Poundstretcher

Why does Poundstretcher get a rating of 3.8?

• Good choice of shifts
• Contracts don’t match the hours people work
• Not easy to book holiday
• Not easy to change shifts
• Not easy to take sick leave
• Not enough training
• People feel stressed
• No career progression
• People don’t get proper breaks
• People don’t recommend their team
• Managers aren’t respectful
• People do unpaid extra work
• Uninformed about head office
• People worry about getting hours
• Head office doesn’t understand the frontline
• Shifts get changed at short notice
• Breaks aren’t paid
• Less than 4 weeks notice of shifts
• People don’t get sick pay

Based on 27 job reviews

Pay ranges

1. Retail and sales assistants

   £4.55–8.74 per hour

2. Retail store and shop managers

   £15.0k–21.0k per year

Handy to know

How much notice do people get of their shifts?

1 week or less

2 weeks

3 weeks

79% report getting one week notice or less

17% report getting two weeks notice

4% report getting three weeks notice

Based on 24 employees

What contracts are people on?

zero hours

low hours

part time

5% report having zero hours contracts

63% report having low hours contracts (less than 16 hours)

32% report having part time contracts (16-35 hours)

Based on 19 employees

How often do people get paid?

Monthly 83% of people report they get paid monthly

Based on 24 employees

How are people paid?

70%

by the hour

30%

an annual salary

Based on 27 employees