Spar

Spar is a convenience store franchise in the UK and internationally.

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  • Best thing

    My manager is easy to get along with and is understanding when I need to change my shifts

    Worst thing

    Rude customers and minimum wage

    8.9

    Customer assistant at Spar, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    The discount

    Worst thing

    The expectation to do thing outside of your job title

    1.5

    Sales assistant at Spar, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Depending on stores can be relaxed but also depends on othwr staff members

    Worst thing

    Limited staff and not treating staff training as equal. As some members of staff are over qualified compared to others that shouldn't have that position

    6.7

    Duty manager at Spar, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    work is easy

    Worst thing

    no heating, no paid breaks, dodgy equipment

    7.0

    Supervisor at Spar, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Variety of tasks

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff discipline

    2.5

    Assistant manager at Spar, December 2025

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  • Best thing

    getting 10 pound an hour
    forming bonds with customers

    Worst thing

    rude staff
    don’t arrange cover for you if needed
    can’t book holidays unless it’s a months notice

    2.3

    Shop assistant at Spar, November 2025

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  • Best thing

    My shift goes fast

    Worst thing

    Working with the public

    4.9

    Employee at Spar, November 2025

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  • Best thing

    enjoyable lots of things to do always busy

    Worst thing

    Repetitive

    9.3

    Customer advisor at Spar, November 2025

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  • Best thing

    One of the employees I like

    Worst thing

    The pay and manager

    1.7

    Shop assistant at Spar, November 2025

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  • Best thing

    Non management collegues

    Worst thing

    Rotas and wrk8ng environment

    4.0

    Customer assistant at Spar, October 2025

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  • Best thing

    Going home

    Worst thing

    Dealing with customers and having no benefits

    2.6

    Retail assistant at Spar, August 2025

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  • Best thing

    Easy to book holidays, but u get punished for it

    Worst thing

    Boss is rude and sexist

    1.5

    Shop assistant at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    Apart from the manager and a few others I get along with a large majority of the colleagues, they are the only reason iv stuck with it so long.

    Worst thing

    It is very obvious that the head office only care about the numbers and profit and not the staff in stores. Constantly adding more and more tasks onto the list but not providing extra hours to be able to get more staff on shifts to cover the tasks, but if something is missed complain.
    Also the current manager who is relatively new is useless, constantly makes mistakes and does not take accountability and blames other people.

    3.7

    Supervisor at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    You meet new people

    Worst thing

    Rude customers

    5.5

    Employee at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    Good managers look after there staff good perks of the job

    9.8

    Customer service at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people that work there

    Worst thing

    The customers

    3.0

    Sales assistant at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    Easy to book time off

    4.6

    Sales assistant at Spar, July 2025

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  • Best thing

    Working with brilliant people

    Worst thing

    Nothing

    8.8

    Store assistant at Spar, May 2025

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  • Best thing

    Money

    Worst thing

    Only 10 minutes break in a 8 hour shift

    4.1

    Kitchen assistant at Spar, May 2025

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  • Best thing

    Leaving after shift and time off.

    Worst thing

    Only 3 days notice of rota and constantly getting my hours going up and down like a yoyo

    2.8

    Retail assistant at Spar, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    Home time

    Worst thing

    All the stress

    2.1

    Retail assistant at Spar, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    Close to me

    Worst thing

    Drunk people
    And staying up till 11

    8.9

    Sales assistant at Spar, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    It's easy to work at

    Worst thing

    There's no measures put in place to keep the staff save from customers and there's a lot of shop lifting

    2.6

    Sales advisor at Spar, April 2025

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  • Best thing

    None

    Worst thing

    Manager making comments on my appearance, incorrect pay, manager act childish and vindictive

    1.1

    Customer advisor at Spar, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    They expect u to do all tasks set on ur own now, as before there was 2 people to do Wat was required

    1.3

    Employee at Spar, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Somet staff i work with and plus when the manager isn't there I can enjoy my shift

    Worst thing

    The manager and all the jobs they expect to get done in one shift for a pound more than minimum wage

    4.2

    Duty manager at Spar, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    Like my job

    Worst thing

    My manager

    7.3

    Duty manager at Spar, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    People

    Worst thing

    The work load, always get called in on days off, doing triple the amount of hours

    2.8

    Customer assistant at Spar, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    My work mates

    Worst thing

    Not enough staff

    2.8

    Customer advisor at Spar, February 2025

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  • Best thing

    Co workers

    Worst thing

    Lack of communication

    4.2

    Supervisor at Spar, January 2025

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  • Worst thing

    To much to deal with as other managers don’t push standards.

    2.3

    Store assistant at Spar, January 2025

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  • Best thing

    Colleagues and customers

    Worst thing

    Some customers

    8.2

    Customer assistant at Spar, January 2025

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  • Best thing

    the staff i work with

    Worst thing

    breaks, pay, and rota

    3.9

    Sales assistant at Spar, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Helping people and packing away the delivery’s for the people

    Worst thing

    Rude people
    Bad staff equipment
    Effort for hot food

    4.6

    Customer service assistant at Spar, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Close to home

    Worst thing

    Uncaring management

    4.1

    Sales assistant at Spar, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    ...regular stable reliable pay

    Worst thing

    ...some "difficult" customers

    7.5

    Shop assistant at Spar, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Working in the community and meeting the Customers and work ing along side my colleagues

    Worst thing

    Veining the outside bin

    9.1

    Sales assistant at Spar, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Nothing

    Worst thing

    The drug addicts and red diesel

    2.3

    Shop assistant at Spar, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Cooking on the deli

    Worst thing

    Back stabbing people

    2.0

    Retail sales assistant at Spar, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Easy work

    Worst thing

    Low wages compared to similar roles at other stores

    7.1

    Shop assistant at Spar, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    some customers are nice

    Worst thing

    manager is unconfidential and unprofessional

    3.2

    Team member at Spar, November 2024

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  • Best thing

    Flexibility

    Worst thing

    Under appreciated and poor staff

    8.2

    Manager at Spar, October 2024

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  • Best thing

    Helping customers

    Worst thing

    The long hours
    Only allowed 20 minute breaks despite doing 9 hour shifts, bad time management

    1.5

    Sales assistant at Spar, October 2024

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  • Best thing

    Get paid on time
    Paid breaks
    10% discount

    Worst thing

    Expected to come in 10 to 15 minutes early and just wait around till start
    Comparison with other workers could occur

    6.3

    Customer service assistant at Spar, October 2024

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  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    Spar it's self

    3.7

    Sales assistant at Spar, September 2024

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  • Best thing

    Facing and helping customers

    Worst thing

    Doing a lot of work whereas my colleagues are doing less

    7.3

    Customer team member at Spar, September 2024

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  • Best thing

    The manager and the good laughs

    Worst thing

    Some of the staff being really nasty and rude. People not doing their jobs correctly

    4.5

    Employee at Spar, June 2024

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  • Best thing

    My staff friends

    Worst thing

    my manager

    1.2

    Shop assistant at Spar, June 2024

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  • Best thing

    The team I work with, great bunch of people.

    Worst thing

    Challenging customers and thieves

    8.6

    Retail assistant at Spar, May 2024

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  • Best thing

    Very social

    Worst thing

    Dealing with ignorant and entitled people

    2.3

    Customer advisor at Spar, May 2024

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