As of April 2009, Barnes & Noble has begun threatening its employees with job termination if they fail to meet a strict quota of "Member Card" sales. The quota is a percentage based on the number of cash register transactions the employee handles in course of a month (managers, of course, are immune from this requirement). This nonetheless creates an imbalance and unfairness, as not all employees receive the same number of hours per month, nor the same number of hours at the cash registers, which means that a full-time employee who... read full review »