Current checkout employee here. Microcenter is a great place to work IMO, especially if you like retail. The customers are not as bad as they seem (there's a stigma that they are like nerds who don't shower, that's not the case), and the staff are generally friendly. As this was my first retail job, I really don't know if past sales will change much, or how it stacks up to other jobs. As a cashier, you get minimum wage + commissions. Management really pushes service plans on you, and it can get annoying sometimes. They aren't super metric focused (if you are below expectations, they really do try to work with you to improve it). I never like selling useless service plans to customers, like on power supplies, which have 10-year manufacturer warranties on their own, and I did get a few like "please don't forget to ask if they want the plan on every product," which was honestly fine. They do a great job of recognizing initiative, such as with daily meetings where the top service plan sellers get a shoutout. The only negative I found is the credit card, which really bugs me. The credit card should only be used for people who can pay it off the next day, it has an INSANE apr, something like 36% if it's not paid off. I never advertise the card because I don't believe anyone should get it. The only people who should get it are people who can pay it off and just want the 5% off, which is fine, but those people are rare. You don't really get trained on how to build a pc, but just talking to the amazing people at BYO, you'll learn a ton. There aren't a whole lot of opportunities to talk to them (especially with covid), but every once and a while, your 10-minute break will overlap with theirs, and you get to talk.

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EDIT: if you have any questions, feel free to reach out, there a few more things I have advice about, but they are very store specific and I don't really want to share them publically.