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Best thing
The pay is pretty decent since I’m a student, I enjoy the people I work with and meeting new people from different age groups and backgrounds
Worst thing
The stress gets to much sometimes, I work to many hours for what I applied for and I’ve asked to lessen my hours and they have done nothing about it the work load can be to much sometimes.
Kitchen assistant at Dobbies, April 2025
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Best thing
Helping customers out
Worst thing
Being treated with disrespect
Customer service advisor at Dobbies, October 2024
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Best thing
Store discounts
Worst thing
The pay, toxic culture, disorganised, dirty, lack of training, high stress level, frequently understaffed, poor transport links
Employee at Dobbies, August 2024
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Best thing
Meeting people and making peoples day
Worst thing
The pay
Employee at Dobbies, April 2024
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Best thing
The friendliness of the group. Working as a whole with a good group of team members but also being capable of working solely in tense situations
Worst thing
Sometimes we're short staffed because of budget
Customer advisor at Dobbies, January 2024
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Best thing
The people around me and how my personal issues are taken into account while on shift
Worst thing
Constant pressure to get jobs done in unrealistic amounts of time and having to go back and forth doing multiple things at once e.g. tills then stocking shelves in 20 mins then having to run back to tills
Customer advisor at Dobbies, January 2024
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Best thing
the other coworkers
Worst thing
doing too many jobs at once
Customer advisor at Dobbies, December 2023
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Best thing
my colleagues and the length of the breaks.
Worst thing
the rude customers, the unbelievably low pay in comparison to what we actually have to do, how understaffed it is, the horrendous management
Restaurant assistant at Dobbies, December 2023
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Best thing
Good for students, staff are lovely and most customers are nice
Worst thing
Pay feels low for workload
On feet constantly
Overly demanding about certain detailsCustomer assistant at Dobbies, October 2023
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Best thing
Decent summer hours, appalling winter hours, good staff environment, easy to change shifts/take holidays
Worst thing
Abysmal management
Plant expert at Dobbies, May 2023
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Best thing
Few co workers
Worst thing
Absolutely over worked and permanently understaffed. Basics can't even be done day in day out.
Customer advisor at Dobbies, April 2023
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Best thing
I enjoy working with my coworkers and that makes my shift more enjoyable
Worst thing
Horrible customers and low pay for what we actually have to do/deal with.
Waitress at Dobbies, March 2023
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Best thing
the staff
Worst thing
how much work is out on one person
no support when neededRestaurant customer advisor at Dobbies, March 2023
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Best thing
Fellow staff
Worst thing
Management, pay, customers.
Customer service at Dobbies, November 2022
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Best thing
It’s busy
Worst thing
Bad break, angry staff, too much to handle
Customer advisor at Dobbies, November 2022
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Best thing
Staff are great
Managers are friendly
Regular customers are amazingWorst thing
Hours
Stress
Lack of staffTeam leader at Dobbies, October 2022
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Best thing
The team
Worst thing
The branch manager
Restaurant assistant at Dobbies, September 2022
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Best thing
Staff and management are great
Worst thing
Customers can be difficult
Employee at Dobbies, July 2022
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Best thing
A lot of variety and chances to gain recognised qualifications such as FLT, PPT and first aid certifications
Worst thing
I find a lot of customers are rude and are very entitled however we do get great customers, however in my opinion, the bad customers out weigh the good customers
Customer advisor at Dobbies, July 2022
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Best thing
Staff are amazing
Worst thing
Can be a tad stressful at times
Restaurant assistant at Dobbies, June 2022
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Best thing
the people that work there makes it enjoyable
Worst thing
the pay
Employee at Dobbies, May 2022
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Best thing
The staff are lovely
Worst thing
The pay is awful we are all overworked and understaffed cause no one stays we are temporary don’t get food for lunch we have to pay for everything only 15 minute breaks at a time usually not until 4 hours into your shifts and young are treat very unfairly
Customer advisor at Dobbies, May 2022
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Best thing
Staff
Worst thing
Workload in busy days
Kitchen porter at Dobbies, May 2022
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Best thing
The team i work with
Worst thing
Red tspe
Till operator at Dobbies, April 2022
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Best thing
some of the other employees
Worst thing
customers and management
Employee at Dobbies, February 2022
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Best thing
Relatively undemanding, nothing too difficult. i always get a 30min break halfway through my shift, and my colleagues and manager are down to earth.
Worst thing
Didn’t find out my wage until my second shift and i started 2 months ago and haven’t been paid yet so that’s iffy
Customer advisor at Dobbies, December 2021
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Best thing
The variety and the people I work with
Worst thing
Not really any
Customer advisor at Dobbies, December 2021
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Best thing
The team I work with
Worst thing
Expected to do too much, no breaks.
Restaurant customer advisor at Dobbies, November 2021
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Best thing
Colleagues
Easy to understandWorst thing
Lack of staff
Hours
Heat
Long time on feetFood and beverage assistant at Dobbies, August 2021
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Best thing
Team work, meeting and helping customers and looking after plants.
Worst thing
Not enough staff, doing more than one job at a time.
Team member at Dobbies, July 2021
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Best thing
Working as part of a team
Worst thing
Long hours
Restaurant assistant at Dobbies, July 2021
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Best thing
Meeting people, good team, local.
Worst thing
Short notice on rotas, not finishing on time, not getting breaks, bad management
Team member at Dobbies, July 2021
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Best thing
loads to do never quiet
Worst thing
REALLY busy always doing something
Customer advisor at Dobbies, June 2021
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Best thing
People I work with
Worst thing
No respect from managers treated like a robot and they like I should be available to work when needed no work life balance
Restaurant assistant at Dobbies, May 2021
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Best thing
The other general staff I work with
Worst thing
Management
Sales assistant at Dobbies, May 2021
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
Too much stock
Shop expert at Dobbies, April 2021
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Best thing
The atmosphere is lovely, all the workers are nice and take into account your feelings and when time off is needed
Worst thing
none of it! i love every bit of it
Cashier at Dobbies, March 2021
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Best thing
Wage
Worst thing
Pressure and feeling anxious and unsafe at work
Customer assistant at Dobbies, January 2021
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Best thing
My colleagues
Worst thing
The pay is dreadful. Minimum wage does not meet the expectation of the job. The majority of us are multi skilled and have years of experience. When supermarkets can pay 18yr old till operators ÂŁ10 an hour is shocking that the largest garden centre chain in the UK can't do the same.
Sales assistant at Dobbies, January 2021
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Best thing
Working with customers, we have a great bunch and it makes your day, some people are lonely just takes a few minutes of your time to make theres
Worst thing
Horrible customer,s
Catering assistant at Dobbies, January 2021
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Best thing
Great for earning money and something to do.
Worst thing
Can be tedious and hard work. Customers can be annoying.
Horti customer advisor at Dobbies, November 2020
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Best thing
Relationships built with coworkers, skills learnt, flexibility around shifts, caring management
Worst thing
Customers at times, breakfast rush early on a Saturday
Waitress at Dobbies, November 2020
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Best thing
My colleagues
Worst thing
Management, Head office, workload
Core expert at Dobbies, September 2020
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Best thing
People, managing team, working with plants
Worst thing
General manager, head office sending in too much stock
Horticulture manager at Dobbies, August 2020
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Best thing
Have a reasonably good team at the minute
Worst thing
Target selling, cameras on you all the time, poor manager of section. None stop
Customer service assistant at Dobbies, August 2020
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Best thing
Serving customers
Worst thing
Unrealistic budgets and targets
Restaurant manager at Dobbies, July 2020
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Best thing
Discount
Worst thing
Treated poorly and not with respect
Deputy manager at Dobbies, April 2020
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Best thing
People I work with
Worst thing
All critism and no praise
Assistant restaurant manager at Dobbies, March 2020
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Best thing
The people
Worst thing
The amount of work expected
Customer assistant at Dobbies, March 2020
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Best thing
The hours I work and how close it is too my house
Worst thing
We don’t have a lot staff or hours t get the job done
Head chef at Dobbies, March 2020