B&M

Working with a team that on a whole understand each other and respect each other.

Some management struggle to see things from other management and colleagues point of view.

Easy job , great people to work wuth

Low pay , long hours, lack of recognition, people get treated differently, lot of stress

Since a large portion of our staff (sales assistants) are students, managers are pretty understanding when you need to take time off for study.
We have a group chat in which people can ask for shift swaps/covers and people normally respond fairly quickly.

Despite being a very busy store, there are only 6 tills which all require a member of staff to use (rather than self-service) which means that during peak times (especially the weekend) the queues are often the whole way down the store. This also means that customers get bored of waiting and leave their full trolleys and baskets in the aisles.
Only certain staff are authorised to perform refunds/returns and so to do so you need to call for a supervisor which can sometimes take a while.

Friendly team, positive atmosphere, good experience for customer service, management adjust hours to fit my uni schedule

High number of pallets, high expectations for a smaller team of staff

Team efforts and the friendly staff

Tough customers and days that are understaffed

Colleagues

Wages are poor not even the living wage despite huge profits

Making friends and how nice staff are

Management and how they test people who are younger than them and don’t let you go on break unless it’s at start of shift

Bullying late nights and no control over the amount of people that are allowed in the shop

Poor management. Blatantly no health and safety training given. No new starter induction. No advice given but management are quick to pull you up on your short comings, which is pretty hilarious considering as a newbie you haven't really got a clue as to what is exected of you.

The people

The pay and lack of staff

Being part of a team

My colleagues.

Late shifts not shared out equally, no communication from management to staff. No respect or appreciation from management to staff.

Team mentality and how everyone gets on

Good colleagues. They try to arrange our shifts to suit us where they can.

We're treated like automatons. It often feels as if the company does not care about it's staff.

Great colleagues

Bad pay, not great in terms of COVID regulations

Getting on with the work and being in my on space with no customers.

The company do not value their work force don't like it there's the door use it

It is safe, food retail is busy consistently and I can do my job well

The conditions I have to work in, both human and environmental

Colleagues are helpful

Deductting wages without providing the necessary explanation

most co-workers

having to go
rude customers

You have the opportunity to work on your own.

The pressure to meet hard targets.

Mostly the people l work with

Management

The rest of the work force

Pay

People you work with.

Management .

My shifts fit around school hours.

Being spoken down to by managers that don't know how to manage properly. Members of staff making a mess, your expected to clean up after them. Working in a dirty, unsafe environment.
Management dont care.

People I work with

Management

Some of the colleagues

Lack of people skills from management
Lack of communication
Nobody ever gets positive feedback

Meeting new people

The pay

Having a job

Lack of communication

I have job and some good team colleagues

No progress no help no understanding

Close to home

Badly run no communication management are hopeless

The people

How much there is

Experience, Making friends with collueges

Management, lack of communication.

the hours and some of the staff

Some of the people.

Not being told things

Staff members : 10% discount

Good team

Short notice of shifts, very erractic times, no consistency

Flexibility
The people I work with

Lack of communication
Lack of appreciation
Pay

Some of my work family have given me some massive support through personal struggles

Communication, and rota system also some shifts not enough staff working

Friendships, easy repetitive work

Pay

Being able to interact with customers and earn money

not being payed enough for the amount i do and being given so much to do

Interacting with customers, building working relationships and keeping the till area clean and tidy.

Sometimes till calls being ignored.

People I work with

Money and lack of hours

Guaranteed contract hours, flexibility of hours

You dont always get to take your holidays

Overtime is available, manager is flexible with shift patterns

No variety in job roles

easy to do it’s enjoyable gives me experience in a work place

Long hours with only 20-30 minutes break

left to run my store

outside influences

Its local

The money is bad
Some management aren't nice
Expected to do a lot for my job role

We’re all like a family

The people I work with.

Management and not having enough time when they want everything perfect.