Primark reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,164 total reviews)
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Eoin Tonge

60% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Primark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,164 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
1.0
Dec 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- i suppose you'd get to see all the new stock before anyone else?

Cons

-£6.60 ph pay at over 21 years old - (in London as well) - the training and induction day was run by a woman who had only been working at Primark for 4 months herself. - even after agreeing hours at interview and on a follow-up call the day before training, they still managed to present me with a completely different contract and proceeded to tell me the original hours i had applied for were no longer in existence. - I then told them I did not wish to work there anymore and did not sign any contract/ receive uniform, etc. No further contact for a month. - Received a 3rd (?!) warning letter out of the blue, summoning me to a meeting (that was on the day before I received said letter) to discuss discontinuing my employment due to absence. - Sent me email the next day telling me to return staff cards and electronic equipment because my employment has been terminated. - Sent me an email the day after telling me I still to fill out my details on the pension scheme. - I do not, and did not ever work for them, I have a job elsewhere, at the place I rang during the training and induction day once I realised just how unorganised they were. They need to communicate within their departments and get it together.

4.0
Dec 2, 2015

Christmas Temp

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work ethic in the store

Cons

long hours standing up and walking around

2.0
Dec 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay isn't too bad for a basic retail job. The team is generally friendly, and there is possibility for overtime

Cons

Staff are almost always denied holiday time, after management demands to know why you want the time off. Made to sign in and out at the start and end of shift. Poor breaks that aren't paid. Often contracts with very few hours

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