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Primark is a retailer. They sell homeware, beauty products, and fashion for women, men and children.

primark.com/en

Do Primark pay breaks?

No. Most people don’t get paid breaks at Primark.

Fashion Retailers who pay breaks include Boden, MandM Direct and Slater Menswear.

Last updated 8 February 2023

How we know this

Based on 121 job reviews from people who work at Primark.

96% of people say they don’t get paid breaks.

Why this matters

A good job should have paid breaks.

You should be paid for all your time at work, whether you’re on a break or not.

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Jobs at Primark

  1. New — Posted today

    Department Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Glasgow, Scotland

    £20.4k per year

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  2. New — Posted 2 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Southport, England, PR8 4

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

    About this pay estimate

    Close

    This pay estimate is based on data from 126 Primark employees who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2022 and February 2023.

    Take the Breakroom Quiz to compare your job.

  3. New — Posted 2 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Guildford, England, GU1 4

    £9.66–£10.00 per hour

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  4. New — Posted 2 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    East London - Charlton

    Part time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

    About this pay estimate

    Close

    This pay estimate is based on data from 126 Primark employees who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2022 and February 2023.

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  5. New — Posted 2 days ago

    Team Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Leicester City Centre, England

    £29.8k per year

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  6. Posted 4 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Middlesbrough, England, TS1 3

    £9.66 per hour

    Part time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

  7. Posted 4 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Albacete, Middlesbrough

    £9.66 per hour

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  8. Posted 4 days ago

    Stockroom Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Middlesbrough, England, TS1 3

    £9.66 per hour

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  9. Posted 4 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Newport, Wales

    £9.66–£10.00 per hour

    Part time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

  10. Posted 4 days ago

    Team Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Sheffield, England, S1 2

    £29.8k per year

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  11. Posted 4 days ago

    Department Manager (Level 1)

    Primark

    6.4

    North London - Kilburn

    £33.9k per year

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  12. Posted 4 days ago

    Department Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Hanley, England

    £37.8k per year

    Full time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

  13. Posted 4 days ago

    Department Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Stevenage, England, SG1 1

    £33.9k per year

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  14. Posted 4 days ago

    Visual Merchandiser

    Primark

    6.4

    East London - Stratford

    Full time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

    About this pay estimate

    Close

    This pay estimate is based on data from 11 Primark employees who took the Breakroom Quiz between October 2020 and October 2022.

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  15. Posted 6 days ago

    Cash Office Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Norwich, England, NR1 3

    £9.66–£10.00 per hour

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  16. Posted 6 days ago

    Team Manager

    Primark

    6.4

    Livingston, Scotland, EH54 7

    £29.8k per year

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  17. Posted 6 days ago

    Team Manager, FTC (9)

    Primark

    6.4

    Hemel Hempstead, England, HP1 1

    £29.8k per year

    Full time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  18. Posted 6 days ago

    Team Manager (FTC 12months)

    Primark

    6.4

    Broadstairs, England, CT10 2

    £29.8k per year

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

  19. Posted 4 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Bath, England, BA1 2

    £9.66–£10.00 per hour

    Part time

    • Recommended by students
    • Proper breaks

  20. Posted 4 days ago

    Retail Assistant

    Primark

    6.4

    Irvine, Scotland

    Part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students

    About this pay estimate

    Close

    This pay estimate is based on data from 126 Primark employees who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2022 and February 2023.

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  4. New — Posted today

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    6.1

    Norwich, East Anglia, NR16 2JU

    £10.05 per hour

    Full time, part time

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    • Paid breaks
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  5. New — Posted today

    Supervisor

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    6.1

    Bridgwater, South West, TA6 4BQ

    £10.55 per hour

    Full time, part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students
    • Proper training +2 more

  6. New — Posted today

    Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Reading, South East, RG2 9DY

    £10.55 per hour

    Full time, part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Respectful managers
    • Proper training +2 more

  7. New — Posted today

    Supervisor

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    6.1

    Andover, South East, SP11 0PN

    £10.55 per hour

    Full time, part time

    • Proper breaks
    • Proper training
    • Respectful managers +2 more

  8. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Darlington, County Durham, DL1 2PF

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Proper training
    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students +2 more

  9. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 5DN

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Proper breaks
    • Recommended by students
    • Paid breaks +2 more

  10. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 9EX

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Respectful managers
    • Paid breaks
    • Recommended by students +2 more

  11. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Bristol, Avon, BS1 4UL

    £11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Proper training
    • Recommended by students
    • Paid breaks +2 more

  12. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 5JA

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Respectful managers
    • Paid breaks
    • Proper training +2 more

  13. New — Posted today

    Team Member (Evenings)

    Greggs

    6.1

    Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G31 4BW

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Proper breaks
    • Paid breaks
    • Proper training +2 more

  14. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Billericay, Essex, CM12 9AH

    11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Paid breaks
    • Proper training
    • Respectful managers +2 more

  15. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1LH

    £11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Respectful managers
    • Proper breaks
    • Paid breaks +2 more

  16. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4LW

    £11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Respectful managers
    • Proper breaks
    • Proper training +2 more

  17. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Birmingham, West Midlands, B42 2AB

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Proper training
    • Proper breaks
    • Paid breaks +2 more

  18. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4RG

    £11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Respectful managers
    • Paid breaks
    • Recommended by students +2 more

  19. New — Posted today

    Team Member

    Greggs

    6.1

    Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 1EZ

    £10.60 per hour, if you are under 18 this will be £9.00 per hour

    Part time, permanent

    • Proper breaks
    • Respectful managers
    • Proper training +2 more

  20. New — Posted today

    Shop Supervisor

    Greggs

    6.1

    Salford, Lancashire, M6 6BA

    £11.41 per hour

    Full time, permanent

    • Proper breaks
    • Respectful managers
    • Paid breaks +2 more

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What people are saying about sick pay at Primark

  • Best thing

    Good pay and busy days so shifts go fast.

    Worst thing

    Unpaid breaks

    4.3

    Primark Retail assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Can do as much as 40 hours overtime whenever i need to
    Great, respectful colleagues.

    Worst thing

    Unpaid breaks

    9.8

    Primark Retail assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Everyone you work with are really nice and kind, as well as easy to talk to, and the managers are very helpful

    Worst thing

    Whenever there isn’t a cleaner in the store and a spillage or something breaks, then the retail assistants have to clean up the mess

    8.4

    Primark Retail assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    very good rate of pay for under 18s
    staff are nice and easy to work with
    managers are understanding when it comes to sick days and mental health etc

    Worst thing

    managers can sometimes be non chalant about how customers treat employees
    there is a weird hierarchy with the supervisors and managers and it feels like the retail assistants dont get enough say on what goes on
    theres no special rate of pay for overtime
    breaks are unpaid

    7.8

    Primark Retail assistant, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Customers.
    Looking at items while working.
    Good short term job - Christmas temp.

    Worst thing

    Poor shift choice.
    Management not agreeing with the shifts you can take, giving you others than what you can do.
    Poor breaks/ not payed.
    No free parking near store.

    2.5

    Primark Sales assistant, January 2022

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