Good pay but Toxic workplace - Team Leader Co-op Employee Review

2.0
Aug 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good pay - A lot of other young people working there that you can get along with.

Cons

- Extremely toxic workplace, area manager has favourites and therefore, when you have an issue with one of her favourites, it doesn't get resolved. - They expect your whole life to revolve around the job even if you are just working part time alongside university. - If you work overtime, you wont see that pay until next months pay check. - Constant shoplifting, that you are apparently not allowed to sort out the shoplifters, but will also be made to feel like its your fault if they get away with a large quantity of stuff. - No security guards.

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Co-op Response
7mo
Thank you for your review and feedback. We're sorry that you feel this way. In regard to shoplifting, we apply a safety-first policy, in that colleagues should not to attempt to intervene. If you've been made to feel responsible then this is not acceptable and suggests that there is a misunderstanding on what our policy entails. You've also made some serious allegations about your operations manager and we'd like to know more about this. Please use the former colleague contact form to tell us more about your experience. You can find the form at colleagues.coop.co.uk/contacts

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Cons

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Co-op Response
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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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