksgiving & Christmas Day off. That's it! No BBQ's with family/friends, you won't have the opportunity to go to GVille/Tally for a Saturday game. Or a Dolphins game on Sunday. When your friends are at the beach or having fun on the weekends you're working until 6 or 9 on Saturdays & 5/6 on Sundays. You MIGHT get 1 or 2 individual weekend days off your 1st year but count on working 50 Sat & Sundays that year. Your salary is only guaranteed for the 1st year TOPS. In order to stay in the program you'll have to CONSISTENTLY be either the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd best MIT out of about 15. Good odds. You will have Super High sales goals that without luck, will require you to work 6 day weeks to consistently hit. You'll be required to sell warranties, if you don't, you'll be on the 6-12 month employment plan. Like all jobs, there's politics for advancement, most of which will be out of your control. It's all about your #'s! If you have high #'s you'll be treated like a God, if not, well, they bring in 2 batches of MIT's a year for a reason. In conclusion, great 1st job post college. If holidays & weekends are no big deal to you & you want to pull doubles on Saturdays & come in an extra day every other week you'll have guaranteed success! If you put in the hours you can definitely make some good coin here, but it takes social sacrifice that most early 20's college grads aren't willing to make. Don't let them overly woo you at the job fairs. Last thing to remember, they'll "guarantee" you $45k a year BASE salary with commission overage potential & assure you that you'll make considerably more than the BASE. This is the misinformation they use to woo you. Your bi-weekly MIT salary is $1500 ($750 weekly). THIS ONLY LASTS A MAXIMUM OF 1 YEAR!! 52 x 750 = $39,000. Still a good salary for no more than you do but I took this job assuming I'd make $865/weekly (45000). $460/month less than what I factored into a budget is quite a hit. The catch? IF. And that's a big IF, you in fact make it through an entire year without getting demoted, fired or quitting they will pay you the difference between your Gross Income & $45,000. I'd estimate 2/3 or 3/4 of the MIT's won't make it a full year due to either performance or quitting due to the social sacrifice & never see this $. Kinda shady. You've been warned! Although they WILL honor a $45k commitment after 1 year (statistically you won't make it a year & they know it), it's shady, misleading & unethical to call it $45k BASE. Any additional pay from performance that raises your Gross Income simply reduces the amount they reimburse you at the end. But hey, $45k sounds a LOT better than $39k at the job fair!! Let me finish by reiterating this is a GREAT company, I'm simply presenting the facts. You're welcome for the review! Hopefully it helps.