I'm a store manager and the situation is truly awful.
Due to the cut backs I now am responsible for 5 stores and have had my pay "enhanced" by receiving 50% in plain old "boring" dollars and 50% in the incredible Shop Your Way Points. I can no longer afford the rent on my apartment, since for some reason they want me to pay them in dollars.
Which actually works out, since managing 5 stores means I was spending very little time there anyway. Now I just set up camp in the sporting goods section of whichever store I'm at. It's not as bad as it sounds, but one mall in particular has been taken over by feral cats and the constant yowling keeps me up at night.
But really, the worst part is how sometimes Eddie shows up unannounced and rides through the store on a black steed, whipping us as he smokes a giant cigar while screaming about service to our members.
Some days I think I just just go back to my old job as a hedge fund analyst.