Underpaid & Overworked - Merchandise Administrative Assistant Marks & Spencer Employee Review

For a large company in the prime of Central London, the salary for an MAA is absolutely shocking and terrible which doesn't help considering you're thoroughly overworked and treated like trash by certain colleagues & management alike. Discrimination and favoritism plays a big part within the Merchandising department, and you can be scolded at with ease just because your team member decides to nit-pick the most trivial of things against you. In short, it's easy & favorable for them to throw you under the bus for their best interest & gain, and there is no sense of teamwork or community because of this. The work culture is extremely toxic, predatory, patronizing and elitist to highlight a few things. From the get go you're under-trained by amateur or inconsiderate team members who have extremely high standards and expectations from you despite knowing that you don't have a lot of knowledge and familiarity when it comes to Merchandising & how certain processes function. For a large company in the prime of Central London, the salary for an MAA is absolutely shocking and terrible which doesn't help considering you're thoroughly overworked and treated like trash by certain colleagues & management alike. Discrimination and favoritism plays a big part within the Merchandising department, and you can be scolded at with ease just because your team member decides to nit-pick the most trivial of things against you. In short, it's easy & favorable for them to throw you under the bus for their best interest & gain, and there is no sense of teamwork or community because of this. Progression within the role is next to non-existent and even if you can progress it will take several months/years and after that you can't really move anywhere else. You're also discriminated against based on your level of understanding & general work ability, this also includes if you have a hidden disability.