Pros
solid company. many long term associates. many long term customers out there that will continue to shop at jcpenney will keep the company afloat during this economic upheaval time. i believe penneys will survive this time because of that fact... also if other newer stores have to close shop it will help bring the customers back to us. my experiences with penneys have been positive in the fact that "out there" stability is not the norm. when i came to work here the longeveity of the workers was pretty suprising. I see some upheavel now with the recent change in upper mgmt.
Cons
the few downsides i noticed from the field seem to be the adversity to change. we have done things this way for so long, so we don't need to change. coming in a fairly short time ago i have ideas that might make life easier and often they get shot down before even trying them. i also think more functions could be pushed out to the field that are handled at the home office, if this was to change i would feel better about career advancement for where i am at right now, since i am not able to move at this time advancement is nill.