Pros
- My fellow colleagues are generally decent people. - The 10% discount comes in handy. - Certain benefits are decent, but a faff to arrange.
Cons
- The pay is terrible and massively below the work expected of some. - Most of the managers are incredibly cliquey and will treat you like something they've stepped in on the street unless you brown nose or are sleeping with them. - A lot of managers and section leaders are young and have very little retail or people experience. - Many of the older colleagues can get away with whatever they want as the aforementioned young managers are too afraid to discipline them. - Our GSM, who joined our store 7 months ago, hasn't said a single word to me and many others. - Equipment is woefully out of date and incredibly unreliable (across the entire store). - Colleagues that leave are replaced after months rather than days or weeks, if at all. - Because of this, departments are understaffed and the colleagues there are expected to pick up the slack. - The store is always messy and dreadfully understocked. - Most customers are fine, but there are more than enough who are downright rude and look down on you. - Our canteen has recently changed to serve breakfast only with vending machines for the rest of the time, yet Asda wants colleagues to live a healthy lifestyle. - The yearly "Your Voice" is routinely ignored by management. - Management only care and make a real effort to help on the shop floor when there's a visit, because a bad visit could lead to a dressing down for them. If this effort was made for customers the store might offer a decent shopping experience and also make things less of a panic when there are visits.