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Sainsbury’s is the third largest supermarket chain in the UK.

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Sainsbury’s job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The colleagues and 5-A-Side football (organised by employees out of work)

    Worst thing

    Line manager is almost non-approachable. Contract was changed without permission. Little flexibility. Holidays get rejected despite 4 weeks advance. Heavily impacts on my studies.

    2.6

    Sainsbury’s Employee, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Helping customers find products or alternative produces to suit their need

    Worst thing

    Management rarely listens to issues that can be easily fixed until it becomes a major task to rectify.
    e.g stock rotation,
    Long life code check date code control
    Waste management from damages in warehouse

    4.9

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The people here

    Worst thing

    The pay, the lack of benefits, the lack of hours in my department. No break pay. Dirty environment.

    2.4

    Sainsbury’s General assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The team I work with.
    Good rate of pay.

    Worst thing

    Poor communication.

    8.9

    Sainsbury’s Employee, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Work with the best team. Feel safe. Can have a laugh.

    Worst thing

    Don't feel appreciated.

    7.5

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    None

    Worst thing

    Being treated like a hamster on a wheel.

    2.8

    Sainsbury’s Warehouse operative, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Not a lot

    Worst thing

    To much put on you

    3.7

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The wages paid for the work done is adequate

    Worst thing

    Not enough cross trained coll

    9.1

    Sainsbury’s Employee, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    The rude customers

    4.9

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The best thing about my job is that I enjoin interact with my customers. I also enjoin work on the till, and scanning items.

    Worst thing

    Worst thing about my job is that I have very unsocial hours, so I don’t get much time to socialise with my friends or family.

    8.0

    Sainsbury’s Sales assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The Colleagues

    Worst thing

    Lack of credit

    6.8

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Good pay

    Worst thing

    Constantly short staffed, managers tend to pick on the hardest workers to pick up the slack of others or give them extra jobs when others are taking their time. Holidays given out unfairly, not first come first served.

    5.0

    Sainsbury’s Retail assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Pretty easy job to be honest

    Worst thing

    Early morning schedule, too much stress and running around to hit the target

    4.1

    Sainsbury’s Employee, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Get your work done and nobody bothers you.

    7.8

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Work life balance

    Worst thing

    The theft

    5.5

    Sainsbury’s Store manager, January 2024

  • Best thing

    If we all realise we are better if we look out for each other, it's great.

    Worst thing

    It's now just a job with a feeling of being afraid to be sick. Sad.

    3.2

    Sainsbury’s Shop assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Leaving

    Worst thing

    More and more work gets put on us

    3.2

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The team i work with I get on with for the most part

    Worst thing

    They keep cutting hours sending people to other stores when we don't have enough sometimes to fully run our store and if anybody is on holiday or sick they don't try to find cover for the shift

    8.0

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The staff are friendly

    Worst thing

    Too much stress put on you and no thanks for it

    1.5

    Sainsbury’s Customer experience manager, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The few friends (top5)

    Worst thing

    Toxic
    Stress
    Don't get appreciated for the things you do
    Sames doing the same job

    1.6

    Sainsbury’s Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Colleagues

    Worst thing

    Some of the Management.
    Lack of being informed on changes.
    Concerns not taken seriously or acted on.

    5.0

    Sainsbury’s Customer experience assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Working hours are flexible

    Worst thing

    People tend to leave you on self scan on ages and don't divide up work equally

    9.8

    Sainsbury’s Service Assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Some of staff

    Worst thing

    No backing from management

    2.8

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Being on the road

    Worst thing

    Unsatisfied customers and poor management

    5.5

    Sainsbury’s Home delivery driver, December 2023

  • Best thing

    V supportive managers and colleagues

    Worst thing

    Music over p a in December

    10

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    colleagues

    Worst thing

    customers and their attitudes towards things out of my control. i do not own the business so i do not get to make my own policies or rules!!!

    2.0

    Sainsbury’s Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    the people i work with

    Worst thing

    none

    8.7

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Supportive and friendly colleagues

    Worst thing

    Customers are rude

    6.4

    Sainsbury’s Customer service assistant, December 2023

  • Worst thing

    Very Stressful, no support from management, nasty horrible customers, bad for mental health, not being valued at all

    6.0

    Sainsbury’s Customer service assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff is good over all. Employment benefits are good. Holidays time off are best.

    Worst thing

    Management, no communication on staff level. Not inclusive enough or flexible enough

    8.2

    Sainsbury’s Employee, November 2023

  • Best thing

    The company and distance

    Worst thing

    Amount of work and no real breaks

    4.1

    Sainsbury’s Employee, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Short working week.

    Worst thing

    Night shift

    5.5

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Going home and some of my colleagues

    Worst thing

    Overwork, not getting out of time,

    5.0

    Sainsbury’s Bakery assistant, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The pay, flexible hours

    Worst thing

    can be boring at times, some rude customers

    6.8

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    I work alone in the corner of the store, and it’s hard to get help when needed, and customers sometimes talk down on me as I’m younger

    4.6

    Sainsbury’s Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    10% discount rising to 15% on Friday/Saturdays

    Worst thing

    No team work amongst departments, everyone’s very stressed all the time. Dishonesty and slyly adding extras into timed aisles when each colleague is held to a time per aisle … there are lots of negatives

    2.0

    Sainsbury’s Shift manager, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Great Working Environment. Closes to Toilet functions.

    Worst thing

    Storage in the peak seasons is hard to work around. You have to work as if you own the business its self.

    8.3

    Sainsbury’s Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    I’m out all day and it’s brainless just driving and delivering shopping

    Worst thing

    people are sexist and ageist towards me for doing a ‘man’s job’.

    6.6

    Sainsbury’s Delivery driver, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexible work hours

    Worst thing

    Management sometimes not sticking up for me when a customer is wrong about something.
    Management not taking my autism and ADHD seriously.
    Colleges being rude to me for no reason.

    2.3

    Sainsbury’s Customer service assistant, September 2023

  • Best thing

    I like to keep active and it's a very physical job and love some of the staff they are like family can tell we care about each other not having any family myself the job makes it better

    Worst thing

    Most management can't do their job always putting me down making everyone's mental health really bad

    5.5

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Discounts

    Worst thing

    Hard labour, long shifts.

    8.0

    Sainsbury’s Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Different people i meet

    Worst thing

    Attitude, disrespect and customers who make me scared

    6.6

    Sainsbury’s Customer assistant, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Freedom of being away from the store

    Worst thing

    Managers trying to reinvent the wheel

    6.4

    Sainsbury’s Delivery driver, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Good sense of community

    Worst thing

    Underpaid and overworked

    8.4

    Sainsbury’s CTM, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff discount.

    Worst thing

    No sick pay even for serious conditions until you have worked for the company for 2 years.

    Everyone is getting taken to disciplinary meetings all the time for being ill, having bereavements etc.

    3.9

    Sainsbury’s Retail assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    It’s easy and means nothing at the end of the day

    Worst thing

    It’s repetitive it is boring and if I was there full time I’d go crazy

    6.4

    Sainsbury’s Retail assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexibility

    Worst thing

    Very physically demanding as a result of constant cut backs in labour and a wage that isn't competitive with other retailers

    6.8

    Sainsbury’s Customer service assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Meeting new people

    Worst thing

    Having rude customers

    7.1

    Sainsbury’s Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    pay and hours

    Worst thing

    -Dirty looks from colleagues
    -managers treat you badly compared to other colleagues
    - on my first day they didnt help or give me any training

    3.0

    Sainsbury’s Trading assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Meeting new customers

    Worst thing

    Too much work with less people

    3.7

    Sainsbury’s Assistant manager, August 2023