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

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Primark job reviews

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  • Best thing

    My colleagues

    Worst thing

    Managers are bully’s

    6.0

    Sales assistant at Primark, April 2026

  • Best thing

    It’s easy
    Can take break when u need
    Inclusive
    Diverse

    Worst thing

    Sometimes boring

    9.4

    Employee at Primark, April 2026

  • Best thing

    The staff, sometimes

    Worst thing

    Managers are mostly clueless, ridiculous rules, customers are terrible, boring and monotonous job

    5.5

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2026

  • Best thing

    Patient when learning technology

    Worst thing

    Customers moan about why they can't have a refund without receipt

    9.7

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2026

  • Best thing

    Left alone

    Worst thing

    Lack of training

    4.1

    Sales assistant at Primark, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Like making sure everyone is safe

    Worst thing

    Way manager speaks to you

    6.7

    Employee at Primark, April 2026

  • Best thing

    Stability, accessibility

    Worst thing

    Toxic and fake people

    3.4

    Visual merchandiser at Primark, February 2026

  • Best thing

    Easy ahh job

    Worst thing

    On feet for hours

    2.8

    Employee at Primark, February 2026

  • Best thing

    Good pay and 15% off

    Worst thing

    Payment issues
    Bad customers
    Repetitive shifts on departments that aren’t yours

    3.7

    Retail assistant at Primark, January 2026

  • Best thing

    Seening people u like

    Worst thing

    Understaffed
    Doing a job that is made for 10 people
    Dealing with rude customers
    Like being at school

    3.4

    Employee at Primark, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    The routine
    Interacting with people
    Having a good team and department manager

    Worst thing

    Rude customers
    Rude managers

    9.2

    Retail assistant at Primark, January 2026

  • Best thing

    The pay for my age.
    Speaking to friends at work.

    Worst thing

    Managers expect a lot more from me which i cannot physically do. One manager in particular can sometimes be very inappropriate.

    3.0

    Employee at Primark, December 2025

  • Worst thing

    Bad customers
    Some bad managers
    Only temp contract
    Fast paced

    9.2

    Customer assistant at Primark, December 2025

  • Best thing

    My colleagues and manager are very nice

    Worst thing

    They can't give me less hours to focus on college work

    8.5

    Retail assistant at Primark, December 2025

  • Best thing

    Talking to people

    Worst thing

    Too much work to do in a set amount of time which is too little

    8.0

    Employee at Primark, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    My colleagues

    Worst thing

    Certain managers with unrealistic expectations and lack of common sense in certain customers

    8.6

    Retail assistant at Primark, December 2025

  • Best thing

    My work. Colleagues

    Worst thing

    Doing cleaners job or paperwork

    2.1

    Sales associate at Primark, December 2025

  • Best thing

    It’s easy to get along with your colleagues on the shop floor

    Worst thing

    Almost everything. Super stressful(especially during Christmas), management play favouritism and don’t allow you to sit, talk or act like a human lol

    1.2

    Sales assistant at Primark, November 2025

  • Best thing

    The team is nice

    Worst thing

    Not getting training you ask for

    8.8

    Nightshift worker at Primark, November 2025

  • Best thing

    Wages

    Worst thing

    Always doing same thing

    7.0

    Shop assistant at Primark, October 2025

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  • Best thing

    the pay

    Worst thing

    the managers treat you without a friend

    4.3

    Employee at Primark, September 2025

  • Best thing

    Good amount of overtime, Most colleagues are easy to get along with

    Worst thing

    No respect from managers, Managers don’t care if their employees are being mistreated by customers

    6.3

    Employee at Primark, September 2025

  • Best thing

    Great team, very easy job, very flexible

    Worst thing

    Can get boring

    9.6

    Retail assistant at Primark, August 2025

  • Best thing

    Talking to collegues while working

    Worst thing

    Early morning

    9.5

    Employee at Primark, August 2025

  • Best thing

    The experience and the pay

    Worst thing

    Uncooperative colleagues, respect and fairness

    6.7

    Retail assistant at Primark, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Co workers

    Worst thing

    The tension between the management

    7.1

    Sales assistant at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    Some of the people I work with

    Worst thing

    The management

    2.5

    Retail assistant at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    colleagues

    Worst thing

    managers rarely change anything when given feedback and don’t give enough support to workers being harassed by customers. customers also have no common sense

    3.6

    Retail assistant at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    The people i work with

    Worst thing

    Everything else

    5.9

    Retail assistant at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    The friends I’ve made

    Worst thing

    The demand, how busy it gets, getting not help when needed, not listened to

    3.6

    Retail assistant at Primark, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    The work load

    3.2

    Sales associate at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    When I can leave

    Worst thing

    Everything

    1.0

    Regional manager at Primark, July 2025

  • Best thing

    I work with a great team and have managers that are great

    Worst thing

    There is one member of the team I wouldn't recommend working with.
    Sometimes we are understaffed and get given jobs that need way more people then are put on the job

    9.8

    Sales assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    My Colleagues

    Worst thing

    Working conditions, overbearing managers, being underestimated as an employee.

    3.2

    Sales assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    majority of it

    Worst thing

    small things

    9.1

    Employee at Primark, June 2025

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  • Best thing

    The Salary is Good.
    The Hours are Good.
    No need for Cleaning or Cooking.

    Worst thing

    Need to stand during the entire shift.
    No Gurantee of Extra Hours.

    7.1

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    Working with people your age and getting overtime

    Worst thing

    Dealing with customers that are not socially intelligent

    7.1

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    The people I work with, it’s a very good team and i’ve made great friends

    Worst thing

    The rude customers, the managers that know nothing about the situation we’re in, the constant pressure to sell reusable bags and get feedback and ask customers a whole load of questions

    4.7

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    Able to work child friendly hours

    Worst thing

    No ac

    8.9

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    Early morning shifts

    Worst thing

    The mismanagement and how little understanding there is for workers

    2.8

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

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  • Best thing

    Discount and my team mates

    Worst thing

    Management

    1.9

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    Hourly rate

    Worst thing

    Racism and favouritism by managers

    2.2

    Retail assistant at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    No customers

    Worst thing

    No company ethics - all talk no action, management attitude, understaffed, messy, disorganised, equipment and lifts needed to do our job constantly breaking down, many parts of the building in disrepair

    2.0

    Nightshift worker at Primark, June 2025

  • Best thing

    Pay rate is pretty decent and putting stock out

    Worst thing

    Repeated recovery on the table and the table getting destroyed in a number of minute

    5.0

    Retail assistant at Primark, May 2025

  • Best thing

    Clean break room

    Worst thing

    Customers and being under staffed

    1.7

    Sales assistant at Primark, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    Pay

    Worst thing

    Managers, stupid rules, very stricked, mean a bitchy college's, no time to breath, not allowed to talk, timed bathroom breaks, told off for very little things and the heater is never on so always freezing

    1.3

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2025

  • Best thing

    Get 15% off full price clothing

    Worst thing

    The managers have no respect and don’t care

    5.0

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2025

  • Best thing

    the thought of being able to actually do your job with no one getting in the way

    Worst thing

    customers when they’re moody

    9.2

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2025

  • Best thing

    My work colleagues
    Weekends off

    Worst thing

    Short staffed
    Stressful
    Having to stand for hours at a time
    Low pay
    Under valued
    Boring

    4.3

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2025

  • Best thing

    good pay and made really good friends

    Worst thing

    favouritism is really bad there, no appreciation for the work you do

    8.9

    Retail assistant at Primark, April 2025