ASDA reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(12,408 total reviews)

Lord Stuart Rose

44% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

ASDA has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,408 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
4.0
Aug 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great set of people to work with, have made a lot of friends over the years. unfortunately its very difficult to keep in touch with them when you move stores. Always had job security. Started as a colleague, moving into Management.

Cons

Sometimes when other colleagues are off, more hours need to be put in. Have had good and bad Leadership over the years, mainly good. colleagues at times can be challenging, they have to understand we have to do what we need to keep the company going forward, to achieve a stable future for them and their families.

3.0
Aug 17, 2014

Ideal for students

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent wage for students - Flexible working hours with contacts and plenty of overtime to fit around your personal life - Discount card - I had a very good department manager who was understanding and got along well with (not all department managers were like this tho) - Good experience to learn about retail and add to CV

Cons

- Stressful environment with a lot of pressure from senior management at times - Can be quite demanding for the wage you are on, most of the time you are expected to do mission impossible - Full of immature older women to just look down on everyone and talk about each other behind their backs - Depending on department it can be quite a 'mind numbing' job as you are on your own most of the time (customers aside) - Some training is irrelevant, for my discount card i had to do an online test about disabled parking? and other topics that weren't related to my department in the slightest - Thrown in at the deep end, you are expected to know everything from day one, includes knowing were all items are and a 20min training session on tills (Believe me customers will make your life hell) - A lot of managers seem to have 'Big man' syndrome and seem to think because they have a tiny bit of power that they are some kind of god - Arrogant GSM who gets paid a six figure salary to basically walk around the store all day thinking they are a "god" and making colleagues lives hell, from a business point of view ... wasting money big time - Quite a lot of department rivalry - If you are que busting from shop floor then you have to deal with ancient tills which have buttons missing and can be quite confusing at first, also a lot of the "runners" are very rude and throw a stop when you ask for help - Never feel appreciated - The 'Stepping stone' programme is basically a dead end job, all though i think they are scrapping it now with the new management structure ( section leaders basically get paid an extra 60p to take the blame for everything and get shouted at constantly, known so many people who have stepped down) - Full of "Brown noses" and "Favouritism" which is very frustrating at times - Short staffed all the time, for example i work on a sunday on a very busy department and we usually have three people in unlike saturday when we have about 10 - Lack of motivation - Unrealistic budgets

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