Very hard work for very little benefits. - Retail Assistant Farmfoods Employee Review

3.0
Mar 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The people who work there were great. Not to mention the bonuses whenever mystery shoppers were successful. Pay is slightly above minimum wage, or was when I worked there.

Cons

Very hard work, I was constantly on my feet and doing something. Lower down or new staff were always asked to work on tills whilst managers worked the floor. The management were constantly stressed out due to the work load and ever changing rules and regulations. All members of staff were expected to confront or pressure shoplifters, no matter their age or gender. There was a very high employee turnover rate so people were always being called in to work extra hours, double, sometimes triple their contracted hours.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

15% discount Nothing else is a pro

Cons

Micro management I’ve never experienced in 10 years of retail management. They’re living in the stone ages in terms of technology. Hourly staff get paid to 15 mins so upper management will try and shaft your pay in the name of prod, no clock in/out machine so you’re reliant on managers clocking you accurately. Everything they do is just weird and backwards. They don’t believe in employee law, 11 hour rest period being the big one.

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