Absolutey disgusting treatment of employees - Anonymous employee Co-op Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-None I could care less about a Co op card that gives me a double discount once a month.

Cons

- All but the first manager in my first year of my 5 were manipulative bullies. - 30 minute break for 8 hours on your feet. - Taken of your break early. - favouritism. - Placed on 2-10pm shift permanently for 5 years. No compromise was made with my managers. - Threatened thousands of times by truly awful customers including a few threatening to follow me home. - Terrified to call up when you're ill because you will be guilt tripped. - Guilt tripped on your day off and told you would "let the team down" if you didn't come in to cover or do overtime. - spoken down to etc. - Can't stand still for literally a second and I'm not even joking. - Terrible organisation and general disarray in the store, stock etc. - Outdated equipmemt and scanners that consistently freeze. - Stood up on the till for 8 - 9 hours a day at a time sometimes no seats. - Bad canteen tiny and stools with no back support. - Backstabbing two faced colleagues since they're always younger adults who love to gossip. - Paid wrong for a long time given money in envelopes still not enough for the sometimed 45 hours of shifts. - The team leaders and manager, duty manager were all on power trips constantly. - Forced after a tough night in which you couldnt possibly get all the stock out on the shelves because of how busy it is to stay and finish way past 10pm. - Watched on the cameras multiple times by the manager and certain team leaders looking for a mistake. - payslip was ALWAYS wrong caused so much stress and pain to my soul I am still recovering from the debt and ill health today. Recieved multiple summons due to not being able to pay my council tax on time. Including another colleague who I liked they also recieved a summons. - Worst company I have ever had the misfortune to work for. - Destroyed my sanity and gave me anxiety as well as panic attacks.

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Co-op Response
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Thanks for your feedback – we're really sorry to hear about your experience. I've forwarded on your comments to our HR team. We take these comments seriously and it will be investigated.

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Cons

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