Used to care about us, but now more bothered about the community!!! - Store Manager Co-op Employee Review

3.0
Sep 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reasonable salary Flexible hours of working Good line manager We do loads of great things for the communities!

Cons

We used to have health care (scrapped!) We used to have regular double discount on all products (Scrapped - maybe twice a year now) We used to get great bonuses based on KPis (now a fraction of what they used to be) Colleagues used to get a yearly bonus (Scrapped!) Hours slowly being drained out of stores, each little technological advancement results in less and less hours in store. Christmas party fund out of date & needs reviewing ..It has been £10 forever. We used to have a reward website for colleagues exceeding their role (Scrapped & replaced with a Thank you email!) Slowly killing morale in stores & killing the staff, especially managers who have to pull the slack & work for free - diluting our salaries Team leader pay is pathetic for what they have to do!

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Cons

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Co-op Response
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Thank you for your review and feedback. We're pleased to see that you were happy with your pay, shifts, and your colleagues.
3.0
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Co-op Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review, however, we believe that you have left this in error. Our Co-op is based in the United Kingdom and have no association with Co-operatives in the USA. We've advised Glassdoor to allocate your review to the correct organisation, but you may wish to review and edit this yourself to ensure your views are represented correctly.
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