Primark reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,155 total reviews)
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Eoin Tonge

60% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Primark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,155 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
Oct 14, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Other members of staff are friendly and will help you out. You have fixed hours each week so there is no rota in place for shop floor staff. Atleast you know what your regular hours are. If you work the weekdays, you will automatically get your bank holidays.

Cons

Terrible people management by those at the top who speak to supervisors and operatives like slaves. They dictate how the store should be run, yet have no idea how to practise what they preach. Lack of praise and progression within this business unless you get through the back door. The pay is minimum wage for shop floor staff and a few pennies more for supervisors. You get no discount, no bonus, no clothing allowance, no benefits. Nothing. You will get disciplined if work more than 40 hours in one week. You get accused of stealing by the manager. You work extremely hard long repetitive back braking days on your feet without a break. And the customers have absolutely no respect for what you do!

1.0
Mar 7, 2013

Gross misconduct by supervisors encouraged

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None at all, don't apply for a job

Cons

Supervisors are inexperienced, management are rude. Staff cannot complain when harassed as managers do not care and hr treat you like scum.

2.0
Dec 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There were virtually no pros of working at Primark other than that they paid you for the hours you did and kept to legal employment requirements.

Cons

Awful managers who obviously had no levels of training and put lots of pressure on staff to do additional overtime even if they didn't want to. No benefits for working for the company.

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