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Schuh is a retailer. They sell footwear for women, men and children.

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Schuh job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Flexible hours and a great team

    Worst thing

    Pay is low and the employee benefits aren’t good

    5.0

    Schuh Sales assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The team
    The perks

    Worst thing

    Not enough training

    9.4

    Schuh Supervisor, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The team & getting to speak to new people on a day-to-day basis, knowing that I’ve atleast helped somebody that day.

    Worst thing

    The travel time & over-staffed leading to scarce shifts or lack of room to extend.

    6.0

    Schuh Sales advisor, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The teams, the discount, the progression opportunities.

    Worst thing

    Having to work most weekends and not having time off at Christmas to spend it with family

    8.6

    Schuh Store manager, October 2023

  • Best thing

    most staff, discount

    Worst thing

    the managers power-head, favouritism

    3.4

    Schuh Sales assistant, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Working with friends

    Worst thing

    The manager

    2.5

    Schuh Deputy manager, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    No regard for mental health problems
    No respect towards staff

    1.5

    Schuh Sales advisor, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Rotas in advance

    Worst thing

    The pay

    2.3

    Schuh Sales assistant, July 2023

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    They don’t care about mental health, unpaid work, stressed

    1.6

    Schuh Employee, July 2023

  • Worst thing

    No one enjoys it. Not even management.

    2.3

    Schuh Sales assistant, April 2023

  • Best thing

    The team and the interaction with others

    Worst thing

    Dealing with rude customers

    8.4

    Schuh Supervisor, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff discount and the other staff

    2.8

    Schuh Sales advisor, January 2023

  • Best thing

    The discount is good and if you are looking for a job to transfer around with uni it’s perfect.

    Worst thing

    The company as a whole does not treat the staff with respect, managers are horrible as they know that they can get away with that. They dislike any form of being unwell and cut hours as a form of punishment, the work place is not positive to work within and is very stressful.

    1.5

    Schuh Sales assistant, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Most of the sales team are pretty nice people

    Worst thing

    Management breathing down your neck all the time
    Extremely high targets always under pressure to perform
    No emotional support
    Pay is pretty below standard to me
    Expected to be fully invested in the company and to eat sleep and breathe it... its retail I’m not saving lives

    1.4

    Schuh Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    The low workload, friendly mangers/colleagues

    9.6

    Schuh Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    friendly team, easy work, decent pay and discount

    Worst thing

    no support, no proper training, no communication

    1.8

    Schuh Supervisor, November 2022

  • Best thing

    some of my colleagues are amazing and you get massive discounts off shoes

    Worst thing

    most of the managers are horrific and speak down to you like you are a child and act like you are going to stay there forever when in reality you aren’t

    2.4

    Schuh Sales assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Nice coworkers
    Good if you have an interest in shoes
    Fun chatting to customers

    Worst thing

    Big push on sales which can be stressful
    Customers can be rude

    6.0

    Schuh Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Fellow employees are very nice and the job isn’t usually too stressful when there isn’t any events going on (back to school, Christmas)

    Worst thing

    Where things are so loose, annoying managers will make stupid decisions that drastically affect quality of work with zero thought or consideration to the employees

    3.7

    Schuh Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Good team
    Understanding of my parental responsibilities

    Worst thing

    Pay could be better

    9.2

    Schuh Employee, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Flexible around college

    Worst thing

    Managers don’t listen, rude, change rotas last minute

    4.3

    Schuh Sales advisor, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Working with the team members who are not manager

    Worst thing

    Targets targets targets plus a high turnover of staff

    1.7

    Schuh Sales assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The teams
    The atmosphere
    Discount
    Progressional opportunities

    Worst thing

    Very demanding compared to same role in other companies pay isn't reflective

    3.0

    Schuh Store manager, July 2022

  • Best thing

    It’s a really great experience if you were looking to integrate into the work world after school

    Worst thing

    Kind of stressful and harsh at times

    8.6

    Schuh Sales advisor, June 2022

  • Best thing

    I get to do different things throughout the whole day and it’s easy

    Worst thing

    Working weekend or until 8 on weekdays

    7.5

    Schuh Customer advisor, June 2022

  • Best thing

    People

    Worst thing

    Managers
    The stairs
    And no understanding

    3.5

    Schuh Sales advisor, May 2022

  • Best thing

    the team and my managers, the support and the pay

    Worst thing

    sometimes get put in shifts i’ve asked not to do

    8.6

    Schuh Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    the people you work with and the customers

    Worst thing

    1. sexual harassment happens a lot within the company (not just at the location i worked at)
    2. expected to stay after your shift has finished and not getting paid
    3. unpaid breaks which aren’t even on time
    4. expected to work all the time and when you decline they get upset with you
    5. if you’re a student don’t even bother applying cause you only work like 5 hours max a week
    6. managers are really pushy on multi selling
    7. expected to sell loads of shoes and promised more hours when you do however it never even happens
    8. favouritism

    3.2

    Schuh Sales advisor, April 2022

  • Best thing

    The workers are all nice, funny and ready to help

    8.4

    Schuh Sales advisor, March 2022

  • Best thing

    The people who work there, being able to change days, the holiday pay

    Worst thing

    The stress of trying to complete a job but then being asked to start another task and then being told off cause the other previous tasks aren’t done

    1.6

    Schuh Sales assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Great Discounts
    Good banter with co-workers

    Worst thing

    Management are either power-hungry or incompetent and blame employees.

    Rota isn't posted far enough in advance.

    5.5

    Schuh Sales assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    The support system and employees are all kind

    Worst thing

    Serving children and too much emphasis on KPI's

    5.0

    Schuh Sales assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    Poor management.
    Poor pay.
    Talks about the importance of mental health but does nothing to actually support staff.

    1.9

    Schuh Employee, January 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    Expect a lot from you

    8.0

    Schuh Sales advisor, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Discounts/perks
    People

    Worst thing

    Lunch breaks
    Tiring
    Can get really busy

    7.6

    Schuh Sales assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The people and the pay

    Worst thing

    Can get really boring if there’s not much to do

    9.4

    Schuh Employee, December 2021

  • Best thing

    flexibility
    colleagues
    social

    Worst thing

    physically demanding

    8.4

    Schuh Sales advisor, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Discounts

    Worst thing

    Working long hours and not getting extra pay due to being salaried.
    Demands from head office and regional manager to do so many tasks and there just isn't enough hours in the day. Pay isn't great for the amount of stress, time and effort you give.

    7.0

    Schuh Deputy manager, November 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with and pay

    Worst thing

    The customers

    7.8

    Schuh Sales assistant, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Discount
    Good Ethics and pay

    Worst thing

    Busy and Stress
    A lot of customer service requirements
    Running up and down stairs

    8.2

    Schuh Sales assistant, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Most staff are great, flexibility for time off in most circumstances. full time/part time available, various shifts, security, good discount but still expensive at times. Good pension.

    Worst thing

    Favouritism, No credit where credit due. Apply for internal jobs you don't want to get up the ladder or complain enough or just give them a sob story. No consistency across the board. Lacks communication from some, don't have time to sit and read emails every day

    9.5

    Schuh Goods in marshall/team leader, March 2021

  • Best thing

    I enjoy seeing colleagues and talking to customers

    Worst thing

    Unstable hours, not being able to complete tasks before being told to stop and start a new task

    3.4

    Schuh Sales assistant, January 2021

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    It gets really busy

    8.2

    Schuh Sales assistant, November 2020

  • Best thing

    The people and the benefits

    Worst thing

    None

    8.0

    Schuh Sales advisor, August 2020

  • Best thing

    People you work with

    Worst thing

    Argumentative customers

    7.3

    Schuh Sales assistant, November 2019