4 years i'll never get back - Customer Team Member Co-op Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The finger print sign in is useful, as well as the new rota system as opposed to fixed shifts. Reasonable paid holidays, and 10% discount cards also help.

Cons

I can't answer this without a list so: Poor management in every store I worked in Failure to listen to staff as to what times they are available to work - scheduled for wrong days, contradictions between holidays and rota Taking approved holidays off workers because ''someone asked more recently and we forgot about you'' 75% of holidays must be submitted in april for the entire working year, if not holidays are allocated Pay and tax errors Failing to address many issues in stores such as faulty heating, broken doors, broken toilets, sinks etc. Failure to update contracts (moved from 6 hour to 12 hour contract yet still received the lesser holidays for an entire year) Contracted hours never stuck to - consistently scheduled for at least 5 hours extra each week Customer Team Members often doing far more work in store than the Team Leaders or Managers despite being paid far less: even having more responsibility than some Team Leaders, ie cash handling, till counting, etc. CONSTANT understaffing Far more could be added.

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5.0
Aug 18, 2025
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Pros

Good pay, great staff. Good shifts

Cons

Long hours. Too far from home

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Co-op Response
9mo
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
Sep 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Team got on well, hours weren't particularly harsh (pay not particularly impressive either)

Cons

Overworked due to corporate ruthlessly cutting hours (while hiring more staff?), generally piling on more and more work to the store team without considering time constraints, absolutely no opportunity for advancement while a store manager is already there

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Co-op Response
9mo
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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