Primark reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,146 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 12,146 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
Feb 19, 2022

Extremely high stress working environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Exposed to many different aspects of running the business Highly commercial environment Managers have significant input/impact on store sales

Cons

Toxic workplace environment lead by head office team Unclear corporate leadership Unrealistic expectations Horrible to no work life balance Significant pay disparity Flat hierarchy - not much career progression options No discount

1.0
Oct 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

No benefits or positives at all..

Cons

Worked for this company for almost 3years, no acknowledgment or appreciation from management.. As a supervisor, I was given ordinary tasks that all other staff would do, dead end job with no room for progression as managers were too busy sitting in the office not caring or helping those on the shopfloor, actually wasn't even a shopfloor, the concessions are small in Selfridges yet the management are lazy sitting in the office and talking about their marital affairs - no one cares..!! Holidays could not be taken when wanted, forced to take days off during the year, unable to swap shifts with other supervisors although proof could be provided for a valid reason however when it suited managers then other supervisors were given the go ahead - racist managers maybe..? Complaints procedures are awful, HR is useless, no support from anyone, management and HR are all in favour of each other and do not know how to differentiate by what is actually right or wrong.. Finally have left this horrible company with spiteful managers therefore avoid this company at all costs otherwise you'll be doing tasks that are not part of your job description and you'll be left doing ridiculously long slavery hours..!!!

1.0
Aug 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

There are barely any pros.

Cons

I work at Primark now and none of the managers can ever seem to agree on anything. They refuse to work around your schedule when your availability changes, and expect you to do the absolute most whilst changing their minds. If you put stock out they want you to put it back, if you put it back they want you to bring it out. You can never please them. Poor hours, decent pay but not all that.

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