Halfords

Halfords is a retailer. They sell car parts and accessories, bicycles, touring and camping equipment.

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  • Best thing

    The team, the people, the friends and people I’ve met,

    Worst thing

    The company and targets

    5.5

    Services assistant at Halfords, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    The experience I get from working on different vehicles and types

    Worst thing

    The people and the stress of being an apprentice

    3.6

    Employee at Halfords, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Some People u work with

    Worst thing

    The job

    1.5

    Solutions sales advisor at Halfords, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    The work

    Worst thing

    Who i do it for

    4.2

    Cycle technician at Halfords, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Hands on work firing car parts

    Worst thing

    My manager cares more about hitting numbers than set by the higher ups that on multiplications has sacrificed safety and wellbeing of stall and customers

    2.8

    Services at Halfords, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Teamwork

    Worst thing

    Delay contract and less money

    8.4

    Stock control at Halfords, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Fun

    Worst thing

    Unpaid overtime if it’s needed

    9.4

    Store manager at Halfords, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people and the fits

    Worst thing

    Stock

    5.5

    Employee at Halfords, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    Working on your own car for free

    Worst thing

    Management

    3.0

    Mechanic at Halfords, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    fixing bikes, colleagues

    Worst thing

    Peak hours as halfords is a long till process and not like other retail stores where you just scan a product and pay if you want to order something we need ALL your details and then sometimes the process is long and sometimes customers like to ask lots of question which is completely fine but other customers get impatient sometimes.

    8.2

    Employee at Halfords, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    Work on cars

    Worst thing

    Work in all weather without suitable wear

    1.9

    Sales assistant at Halfords, November 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people who I work with

    Worst thing

    Over worked sometimes and not given my full break and expected to work unpaid during this time

    3.4

    Employee at Halfords, October 2025

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  • Best thing

    As the auto tech I'm outside most the time

    Worst thing

    Stress

    7.8

    Auto technician at Halfords, September 2025

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  • Best thing

    Colleagues and customers

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff, low wages, no support from management, always expected to cover additional hours and workload shortfalls without notice or consent, unfair shift rotas.

    1.8

    Specialist at Halfords, September 2025

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  • Best thing

    The team I have round me

    Worst thing

    The hours I do and that I feel like I’m not progressing in my career

    6.1

    Tyre fitter at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Customers

    7.1

    Fitter at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    The coworkers are good

    Worst thing

    Can get busy sometimes

    9.4

    Employee at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Working on cars

    Worst thing

    Organization, communication, progression

    1.3

    Vehicle technician at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Colleges and working on bikes

    Worst thing

    Never enufe time to do all the jobs and not enough support when it is busy

    4.7

    Customer advisor at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    experience

    Worst thing

    never given chances to move up job roles

    4.7

    Solutions sales advisor at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    The mothering side of things

    Worst thing

    The managers complaints about talking while working

    1.9

    Solutions sales advisor at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Hands on work

    Worst thing

    Hours and pay

    3.2

    Bike mechanic at Halfords, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Variability of the job

    Worst thing

    Head office incompetence

    9.7

    Specialist at Halfords, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    It can get quiet

    Worst thing

    When it’s busy and I’m the only one there

    1.8

    Employee at Halfords, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people you work with

    Worst thing

    It’s a company that is failing to keep up with the modern world, the stores are old and are in need of a revamp. The amount of services Halfords offers to the customer never takes into account the amount of colleagues the store may have causing a huge work load, with many colleagues having to skip breaks just to get the work done

    2.6

    Employee at Halfords, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    I work on vehicles that I want to

    Worst thing

    Stress, managing the shop on Sundays and not being subsidized for it

    2.2

    Technician at Halfords, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    discounts, customers are nice

    Worst thing

    been there 9 months with zero progression whatsoever. stuck on the tills for 8 hours without moving, not allowed to sit. management reluctant to let me do any further training or progression after i have asked many times. all they care about is sales and pushing customers to spend more money which makes me uncomfortable

    1.2

    Sales advisor at Halfords, June 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    The pay and hours

    6.3

    Service advisor at Halfords, June 2025

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  • Worst thing

    Undervalued, under appreciated, over worked, overlooked, aggressive management, lack of awareness or care for their staffs physical or mental health. Favourite phrase of management is “man up”

    1.0

    Customer service advisor at Halfords, May 2025

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  • Best thing

    The People I work with

    Worst thing

    The customers and assistant manager

    2.4

    Vehicle technician at Halfords, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    the colleagues

    Worst thing

    managers, pay, shifts either to short or scattered.

    1.3

    Service advisor at Halfords, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    nothing

    Worst thing

    everything is bad there

    3.3

    Mechanic at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Going home at the end of the day

    Worst thing

    Being there and not respected

    1.0

    Technician at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Being a cycle technician does have the benefit of being left to do my necessary work without much interruption

    Worst thing

    Lack of development paths and mistakes made by management are often without consequence

    4.5

    Cycle technician at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    I enjoy working on bicycles

    Worst thing

    Lack of communication

    3.2

    Cycle technician at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Working with your hobbies. The team makes it a tolerable place to work. Some great staff discounts.

    Worst thing

    Under paid. Awful hours for workers with kids 8am open (school runs effected)
    Over worked, barely get full breaks without interruption. High pressure on targets, a whole multitude of targets to meet. Career progression is awful. Halfords hires whoever applies and thinks they can train them to do the job with no previous experience necessary.

    1.9

    Deputy manager at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Freedom to roam around and work with my hands

    Worst thing

    Working Outdoors

    8.2

    Employee at Halfords, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Being able to do something different almost every day

    Worst thing

    Minimum wage for maximum expectation

    7.0

    Specialist at Halfords, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    The banter and leaving the door

    Worst thing

    The mot tester

    3.9

    Tyre fitter at Halfords, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    Colleagues, pay for under 18s

    Worst thing

    customers demanding things to be done now.
    gets busy sometimes and there's not enough staff to deal with it at times

    9.4

    Sales advisor at Halfords, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    hours and people

    Worst thing

    pay and mangers.

    3.7

    Employee at Halfords, January 2025

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  • Best thing

    Staff discount. Colleges

    Worst thing

    Customers, no 1.5 ot.

    7.3

    Specialist at Halfords, January 2025

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  • Best thing

    I love the diversity of tasks

    Worst thing

    Not paid enough

    5.5

    Specialist at Halfords, January 2025

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  • Best thing

    The technical side and some team members

    Worst thing

    Pay and workload

    2.3

    Technician at Halfords, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Problem solving. Team members. Manager

    Worst thing

    Understaffed. Lack of health and safety infrastructure for colleagues. Team members. Lack of clarity on wages.

    5.0

    Cycle technician at Halfords, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Some of the people are ok to work with mainly because you all each hate work for the company as a whole.

    Worst thing

    Not getting breaks and being understaffed and management basically treating you like an idiot

    1.4

    Tyre fitter at Halfords, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Team members
    Staff Discount

    Worst thing

    Upselling.
    Huge empisis on hitting targets.
    No sale incentives.
    Understaffed shifts.
    Stressful especially when busy.
    Pay.
    Sick days

    2.4

    Customer service advisor at Halfords, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Manager is great. Always treats people with respect and know where you stand with him. Job has a wide variety of things to do so you don't get bored.

    Worst thing

    Pay isn't really anything to jump with joy about, especially with how much stuff they push us to sell. Don't see anything amazing for the work you do for the company. Halfords is the lead in automotive and bike retail but can't seem to reward their workers well. Opening times are a joke too.

    5.0

    Sales assistant at Halfords, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Hands on work, colleagues

    Worst thing

    Serving customers, poor training, salesman aspects of job

    7.1

    Sales advisor at Halfords, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Working outside and the discount

    Worst thing

    Managers and work put on stress

    1.2

    Sales assistant at Halfords, November 2024

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