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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
Dobbies Customer advisor, 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
Dobbies Customer advisor, January 2024
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Best thing
the other coworkers
Worst thing
doing too many jobs at once
Dobbies Customer advisor, 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
Dobbies Restaurant assistant, 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 detailsDobbies Customer assistant, 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
Dobbies Employee, 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.
Dobbies Customer advisor, 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.
Dobbies Waitress, March 2023
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Best thing
the staff
Worst thing
how much work is out on one person
no support when neededDobbies Employee, March 2023
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Best thing
Fellow staff
Worst thing
Management, pay, customers.
Dobbies Customer service, November 2022
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Best thing
It’s busy
Worst thing
Bad break, angry staff, too much to handle
Dobbies Customer advisor, November 2022
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Best thing
Staff are great
Managers are friendly
Regular customers are amazingWorst thing
Hours
Stress
Lack of staffDobbies Team leader, October 2022
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Best thing
The team
Worst thing
The branch manager
Dobbies Employee, September 2022
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Best thing
Staff and management are great
Worst thing
Customers can be difficult
Dobbies Employee, 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
Dobbies Customer advisor, July 2022
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Best thing
Staff are amazing
Worst thing
Can be a tad stressful at times
Dobbies Employee, June 2022
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Best thing
the people that work there makes it enjoyable
Worst thing
the pay
Dobbies Employee, 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
Dobbies Customer advisor, May 2022
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Best thing
Staff
Worst thing
Workload in busy days
Dobbies Kitchen porter, May 2022
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Best thing
The team i work with
Worst thing
Red tspe
Dobbies Till operator, April 2022
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Best thing
some of the other employees
Worst thing
customers and management
Dobbies Employee, 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
Dobbies Customer advisor, December 2021
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Best thing
The variety and the people I work with
Worst thing
Not really any
Dobbies Customer advisor, December 2021
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Best thing
The team I work with
Worst thing
Expected to do too much, no breaks.
Dobbies Employee, November 2021
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Best thing
Colleagues
Easy to understandWorst thing
Lack of staff
Hours
Heat
Long time on feetDobbies Food and beverage assistant, 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.
Dobbies Team member, July 2021
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Best thing
Working as part of a team
Worst thing
Long hours
Dobbies Employee, 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
Dobbies Team member, July 2021
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Best thing
loads to do never quiet
Worst thing
REALLY busy always doing something
Dobbies Customer advisor, 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
Dobbies Employee, May 2021
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Best thing
The other general staff I work with
Worst thing
Management
Dobbies Sales assistant, May 2021
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
Too much stock
Dobbies Employee, 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
Dobbies Cashier, March 2021
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Best thing
Wage
Worst thing
Pressure and feeling anxious and unsafe at work
Dobbies Customer assistant, 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 £10 an hour is shocking that the largest garden centre chain in the UK can't do the same.
Dobbies Sales assistant, 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
Dobbies Catering assistant, 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.
Dobbies Horti Customer Advisor, 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
Dobbies Waitress, November 2020
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Best thing
My colleagues
Worst thing
Management, Head office, workload
Dobbies Core expert, 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
Dobbies Horticulture manager, 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
Dobbies Customer service assistant, August 2020
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Best thing
Serving customers
Worst thing
Unrealistic budgets and targets
Dobbies Restaurant manager, July 2020
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Best thing
Discount
Worst thing
Treated poorly and not with respect
Dobbies Deputy manager, April 2020
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Best thing
People I work with
Worst thing
All critism and no praise
Dobbies Assistant restaurant manager, March 2020
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Best thing
The people
Worst thing
The amount of work expected
Dobbies Customer assistant, 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
Dobbies Head chef, March 2020
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Best thing
I'm in control of my own department and I know that my opinion is heard and taken on board
Worst thing
Certain members of staff lack the get up and go attitude and drag there workload behind and therefore onto others
Dobbies Pet expert, February 2020
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Best thing
Some Staff are lovely and its busy
Worst thing
Youngsters that don't do anything except mess about and are to slow.
Dobbies Restaurant assistant, February 2020