Sports Direct job reviews

my co workers are insanely nice

we sometimes don’t get told when our breaks are, don’t get the shifts off that we asked for and sometimes aren’t able to book of certain days

Meeting new people and have a good relationship with my colleagues

Meeting rude customers

My coworkers and the perks of getting a discount for items.

Ever changing rota and getting asked at last minute to do shifts leaving you in a tight spot because you need the money but you either have plans or are tired.
Also managers on your back to bring up sales on certain items
Customers are very rude to till shift because they are the people that have to break the news of no refunds only credit notes and anything that the customer is upset about they complain to the 17 year old cashier about and managers tell you not to call them to deal with a difficult customer. The minority of staff are students and the public expects a lot from them. The company don't seem to care about the abuse their staff receives due to the stores policy of no refunds. It's the company vs the employee vs the customer, there is no loyalty for their employees.

Interaction with colleagues and customers

Stockroom space

It’s fun

Not that many hours

The people I work with

Management, 0 hour contract, under staffed

I like serving people most especially good customers

complaints of customers of not getting refunds..

easy to learn

some colleagues

Progression. Team ethic

Long hours

Not repetitive. Team is relatively close

Awful hours. Under paid

The people I work with.

The rude customers

People you work with
Easy work
Discount

Pay
Rude customers
Short shifts so not as much pay

The benefits are pretty decent, since you get 20% off at Flannels, House of Fraser and Game etc.

The company doesn’t give a flying fudge about anybody below head office. Even though the actual staff within the shops are the face of the company and back bone, they don’t even let us have the AC or heating on. YES I’M SERIOUS! I have picture proof of the signs within the backrooms. We’re treated like robots and not humans, nothing more than numbers on a page to them. The management within the shops are even worse. Okay, fair enough the higher ups don’t care about us, but shouldn’t the management, who know the staff personally actually care? I mean Mike Ashley doesn’t know of me personally but my manager does? Maybe they don’t care because they get commissions and bonuses of the less hours they use. Because everybody is hired on a zero contract hours basis, if the store was to have 500 hours disposable in a week, and they only use 400, the rest of the 100 is given partly to the managers as the company save money on hours, and this acts as an incentive to work harder on the management. Now, who does this affect… Oh, right, the EMPLOYEES!! Not only does that mean less money for the staff, but also more stress as there is less people to do the work, and the work still needs to get done. But to be fair, if you’re looking for a job as a student to pass the time, it won’t be that bad as long as you keep your head down and not get too attached to anything. The pay is average but not as good as supermarkets. Overall, after working for Amazon, Tesco and JD Sports, Sports Direct is at the BOTTOM OF THE LIST. :)

I'm l ft all be to get in with it

Changing start times every day

The staff discount and the commission

The people that work their

THE PAY

Colleagues and managers

Angry customers
Pay rate should go up a bit like up to £6.00 per hour at least

Decent hours , time off and employee perks.

It gets extremely busy during the holidays

Holiday pay, staff discount and commission

People that I work with and the environment we are in

Pay issues and Payroll issues are regular

colleagues

sometimes stressful and can’t keep up

Great place to make new friends and have a laugh whilst getting a good start learning the basics of customer service.

Sometimes workloads can be quite heavy and management expect a lot from you but sometimes workloads can be near impossible to complete in the given time frame in between serving and other tasks.

The people I work with and generally customers are respectful

The pay and tasks are often rushed because higher ups demand a lot from each store

The discounts and the staff

The customers and the work sometimes

It works around college hours and gives me loads of free time

Customers

easy to get
quick work

terrible pay
heavy workload
over rota
only rota a week before
lack of communication
work past pay
get payed a month later

The people (apart from the manger)

The manger

The people/colleagues everyone is so easy to talk to

The pay
It being a 0hour contract but expected to work 16+hours

I like the staff that I work with

I get paid minimum to do a lot of work that people who are being paid more wouldn’t do
I have too many hours on top of full time college so I don’t get much time to do things for myself or even struggle to fit in eating some days because I just don’t have the time

Very lucky to work with great people and have great management

the people u work with

the money

Discount of company

Not good pay, extremely boring

Everyone who works with you is around the same age

Management doesn’t care about anything other than money

The people you work with

Some of the managers have no respect

The people you meet and work with

Long hours, loads of work, understaffed, rude customers

Small commission good discounts good management

Low wage, 0 hours

Commission and co-workerz

People and sometimes lack of support

Some good people I work with, easy, can always get time off

Management is awful. And disrespectful

the people i work with, they’re funny and kind and make the little things better

customers that think being rude because you work in sports direct is acceptable
and the pay, regardless of my age i should be paid the same as a 19 year old, and lord knows mike ashley has the money for it

Friendships made and the ease to work with other staff and managers

Rude and entitled customers

Friendly managers and colleagues.
Medium paced environment. Learn new things and talk to new people everyday

Hours.
Pay isn’t great

the team is really nice

it can be boring and tedious

Nothing, only reason for work is money

People and upper management, questionable safety, easy to get injured

The 0 hour contract, the changing schedules without being informed, the poor pay compared to other jobs in the area. Having to work at 110% all day or one of the MANY managers will tell you to do some actual work (without seeing you grind for the last 3 hours)

Good pay and left alone to get on

Extremely poor communication and ridiculously disorganised and unwilling to progress. Set in their ways

The staff are amazing, it’s like one big family

The long hours

Flexible hours easy work staff discount

It’s boring, pay is rubbish compared to other places stressful when busy. If your good at your job you get to do everyone else’s job as well

Job security, my colleagues, new opportunities, the responsibilities I am entrusted with and despite the companies reputation you are generally treated fairly and with reason.

Shift work that includes early mornings and evenings makes getting into a routine and making plans in advance difficult. Sadly the business has a somewhat negative reputation/image which can make others look down on you for being an employee of the company.

The people I work with . Managing daily duty’s your self ( see below )

Management trying to micro manage what we do when the don’t really understand our job or responsibilities .

Working with good colleagues
Discount
Commission opportunities

Lack of hours
Heat is far too much to bear
Standing too long leads to pain