You'll need a therapist - Supervisor Primark Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing unless you are unemployed

Cons

I worked for Primark for three years and left years ago, yet I still haven't recovered. The trauma doesn't even allow me to go to any of the branches for shopping nowadays. I started as a part-time retail assistant at Manchester Piccadilly. After months of asking for a full-time position, I was offered one only because I was going to leave for another branch. The same happened when I sought a Supervisor position. All promotions happen only for those they favour; don't believe in advertised positions if you haven't been approached by one of the managers. The job is physical and tough. Managers barely have any education or training and don't know how to deal with people. I only stayed in this job because I couldn't find anything else when I moved to the UK. I wish it had never happened, as those were the worst years of my life.

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reasonable, low stress, good PTO practices, consistent schedule

Cons

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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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