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JD Wetherspoon is a pub operator. They run Wetherspoon pubs and Lloyd's No.1 Bars.

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JD Wetherspoon job reviews

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  • Best thing

    flexability, people i work with

    Worst thing

    rude customers

    9.3

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Working with a great team

    Worst thing

    Never having enough team to do everything in time always over worked

    7.3

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen associate, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Physical and mental demand of overstimualtion and stress when it's busy

    8.2

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, March 2024

  • Best thing

    N/a

    Worst thing

    Toxic management even more toxic upper management

    1.5

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The customers are great but staff that moved up into managment are on a power thrill

    Worst thing

    New managers and some staff

    3.2

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, February 2024

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  • Best thing

    My staff members

    Worst thing

    Most customers
    Unsociable working hours
    Low pay
    Not feeling valued by the company
    Verbal abuse from customers
    Lack of understanding from head office

    3.0

    JD Wetherspoon Team member, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Flexible hours and recognition.

    Worst thing

    Pay

    8.9

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, February 2024

  • Best thing

    You are kept plenty busy, the customers, discount

    Worst thing

    Long hours, the customers

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, February 2024

  • Best thing

    People I work with, the regulars are usually lovely & pay is okay

    Worst thing

    spoke to badly, stressful & hard work

    6.8

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    6.0

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen team leader, January 2024

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  • Best thing

    Easy to travel to

    Worst thing

    The pay and it’s stressful at times

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Floor staff, January 2024

  • Best thing

    I like all the different people you meet and that I both do kitchen and bar work it definitely breaks up. I also like the experience and I have met people I would class as friends.

    Worst thing

    I don't feel like I have been given enough training, I also don't think they have took my disabilities into consideration as much as I feel like they could, I also find it quite a draining and isolated job stuck in the same surroundings.

    2.6

    JD Wetherspoon Employee, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Other staff, free meal on shift ( for a student that comes in handy alot), discount is nice. Dealing with unhappy customers gives you a better sense of confidence in your speaking

    Worst thing

    Late nights, customers can be very rude.
    Feeling dirty after every close.

    7.8

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, January 2024

  • Best thing

    the team

    Worst thing

    closing, rude customers

    8.2

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Listening to bands every weekend

    Worst thing

    Being left on my own while everyone else go for tab breaks, while I don’t smoke

    2.8

    JD Wetherspoon Bar staff, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    The friends I make

    Worst thing

    Feeling stuck and not going anywhere

    7.0

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Friendly staff

    Worst thing

    Unsociable hours, horrible customer interaction, lack of support of sympathy from management

    2.3

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Good team atmosphere
    Not stuck in an office

    Worst thing

    Sometimes angry/aggressive customers
    Head office set unrealistic targets sometimes

    6.6

    JD Wetherspoon Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    co workers and staff discount

    Worst thing

    late hours and weird customers

    6.0

    JD Wetherspoon Associate, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff feeding
    20% discount
    Training

    Worst thing

    Not given enough hours

    8.6

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    friendly employees

    Worst thing

    long hours sometimes. some management can be extremely rude and dismissive

    3.0

    JD Wetherspoon Bar staff, November 2023

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    The hours

    8.9

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, November 2023

  • Best thing

    nice co-workers, discounts on and off shift

    Worst thing

    rude head manager, rude customers

    4.2

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Active job

    Worst thing

    Cliques. Poor management- treated like children. Inconsistent hours. Expected to do more than your pay grade

    6.0

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Paid weekly and sometimes a bonus every month

    Worst thing

    Management don’t understand how hard the job is and expect more and more from you

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Bar Associate, November 2023

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  • Best thing

    Paid breaks

    Worst thing

    The staff are useless

    3.2

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Pays the bills

    Worst thing

    Confrontation and abuse with some customers when they're refused

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Shift manager, November 2023

  • Best thing

    The money & on the occasion the people I work with

    Worst thing

    the stress of cutting hours all the time which results in me getting more work load amongst others especially the full timers, Under appreciation, untrusting people, not getting the right support when it’s needed, or the right training being forced to learn quick. The people above not noticing how hard we actually work even if we don’t make the sales forecasted! I could go on & on…

    2.3

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen manager, November 2023

  • Best thing

    You can meet some really wonderful people, customers or staff and they really do make or break the job

    Worst thing

    The place is a joke, the managers don't care about anyone but themselves. they focus on really nitpicky things to take you to investigation for and no matter how much or little you work you are constantly undermined, over worked and ultimately not respected.

    2.3

    JD Wetherspoon Employee, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Free food, Mostly nice people to work with

    Worst thing

    Stressful, busy, far away

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen assistant, October 2023

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  • Best thing

    Job Security, Flexibl Working Pattern, Multiple Roles each day is different

    Worst thing

    Working hours at times, long days, not enough support with recruitment

    7.3

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen manager, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff benefits are good and the pay is meh

    Worst thing

    Constantly understaffed, often left in the kitchen on your own for hours (unable to take break). Never get weekends off , always busy either cooking or cleaning

    4.2

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen assistant, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The payrate is competitive. Good Benefits.

    Worst thing

    Some weeks you may be given short shifts

    7.6

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen associate, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The locals and the team i work with

    Worst thing

    The amount of work we are left up to and the busy hours and rude customers

    3.7

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Never boring, relatively simple job so even when it's busy it's not physically draining. Very social job. Get to do shifts in different pubs which is a nice way to shake things up.

    Worst thing

    Customers can be very aggressive and unsympathetic to the stresses of the job. When shirt staffed can be rather unpleasant.

    8.8

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, September 2023

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  • Best thing

    My team
    The job itself
    Good hours and pay

    Worst thing

    The public can be very rude and inconsiderate

    9.4

    JD Wetherspoon Bar staff, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Great people

    Worst thing

    Pay and understaffed

    6.0

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, September 2023

  • Best thing

    It’s fun
    Teamwork
    Making new friends
    Customers

    Worst thing

    Can be stressful
    Late nights
    Early mornings

    9.2

    JD Wetherspoon Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    The great people I work with!

    Worst thing

    The pay

    8.8

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Working behind the bar a d shift flexibility

    Worst thing

    Public can be rudef

    7.1

    JD Wetherspoon Associate, August 2023

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  • Best thing

    The locals in the pub

    Worst thing

    The job

    3.4

    JD Wetherspoon Team leader, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Great team to work with
    Good employee benefits

    Worst thing

    People

    7.8

    JD Wetherspoon Floor staff, August 2023

  • Best thing

    The bar team
    Free food

    Worst thing

    Never get enough credit
    No matter how much harder you work it’s not recognized
    Managers risk your job to cover themselves

    2.1

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Team and discount

    Worst thing

    Closing shifts often over-run, kitchen management is poor, bar management is ok. Whole job lacks clarity l, sometimes we do stuff sometimes we don’t.

    7.8

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen staff, August 2023

  • Best thing

    The people and the staff

    Worst thing

    I can not seem to get more than 8 hours per week

    9.2

    JD Wetherspoon Employee, August 2023

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  • Best thing

    Met alot of good friends working here. Everyday is a new day, nothing is the same.

    Worst thing

    Understaffed alot of the time yet the company always expects us to cut hours out of the schedule.

    9.4

    JD Wetherspoon Shift leader, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Easy during the week and certain time most customers and staff are friendly

    Worst thing

    Some of the customers aren’t as friendly can be stressful at times and more physical than expected and seen as less because I’m new also some people are harder to work with

    5.5

    JD Wetherspoon Bar associate, August 2023

  • Best thing

    The people i work with
    Atmosphere

    Worst thing

    Consistently understaffed due to constant hour cuts

    6.0

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen team leader, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Training and career progression

    Worst thing

    Stress

    8.4

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen manager, August 2023

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    The managers and the public

    3.7

    JD Wetherspoon Kitchen associate, July 2023