Farmfoods reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(633 total reviews)

George Herd

60% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Farmfoods has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 633 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Farmfoods employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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633 reviews
5.0
Mar 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

There are great opportunities to progress at Farmfoods. Positions at Branch Manager level and above are only filled internally. Promotions are based on how willing you are to learn, how much potential you show and how you are performing in your current role rather than age or previous experience. Although the company is reasonably big it still feels small and you get to know loads of other people from different parts of the country and the people are all really friendly.

Cons

People are expected to work hard and pull their weight although that's not a bad thing, if you're looking for an easy job then Farmfoods is not for you.

1.0
Mar 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The salary as a recent graduate was reasonable in the economical climate.

Cons

in-experienced management, lack of support from higher management, higher management unaware of the operation of several business systems, training programme lacking structure and innovation and lack the sheer courage to be honest.

1.0
Mar 16, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The monthly pay was good for a graduate scheme. The interview process and induction was good and inciting but was a bad representation of the real company. Do not be fooled by it.

Cons

The staff are miserable. Everyone is overworked and underpaid. Expecting a new employee to work 50+ hours for no extra pay or incentive is unreasonable. The management scheme seemed fantastic until you get to your first store. The store manager was obviously threatened by me and my new position so offered no training and shoved me on tills for my first week. Requested training and was told that they were too busy. Was mocked for having a degree and told "this place isn't for graduates like you it's for people like me that have worked my way up." The store I was in was in a terrible area so a lot of shoplifting and I was threatened by a junkie on my first shift. No support from managers at all- the area managers with their big ideas had no clue about what the graduates were put into and clearly had not briefed the store managers on how to deal with or train graduates. On top of that the uniform is hideous, they will hire anyone at all it seems and the staff room was a dark cupboard. None of the graduates I started with lasted more than a couple of months and the graduate from the year before even warned us all that it's not a nice place to be. No amount of money is worth this. I dreaded going to work and felt so relieved to leave.

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