Primark reviews

- Management was awful - never around, only came down to the shop floor to complain, never practised what they preached -HR team cornered me and pressured me into working hours I stated weeks in advance that I couldn't do - Pressured me to put working at Primark over my education - Misleading contract stating weekend employees can be asked to work bank holidays yet I was forced under the pretence of 'breaching my contract' and stating that my job would be at risk - on my first day too! - Weekend employees are basically used to be full-time employees with less benefits than full-time -No thought or consideration is given to the retail operatives; we were treated like dogs -You're expected to do an hours worth of work in 10 minutes - Bolster staff informed me that the only way to work through the ranks was to either sleep or be best friends with higher level staff -No employee discount I resigned after only a few shifts; I will not be forced into doing something I said I could not do, nor will I abide to made-up clauses in my contract, or loopholes. A terrible company with terrible values, despite what they may say about themselves. Primark is the worst employer around.

The pay is low, only minimum wage, the managers get a bonus at Christmas but the rest of the staff don't. Staff are worked very hard and quite often there are not enough staff members on the sales floor due to the company trying to cut back on costs in order to meet targets. Some of the managers are not very nice to the staff. If you are one minute late clocking in you have a minutes pay deducted from your wages. The managers often make you stay up to 15 minutes after your shift has ended but you get no extra pay for this. Often staff members are asked to be relief supervisors but do not get paid supervisor rates during this time. There is definitely an us and them culture and I know that the managers are told not to tell staff how much they earn or that they get bonuses. We don't get staff discount apart from 2 weeks at Christmas when we are given 10% discount. We have to buy our own uniform and are told off if our shirts, which are black, fade in the wash and are told to buy new which for a student on minimum wage is a big chunk out of their wages.