My perspective on working at Spot: It's a shitty and mostly thankless job. The concept of staying and making it a career is pretty much out, I've seen so many careers ruined at my store. Showing up to work every day is hard enough, much less busting out the FFF...
At my store there's a core group of good employees - TMs, TLs, ETLs, and our stellar STL. 95% of the store shows up and watches the clock, waiting for their shift to be up. Between their punch-in and -out they try to do as little as possible. The other 5% busts their asses because they believe it's what's right, and/or because they want to do something good for their career. Doesn't matter if it's for a promotion in this job or a good reference for the next job, a good worker is a good worker. If I'm working a 12- or 15-hour shift, that group of solid people is the only reason I can stay sane; I have someone to joke with, chat with, someone I know is busting their butt just like me. The other 95% just filters in and out all day long. At the end of the day, the 5%, the good ones are the only reason I can do my job. Those are good people.
Working with people like that makes it possible for me to bust out the FFF when I need to. However, working with people like that and knowing that some of them are about to be axed just kills me. I love my job but hate the company and the economics. More motivation to finish my degree and move on.