Good student job ... easy money - Retail Assistant Primark Employee Review

4.0
Jan 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Overally good student job.. -Flexible with hours (can request early or late shifts) -Normally easy to get time off -Good breaks well above minimum requirements -Easy going managers and supervisors -Working mainly with other students (weekend) -Great nights out and nice colleagues generally -Decent pay for a student -Hardly any hassle from management -Easy money -Overtime available throughout the year -Store manager ignores staff

Cons

-Repetitive work.. can be frustrating to tidy up a department several times each day only for customers to continuously mess it up in front of you -Low class customers - screaming kids and parents shouting and swearing -Little attention from managers and left mainly to your own devices which can leave you feeling forgotten about -Mainly working late shifts depending on store (half past 7 finish on a Saturday was the norm) -No discount or staff benefits -A lot of lazy staff who wouldn't get away with how little work they do in any other shop -Favouritism (this is not based on how good you are at your job)

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Pros

reasonable, low stress, good PTO practices, consistent schedule

Cons

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2.0
May 5, 2026
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Pros

You get lots of PTO up front as a part timer and can gain flex hours overtime. Get a 50 cent raise every six months.

Cons

Was told during onboarding that if a Christian comes into the store spreading the gospel, I have to kick them out. This includes the mention of the Jesus without the church invite. Managers claim its rude and if a customer does it, they get booted. Faced harassment from a customer and management didn't let me switch too a different department. Extremely high turnover rate and managers don't replace them, making your job more stressful during peak hours. Hard to use PTO. Little to no training. Too many bachelor and master holding part timers who get lucked out of moving up in the company. Managers give some people no task while pilling on multiple tasks on one person. Too many managers to deal with (and usually never find) and the full timers make you do the dirty work while they "unpack boxes". Its a pro-LGBT anti christian company. If they want to be pro-LGBT, than more power to them. But anti-Christian is discriminatory and unnecessary.

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