I had the worst three years of my retail career in M&S. I worked in 3 different stores, as they like to move you around, and bar the 8 weeks in the last one (by which time I had lost all faith in the company), I had such a horrible experience. The management team talked the talk, gossiped about each other behind their backs, and their sense of entitlement blew my mind. Many of them would treat me so badly and I just did not fit the profile they wanted; I actually wanted to know my staff and focus on other things than reports and KPIs and "looking good". When I tell people I worked for M&S, they often respond with, "Oh that must be a lovely place to work!"...they could not be more wrong! A number of other people I know who worked for them too have the same opinion. AVOID!