Awful - Team Leader Co-op Employee Review

1.0
Oct 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Double discount, hourly rate, often local

Cons

The sheer expectation of what you're expected to do and in the time you have to do it is not at all realistic. Forever working through breaks to play catch up. Deliveroo, don't even get me started on that. By law you're entitled to a 20 minute uninterrupted break if you work 6 hours+. You work 1 on 1 so you run the store and someone works the tills. If a Deliveroo order comes in you have 10 minutes from the minute it comes in to pick the order and prepare it for the rider to collect regardless of the size of the order. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Store managers are mostly male, middle aged sexist perverts, who have failed to make it in supermarkets. Expect to work many hours unpaid, almost an expectation as part of the job. As with most retail jobs, you're promised the world but it never happens.

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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
10mo
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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