Farmfoods reviews

Contract was pointless - nothing in it was being followed Training wasn't being conducted properly Management did not follow company policy at all despite repeatedly being pulled up by audits. Other than it being flagged by an auditor nothing was done to change it. Health and safety was completely ignored with staff climbing all over the freezers and not wearing safety equipment. Management frequently bullied retail assistants You were never allowed to leave on time. There were times where you ended up working for free for up to 3 hours. Especially when doing a stock take. If you aren't finished within a 1.5 hours you don't get paid for the rest of the time you're there finishing it. The same applied when you're closing the store. Always understaffed so tasks like opening/closing/stock takes would take longer than the company wanted so staff had to work for free.

Farmfoods manages to stay cheap by employing as few people as possible to work as many hours as possible. Management consistently have to work well over their contracted hours in order to cover absences, and there is no appreciation or thanks from higher ups or even overtime pay, and this is before going into the obvious impact on your social life. Nothing is done about staff absences, serial offenders aren't even disciplined. Stocktakes take place every two or three weeks, always on a Saturday night after the store has closed, and are mandatory for all staff. Theft is a huge problem, as the stores are easy targets for shoplifters. Staff members who are on the till are expected to give the customer the best possible service while simultaneously watching potential shoplifters on the shop floor, a near impossible task. Area managers seem to suffer from that age old problem of being promoted from stores and forgetting everything about how things actually work on the shop floor, expecting everything to be perfect and constantly giving out conflicting directions on how best to run your stores.