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Poundland is a discount retailer. The majority of their products are sold for £1.

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Poundland job reviews

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  • Best thing

    staff discount and some nice colleagues and customers

    Worst thing

    limited breaks some mean and rude managers/colleagues, badly understaffed and unorganised extreme workload

    2.7

    Poundland Retail assistant, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Close to home so no expenses

    Worst thing

    AlwY do 9 till 6
    Never get set days off
    Staff favoritism

    2.7

    Poundland Assistant manager, January 2025

  • Best thing

    The team I work with

    Worst thing

    The unrealistic work load

    2.7

    Poundland Store manager, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Nothing, have a area manager who treat people like shit

    Worst thing

    Most things.

    4.6

    Poundland Store manager, December 2024

  • Best thing

    The people who work with me

    Worst thing

    Rubbish wage no overtime

    4.6

    Poundland Sales assistant, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    I like my colleagues that I work with and the customers that I serve.

    Worst thing

    A very strict manager and experts you to do a lot and moans at you for not doing something right ie. Not ringing the bell for the queues.

    7.3

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2024

  • Best thing

    Team

    Worst thing

    Lack of hours and probably stress to finish things under company regulations (which don't include distractions like customers asking for help or hopping on till)

    4.9

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2024

  • Best thing

    Every member of staff is friendly and the job is straight forward and simple

    Worst thing

    Underpaid for how demanding the work can be, the workload is often inconsistent and not all members of staff are capable of the work they are assigned

    3.7

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2024

  • Worst thing

    The faster you work more jobs you get, no respect from management, no progression

    1.0

    Poundland Supervisor, November 2024

  • Best thing

    colleagues who
    i work with make it bearable

    Worst thing

    bad pay

    3.7

    Poundland Retail assistant, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    -

    Worst thing

    toxic work environment
    managers select favourites

    3.3

    Poundland Sales assistant, August 2024

  • Best thing

    Colleges get on well together has a team

    Worst thing

    To much talking behind people's backs and people taking yr morning shift once a month because they say they've got to pick up a child

    5.0

    Poundland Cashier, July 2024

  • Best thing

    Working with amazing colleagues

    Worst thing

    Not having the mental health support, and having the manager come in after a day off and watching you on cctv feels like invasion of privacy

    4.7

    Poundland Sales assistant, May 2024

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    The Pay, the hours

    3.4

    Poundland Sales assistant, May 2024

  • Best thing

    People I work with

    Worst thing

    It can be stressful

    6.0

    Poundland Sales assistant, April 2024

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  • Best thing

    Good team to work for

    Worst thing

    Ruin customer's

    7.1

    Poundland Retail assistant, April 2024

  • Best thing

    The people i work with and the work is easy

    Worst thing

    Almost unrealistic demands for work, get treated like rubbish

    3.0

    Poundland Warehouse operative, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Taking holidays and payday

    Worst thing

    Working

    4.6

    Poundland Sales assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Talking to th counters

    Worst thing

    Manger not listening

    1.9

    Poundland Sales assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Absolutely love working at Poundland. Teams great.

    Worst thing

    They pay is poor for the work the expect.

    4.1

    Poundland Sales assistant, March 2024

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  • Best thing

    Doing different things every week

    Worst thing

    Shop lifters

    8.0

    Poundland Sales assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    That it isn’t too stressful

    Worst thing

    Disrespectful customers

    8.2

    Poundland Sales assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    It is a job

    Worst thing

    No progress

    4.1

    Poundland Warehouse Multi Skilled Operative Trainer, January 2024

  • Best thing

    I work with nice people, and have a lot of regular customers

    Worst thing

    I was hired as a sales assistant however only work on the tills. I am often left alone on the shop floor, when some customers can get aggressive and there are many thefts. I received very little training and had to work most things out as I encountered them, being scolded if I made the wrong decision on how to handle something. There is clear favouritism from the manager towards certain members of staff. There is high staff turnover and they find it difficult to hire new people who stick around.

    2.4

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2023

  • Best thing

    The managers have an open door policy and are always happy to help with any personal problems you may experience

    Worst thing

    Poundland is notorious for shoplifters and. It all stores will have security guards

    9.2

    Poundland Supervisor, October 2023

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  • Best thing

    Team in store

    Worst thing

    Work life balance
    No support
    Low pay

    2.6

    Poundland Store manager, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Getting the Paycheck

    Worst thing

    Stress,Bad co workers and the hours

    2.5

    Poundland Cashier, August 2023

  • Best thing

    A couple of workable colleagues who make if enjoyable

    Worst thing

    No sick pay ,not enough staff, overworked for position

    4.5

    Poundland Sales assistant, April 2023

  • Best thing

    Working with people

    Worst thing

    Lack of hours
    No one to cover sickness
    High expectations
    Poor pay
    Welfare of colleagues as they say they care but then take guards out of stores to cut costs
    Retail teams lose everything and then they employ more people in head office on massive wages and make new job roles for them

    5.5

    Poundland Store manager, April 2023

  • Best thing

    That it’s not hard work

    Worst thing

    Pay

    6.0

    Poundland Sales assistant, March 2023

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  • Best thing

    Honestly my co workers, they're great to work with, have a laugh with and talk too. Can really make my day when I'm feeling down.

    Worst thing

    Customers that can see you tidying up the shop floor but continue to mess it up.

    8.4

    Poundland Sales assistant, March 2023

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Management

    2.3

    Poundland Sales assistant, February 2023

  • Best thing

    Helping people get the best possible deals

    Worst thing

    Some staff thinking they are better than others

    8.2

    Poundland Supervisor, February 2023

  • Best thing

    Routine,

    Worst thing

    Clicky, managers attitudes ,never happy and bring people down from the getgo as soon as you turn up

    1.1

    Poundland Cleaner, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Friendly team that I work with and perks of the job like a 10% discount card

    Worst thing

    Customers are sometimes quite rude

    9.1

    Poundland Sales assistant, December 2022

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  • Best thing

    It’s a relaxed atmosphere even though it’s nearly Christmas

    Worst thing

    Can’t get boring

    7.7

    Poundland Sales assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Some of the stuff and Customer

    Worst thing

    Some of the stuff and at the moment is being cold as we have to have the doors open

    1.3

    Poundland Sales assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    It's something I enjoy

    Worst thing

    Being put in for random shifts and more hours than I wanted to work

    3.4

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Meeting customers

    Worst thing

    Not enough hours

    6.9

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    That I’m still in education and I have to only do the days I’m available and then it gets held against me I am limited on days if I ask to change a odd day to see a family member and people who arnt supervisors act like they are and gossip about you and constantly feeling like your doing everything wrong at work

    1.5

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2022

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  • Best thing

    Smoke breaks

    Worst thing

    Given job after job when I haven’t finished the previous job

    5.0

    Poundland Sales assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    my colleagues

    Worst thing

    Not enough notice for your rota

    1.1

    Poundland Sales assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    My sales assistants I work with

    Worst thing

    My manager and the company

    1.1

    Poundland Supervisor, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Gr8 team gr8 customers

    Worst thing

    Stressful, Undervalued, under appreciated and sometimes unsafe.

    1.2

    Poundland Store assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    My team we get on really well and I have made some very good friends

    Worst thing

    Management do not care for staff area manager has no people skills and just comes in to stir the pot and verbally abuse staff

    1.2

    Poundland Sales assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    I get on well with colleagues

    Worst thing

    Certain staff members

    2.6

    Poundland Sales assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Money, and a schedule

    Worst thing

    Bring on my feet with not breaks
    No communication
    I do everything while everyone does notjing

    1.1

    Poundland Store assistant, August 2022

  • Worst thing

    Health and safety risks, no security guards and customers are disrespectful

    1.5

    Poundland Sales assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Some employees

    Worst thing

    The way your spoken to by management
    Advertising your job without knowing
    Discriminate mental health

    1.6

    Poundland Sales assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Some of the employees and nice customers

    Worst thing

    Some employees abd the mean customers

    8.0

    Poundland Sales assistant, July 2022