Primark reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,186 total reviews)
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Eoin Tonge

61% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Primark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,186 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Primark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
5.0
May 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You meet so many nice people! In my experience the managers were really nice but were 'firm but fair' when needed to be, which is obviously a good thing. If you're looking at a shop floor associate, there is lots to do and the managers usually let you socialise, just as long as you're putting in effort doing your fair/assigned bit. You are praised for your hard work. You also get to work on tills (could be for 5 minutes, could be for an hour - completely dependant on how busy it is when they call you on) which is a nice change from tidying all the time.

Cons

Some shifts you may just be folding t-shirts for a solid 4 hours which does get very tedious. Just before I left they bought in a new (old) system which made it harder to get overtime (which I personally didn't need as I had 2 jobs at the time but I know the other staff wasn't best pleased)

1.0
May 4, 2016

Sales Advisors

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is no pros to be honest . Worst retailer ever.

Cons

Pay,Management,HR is proper rude. Unpaid breaks.

2.0
May 3, 2016

Retail Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with some nice people, bank holidays and weekends off, good place to work if you like clothes

Cons

No bonus, no uniform provided, no discount, too many managers not enough staff members, no communication between management and staff or between managers themselves, bullying by managers, sexual harassment, lots of health and safety flaws

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