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JD Sports is a retailer. They sell sportswear and trainers.

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JD Sports job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Fast paced
    Great to learn communication and working as a team

    Worst thing

    Some managers can be very demanding
    There isn’t enough [working] technology to help us do our jobs (I.e. radios)

    5.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Money and seeing friends

    Worst thing

    Disrespect and unequal treatment portrayed

    5.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    the staff and pay

    Worst thing

    management

    6.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Pay for all is £9.60 an hour

    Worst thing

    customers.

    9.8

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Worst thing

    Managers are disrespectful to staff beneath them, Filthy environment and difficult to communicate with management.

    1.2

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

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  • Best thing

    Pay, hours, staff/team members/managers

    Worst thing

    Can be the customers.

    9.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Interacting with new people

    Worst thing

    Changing room

    9.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    There is literally nothing positive I can say about JD sports and unfortunately I’ve been working there for years and I find it difficult to leave

    Worst thing

    Management they are so toxic and don’t let you breath at work they stress you out so much

    1.5

    JD Sports Supervisor, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Making new friends, multitasking and get the latest trends at discounted price

    Worst thing

    Arguments and fights all the time, staff are always rude to others or customers, always stressed out

    5.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Kinda fun, some collegues are nice

    Worst thing

    The pay, the rota or the shifts they give you if you are part time come up on your app randomly, hard to book a holiday. Once they changed my shifts without letting me know and I got told off for not turning up

    1.6

    JD Sports Sales assistant, October 2022

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  • Best thing

    Staff discount
    Easy shifts most of the time
    Good hours

    Worst thing

    Hectic at Christmas
    Theft incidents
    Having to work extra hours all the time

    4.7

    JD Sports Sales assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Absolutely nothing it’s horrible

    Worst thing

    Everything, no sick pay, bitchy talking about other people, management speak down to staff members and disrespect/embarrass them, we get no commission and are forced to sell products which any profit goes straight into the managers pockets, they’re very Judgy of people who take time off and often talk about you behind your back

    2.3

    JD Sports Sales assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount and seeing what is in sale or new in before everyone else.

    Worst thing

    Last minute shift changes and being told you have to cover another store for a day not asked if you actually want to travel there as most people work in the store that's convenient to them to get too.

    1.2

    JD Sports Floor manager, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The sales assistants within all get along very well

    Worst thing

    Managers are sometimes disrespectful and 9 times out of 10 we don’t leave on time

    2.1

    JD Sports Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Someone of the people you work with

    Worst thing

    The pay

    2.6

    JD Sports Sales assistant, September 2022

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  • Best thing

    discount
    staff make the most it

    Worst thing

    staff / management are overworked
    long days with unpaid break
    unmotivated and undertrained management
    management often taken advantage of (sets tone for how they treat staff)
    poverty wage

    3.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    The discount that’s it

    Worst thing

    Everything the jobs low payed you get left to take in delivery by your self whilst an manager smokes the customers treat u like shit and they can never book my shifts right around college

    1.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount works at other stores in the JD group

    Worst thing

    Poor progression and development
    HR are less than helpful
    Poor management, no equal playing field for employees

    1.9

    JD Sports Supervisor, September 2022

  • Best thing

    The people you become friends with and most of the management team are lovely and good friends too.

    Worst thing

    Rude customers, high stress shifts, too big a focus on profits, thefts.

    2.1

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The team #employees

    Worst thing

    Managers
    Pay
    Training

    1.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    The coworkers

    Worst thing

    The pay and hours I get

    1.8

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount and fellow team members

    Worst thing

    Customers, lack of support from higher management and maintenance (area manager and above)

    3.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The majority of the staff are really helpful and supportive.

    Worst thing

    There is a lot of pressure put on new starters and perhaps they need a little more attention to ensure they fully understand all aspects of the role.

    4.8

    JD Sports Employee, August 2022

  • Best thing

    I have good customer service talking to customers

    Worst thing

    Being on the front when it's busy, as I need to serve and be a security guard if the alarms goes off when the go out.

    7.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The social aspect

    Worst thing

    The management JD has kids in management positions and they tend to single people out almost like harassment making them clean toilets etc at 6pm an hour before the their shift finishes

    3.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    good for young upcoming workers looking for a start

    Worst thing

    bad pay

    4.1

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Very friendly staff

    Worst thing

    Mess you around a lot

    3.2

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    what we sell

    Worst thing

    there is no enjoyment

    7.3

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    Not treated fairly, underpaid, long insociable hours

    5.0

    JD Sports Supervisor, August 2022

  • Best thing

    who i work with

    Worst thing

    manager

    2.3

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    The people you work with are amazing. They create an amazing vibe

    Worst thing

    Management stress you out, management are rude, they don’t care if your in education, this job made me cry a few times, they take up all your time, put you in a low contract but give you lots of hrs so when it’s time to take holidays your technically loosing pay

    1.2

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff and the work is easy, discount. That’s about all.

    Worst thing

    Management don’t care about there staff , feeling under pressure over the slightest things.

    1.7

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff are friendly yet professional

    Worst thing

    The standards and a increase in pay would be nice

    4.9

    JD Sports Sales advisor, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Young people who often share the same experiences with you and are at a similar stage in their lives/professional lives

    Worst thing

    Poor and incompetent management
    Usually understaffed
    Poor pay in comparison to competitors, not enough to survive in London during a cost of living crisis
    Dirty and dangerous workplace
    Underequipped
    Lack of training for new starters
    Difficult to contact HR or Payroll for related issues
    Complete disconnect between head office/management and staff
    Toxic environments stemming from a culture of bullying and harassment by managers (actively instructed against being friendly and fair by store managers)
    Lack of respect and appreciation for long serving staff members
    Hot and stuffy shop floor and stockroom (almost unbearable in the summer)
    Profit Protection treats all staff as if they are thieves and criminals

    1.1

    JD Sports Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The friends I made

    Worst thing

    The customers

    3.0

    JD Sports Manager, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    Pay , understanding and the manager

    1.9

    JD Sports Supervisor, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The discount, but you have to work there for 3 months before you can claim it. Transferring between stores is also easy.

    Worst thing

    No progress. Minimum wage. No paid holiday or sick leave. Unpredictable customers.

    2.8

    JD Sports Sales assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Friendly environment and great team work

    Worst thing

    Customers being horrible and the pay

    7.6

    JD Sports Supervisor, July 2022

  • Best thing

    It’s very calm and people are nice

    Worst thing

    Weekends and always being on the late shift

    6.1

    JD Sports Employee, June 2022

  • Best thing

    The people you work with.

    Worst thing

    The pay

    4.6

    JD Sports Sales assistant, June 2022

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  • Best thing

    My team members

    Worst thing

    All of the managers

    2.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, June 2022

  • Best thing

    People who I work with apart from other management

    Worst thing

    Higher management in store

    1.5

    JD Sports Manager, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff discount

    Worst thing

    The stress, some management and customers

    8.0

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount and people I work with

    Worst thing

    The pay

    9.5

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    The pay, lack of management skills

    3.9

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

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  • Best thing

    Till

    Worst thing

    Manager and arrogant customers

    1.5

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    managers and colleagues are amongst the best I’ve ever met
    Understanding give appropriate targets etc

    Worst thing

    Customers rude ones make me question why I work but this of rare occurrence

    5.0

    JD Sports Employee, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The people that I work with.

    Worst thing

    The lack of respect and the place being run down, and underfunded for things like chairs for break room, and heating.

    2.8

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Learn Customer service skills
    Learning all different jobs

    Worst thing

    Management
    Staff

    1.4

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The people that I work with and using the tills

    Worst thing

    The pay, I think we do more work than we get paid for.

    6.8

    JD Sports Sales assistant, May 2022