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Dobbies is a garden centre company.

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Dobbies job reviews

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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

    4.5

    Dobbies Customer advisor, January 2024

  • 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

    2.8

    Dobbies Customer advisor, January 2024

  • Best thing

    the other coworkers

    Worst thing

    doing too many jobs at once

    4.5

    Dobbies Customer advisor, December 2023

  • 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

    2.0

    Dobbies Restaurant assistant, December 2023

  • 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 details

    8.4

    Dobbies 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

    6.4

    Dobbies Employee, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Few co workers

    Worst thing

    Absolutely over worked and permanently understaffed. Basics can't even be done day in day out.

    1.4

    Dobbies Customer advisor, April 2023

  • 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.

    6.4

    Dobbies Waitress, March 2023

  • Best thing

    the staff

    Worst thing

    how much work is out on one person
    no support when needed

    2.0

    Dobbies Employee, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Fellow staff

    Worst thing

    Management, pay, customers.

    2.3

    Dobbies Customer service, November 2022

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  • Best thing

    It’s busy

    Worst thing

    Bad break, angry staff, too much to handle

    3.0

    Dobbies Customer advisor, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff are great
    Managers are friendly
    Regular customers are amazing

    Worst thing

    Hours
    Stress
    Lack of staff

    8.0

    Dobbies Team leader, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    The branch manager

    5.5

    Dobbies Employee, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff and management are great

    Worst thing

    Customers can be difficult

    8.9

    Dobbies Employee, July 2022

  • 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

    8.2

    Dobbies Customer advisor, July 2022

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  • Best thing

    Staff are amazing

    Worst thing

    Can be a tad stressful at times

    7.1

    Dobbies Employee, June 2022

  • Best thing

    the people that work there makes it enjoyable

    Worst thing

    the pay

    3.5

    Dobbies Employee, May 2022

  • 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

    1.5

    Dobbies Customer advisor, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff

    Worst thing

    Workload in busy days

    9.4

    Dobbies Kitchen porter, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The team i work with

    Worst thing

    Red tspe

    4.6

    Dobbies Till operator, April 2022

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  • Best thing

    some of the other employees

    Worst thing

    customers and management

    1.3

    Dobbies Employee, February 2022

  • 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

    9.3

    Dobbies Customer advisor, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The variety and the people I work with

    Worst thing

    Not really any

    8.6

    Dobbies Customer advisor, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The team I work with

    Worst thing

    Expected to do too much, no breaks.

    1.1

    Dobbies Employee, November 2021

  • Best thing

    Colleagues
    Easy to understand

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff
    Hours
    Heat
    Long time on feet

    1.2

    Dobbies 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.

    9.5

    Dobbies Team member, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Working as part of a team

    Worst thing

    Long hours

    3.0

    Dobbies Employee, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Meeting people, good team, local.

    Worst thing

    Short notice on rotas, not finishing on time, not getting breaks, bad management

    2.3

    Dobbies Team member, July 2021

  • Best thing

    loads to do never quiet

    Worst thing

    REALLY busy always doing something

    4.1

    Dobbies Customer advisor, June 2021

  • 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

    1.2

    Dobbies Employee, May 2021

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  • Best thing

    The other general staff I work with

    Worst thing

    Management

    1.7

    Dobbies Sales assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Too much stock

    6.0

    Dobbies Employee, April 2021

  • 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

    9.8

    Dobbies Cashier, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Wage

    Worst thing

    Pressure and feeling anxious and unsafe at work

    3.4

    Dobbies Customer assistant, January 2021

  • 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.

    3.7

    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

    6.4

    Dobbies Catering assistant, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Great for earning money and something to do.

    Worst thing

    Can be tedious and hard work. Customers can be annoying.

    6.0

    Dobbies Horti Customer Advisor, November 2020

  • Best thing

    Relationships built with coworkers, skills learnt, flexibility around shifts, caring management

    Worst thing

    Customers at times, breakfast rush early on a Saturday

    8.9

    Dobbies Waitress, November 2020

  • Best thing

    My colleagues

    Worst thing

    Management, Head office, workload

    3.7

    Dobbies Core expert, September 2020

  • Best thing

    People, managing team, working with plants

    Worst thing

    General manager, head office sending in too much stock

    3.2

    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

    4.6

    Dobbies Customer service assistant, August 2020

  • Best thing

    Serving customers

    Worst thing

    Unrealistic budgets and targets

    2.5

    Dobbies Restaurant manager, July 2020

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    Treated poorly and not with respect

    1.1

    Dobbies Deputy manager, April 2020

  • Best thing

    People I work with

    Worst thing

    All critism and no praise

    1.5

    Dobbies Assistant restaurant manager, March 2020

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    The amount of work expected

    5.5

    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

    9.1

    Dobbies Head chef, March 2020

  • 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

    8.7

    Dobbies Pet expert, February 2020

  • Best thing

    Some Staff are lovely and its busy

    Worst thing

    Youngsters that don't do anything except mess about and are to slow.

    2.0

    Dobbies Restaurant assistant, February 2020