ASDA reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(12,420 total reviews)

Lord Stuart Rose

44% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

ASDA has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 12,420 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ASDA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Mar 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The work is flexible, with shift swaps and overtime regularly available. Section leaders normally friendly and helpful.

Cons

Check out work is extremely mundane. Breaks are pretty poor and unpaid. 7 hour shift with a half hour break. Trapped at a checkout for up to 4 hours at a time.

3.0
Mar 5, 2015

Overall good place to work if you are looking for part-time work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good wage for simple work especially during your studies. - Great opportunity to enhance work experience and skill-set. - Assisting and speaking to customers everyday was always insightful and unpredictable for good reasons. - Using own personal intuition to complete tasks.

Cons

- Under appreciated. - Management ignore good work and don't commend. - Management had their 'favourite' staff members. - Management at times would disappear for hours on end, only to be found sitting in the canteen with their fellow managers. - Management and section leaders would sometimes come across as very unprofessional especially when discussing other colleagues. - Management would also ignore what workers suggested or requested, for example: holiday leave or departmental transfers. - Have to be very thorough when noting pay and hours and very wary of management in general, the management and office workers were not very trustworthy or reliable. - Technology was very outdated and certified safe equipment was always scarce. - It was clear that to work well with the management and the section leaders you had to basically give in to every command they ordered without question. - Anyone who was "different" or "didn't work as hard" as the management or section leaders was usually spoken about in a very negative manner. - Hypocrisy and inconsistency were rife within the business. - Managers acted as if they were untouchable and were not responsible for any action they took. They were very good at passing the blame. - Certain procedures just add complication to the working environment. - Management were always pushing for workers to work overtime, even when the answer was a categorical no. - Always felt that management and section leaders were very judgemental and that there was a hidden motive. - Very sloppy at making sure workers are 100% satisfied and happy, it took over two years to realise that someone had not actually been properly trained.

4.0
Feb 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The times flies very quickly during shifts. You are often working with the same people every week so can build up friendships.

Cons

Due to the large staff numbers, management did not know anybody's name even after working there for over 3 months. Very difficult to find someone to ask for time off etc.

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