Plaid Pantry

This is not a convenience store, this is the corporate headquarters.
I rate it 3, A-​OK, because the work for this company is fine on the store end. (Never worked in the office, nor have many others since that work is more difficult to get.)
They say that the company promotes from within, but this is not accurate. Two of the district managers (They «manage» *spit* dozens of stores and have area managers under them that «manage» the store managers themselves.) The two district managers that run most of Oregon were both promoted into those positions from outside the company, which puts paid to that notion rather soundly.
My area manager was quite excellent, but I had the misfortune of being under one of the aforementioned district managers (my boss’s boss’s boss), both of whom knew nothing about how the store works from the lowly end of cashiering or stocking. In other words, you will receive criticism over your performance from people that don’t know anything about it. Helpful. They also like to give raises at a level that I call «entirely insulting». In other words, they will find ways to get away with giving you shit raises unless your area or store manager goes to bat for you.
As for the work, it is pretty easy depending on the store. Very busy stores are a lot worse but then it is more important to consider the socio-​economic spread of people that will be coming in. Your preference in this matter will vary but too many poor or rich people and you might find in yourself a strange compulsion for murder and violence. Restrain it.
Do your work semi-​competently and if you get offered a promotion, think twice: I got promoted and received much less in benefits than I was lead to believe. Also: DO NOT become a «second» assistant manager, you will probably not get the bonus that you are supposed to get each month if you pass store inspection, most likely all of it will go to the «first» assistant manager, even if he or she is not the one doing the paperwork at that time, which is total horseshit. This happened to me over most of my «being an assistant manager» time at Plaid Pantry.
Lo, my cup, she overflows with bitterness and low income.