I’m an old dog, even had my club closed and would still say there is a lot of opportunity to move up with this organization. In most cases, the issues are not the clubs nor the leadership teams, what it is though is the market manager, their staff (except the market assistant, I have yet to meet one that wasn’t loved by all), and regional vp are incompetent and/or egomaniacs (not all, there are some good ones out there). That level of leadership is toxic to the clubs in a lot of cases. Tell them how great and right they are, say I’m sorry it won’t happen again, and say yes sir or yes ma’am, you’ll be golden. Seriously though, clubs are family’s and usually pretty tight, just be cautious of the MM and RVP’s, most are not good leaders and sometimes just not good people.
That said, retail is not a great long term career choice. Brick and mortar will continue to shrink (not go away) because of the online business. Good retailers will alway be trying to change and evolve along the way but part of the process again is change which we all struggle with and is not popular. I could continue to ramble but If you’re going to work retail, Sam’s Or Costco are the way to go.
Thought these were some good thoughts and advice by @Xz07kE3-1lqk .