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The Range is a variety retailer. They sell leisure, garden and home products.

therange.co.uk

The Range job reviews

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  • Best thing

    other co workers at the same level

    Worst thing

    the amount of work for minimum wage, underlying issues everyone is aware of but no one does anything

    3.2

    The Range Sales assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    How stressful it is. Rude customers

    3.4

    The Range Supervisor, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Coworkers are friendly

    Worst thing

    Poor pay, management don't respect staff, holidays are very difficult to get booked

    4.6

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2022

  • Best thing

    The people who work there

    Worst thing

    Lack of training

    1.9

    The Range Operations manager, May 2022

  • Best thing

    My work colleagues are some of the nicest people I've ever had to work with.

    Worst thing

    The fact that the owner doesn't care about his staff at all,saying 'if they dont like it, they know where the door is' is probably one of the most dismissive statements a person can make.

    4.1

    The Range Warehouse operative, March 2022

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  • Best thing

    People are nice can get stressfull when we have loads of stock and no where to put it

    Worst thing

    When we have to much stock and we cant get through it cause its that busy

    8.6

    The Range Retail assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Some of the staff

    Worst thing

    Manger's ,admin, back to work interview even having one day off staff shortage one person three jobs

    1.9

    The Range Customer service, February 2022

  • Best thing

    The actual staff environment

    Worst thing

    The management and unorganisation

    1.4

    The Range Retail assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    The people I work with.

    Worst thing

    Management and the rules that head office puts in place

    6.0

    The Range Retail assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Friendly colleagues

    Worst thing

    Very Long wait to receive staff discount

    7.6

    The Range Sales assistant, January 2022

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  • Best thing

    Easy job

    Worst thing

    Underpaid, too stressful, rude customers and rude staff

    4.1

    The Range Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Worst thing

    Never enough staff, under paid, rude customers and colleagues all the time, managers are rude

    2.8

    The Range Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The people u work with are nice

    Worst thing

    So un organised get warnings for having time off

    1.7

    The Range Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Near my home

    Worst thing

    I have to stand all the time

    8.9

    The Range Employee, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The staff are friendly

    Worst thing

    Often it is too busy to take breaks on time

    9.2

    The Range Retail assistant, December 2021

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  • Best thing

    The other members of staff are nice

    Worst thing

    Staying late to clean and tidy

    4.5

    The Range Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Decent people

    Worst thing

    Sexual harassment
    Not treated like human
    Strict employers
    No benefits
    Maximum hours
    Minimum wage
    Exploits workers
    High turnover

    1.0

    The Range Retail assistant, November 2021

  • Best thing

    Going home. Other normal-ranked staff on the floor. A couple exceptionally nice managers in the office. Bad mouthing the store to customers.

    Worst thing

    - The pay. £8.36 for a lot of heavy lifting, bending down low, pulling heavy pallet trucks, having to have extensive product knowledge because....

    -nothing in the store is priced correctly. Barcodes go missing and "pre-pricing" (the price stickers on the item), when it comes from The Range itself, will inevitably be wrong - something priced for £19.99 will end up as £25.99 because of head office increasing the prices without bothering to update the sticker price on the stock - which means you then have to awkwardly explain this to every disgruntled customer that passes and pray the supervisor is in a good mood and thus will lower the price of the item. Woe is you if the sticker has been drawn over with cheap marker or the supervisor does not feel like reducing it.

    - Being treated like a school child (talked down to, scolded for having a phone, not allowed card, keys, loose change or even chewing gum in your pockets -- note also you are subject to personal searches upon the whims of management and can be fired for having the "wrong thing" on you at the wrong time - which can be as little as a 50p pack of noodles without a receipt.)

    1.5

    The Range Retail assistant, October 2021

  • Best thing

    The other staff members on the shop floor.

    Worst thing

    The pay.

    1.1

    The Range Retail assistant, September 2021

  • Best thing

    Going home
    The people

    Worst thing

    Every single thing. Never work here if you can avoid it. If you can't avoid it, immediately start looking for other jobs so you can get out of there

    1.2

    The Range Retail assistant, September 2021

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  • Best thing

    Best thing about working at The Range is the staff discount

    Worst thing

    Uncaring management,if your Ill your still expected to come into work

    1.8

    The Range Customer service, September 2021

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    The heat, the shop, too much stock, lack of communication. Head office doesnt care.

    1.7

    The Range Sales assistant, August 2021

  • Best thing

    The fellow staff

    Worst thing

    Not knowing what is happening across the company or for the next weeks shifts

    2.6

    The Range Sales assistant, August 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Not being appreciated

    6.0

    The Range Retail assistant, August 2021

  • Best thing

    Interacting with colleagues and customers.

    Worst thing

    Working on the tills, pricing

    7.1

    The Range Shop assistant, July 2021

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  • Best thing

    Other members of staff,closeness to home

    Worst thing

    Working untill 9PM up to 4 nights a week,working weekends,hard to arrange dr appointments

    2.0

    The Range Retail assistant, July 2021

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    Too much to do and never enough time

    1.6

    The Range Supervisor, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Some staff

    Worst thing

    Management, pay , hours of work, no respect, stress of the job

    1.1

    The Range Customer service, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Helping customers

    Worst thing

    The staff and the money

    3.4

    The Range Retail assistant, July 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with are incredible and are always great to have a laugh and a talk with.

    Worst thing

    Head office don’t seem to understand the day to day work in the store

    5.5

    The Range Retail assistant, June 2021

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  • Best thing

    The shop floor workers

    Worst thing

    The managers and lack of organisation

    1.7

    The Range Retail assistant, June 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Having to work two late shifts a week, as a single parent sometimes I can't do this and end up having to call in

    7.5

    The Range Retail assistant, June 2021

  • Best thing

    Right now there is nothing good about my job
    I use to enjoy going into work every day but no longer

    Worst thing

    To many mangers in a short time, now you don't know if when you arrive into work if you will be dismissed

    1.4

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The staff are very friendly, its easy to get along with everyone (mostly). Since the shop is so big I get my 10,000 steps in every shift.

    Worst thing

    Its heavy going, and there are too many responsibilities for what you are paid. You are working stock, being questioned by customers, pricing, being given tasks from head-office and working as relief staff for the checkouts all at the same time. Its an exhausting process learning how the place works, and the range clearly does not respect their employees.

    1.9

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    My colleagues late shifts

    Worst thing

    Late finishes

    5.5

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

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  • Best thing

    Just like the it

    Worst thing

    Travel

    8.0

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    I like the people I work with on my level, everyone is really nice.

    Worst thing

    It stresses me out a lot. Management doesn’t seem to care about mental health, they seem to be oblivious about mental breakdowns. When I’m trying my best they’re always saying ‘quicker quicker quicker’, it just seems like my best isn’t enough for them. They also threaten to fire us for making little mistakes.

    2.4

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    It used to be quite relaxed, with great people. Not anymore.

    Worst thing

    Jarring management, rubbish money, no flexibility, no care, profits before people, strict regime and alienating everyone they seem to come across.

    1.4

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work and the mgt team

    Worst thing

    The amount of f stock you have to work.

    7.6

    The Range Sales assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The people are lovely and the job itself isnt too difficult.

    Worst thing

    The hours, the minimum wage

    7.8

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

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  • Best thing

    Getting to speak to customers and being able to go home knowing I’ve done my best to help someone and I enjoy it becuse it was a fast paced job and I’m a active person so I enjoy constantly doing something

    Worst thing

    The way some people treat you but and the end of the day you have to what your told and get along with it

    5.0

    The Range Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The best thing is job security and the people I work with.

    Worst thing

    The worst things are the Range employ too few staff, causing staff to be stressed and customers not getting the attention they deserve.
    Since opening 16 months ago there has been a massive turnover of staff due to dissatisfaction with th company.

    2.6

    The Range Employee, April 2021

  • Best thing

    I have made some lovely friends who are colleagues, the customers are nice too

    Worst thing

    Management not backing you up or caring if I'm run off my feet

    3.4

    The Range Employee, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Something to keep me busy

    Worst thing

    Errors from other departments that affect me

    7.3

    The Range Retail assistant, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Customers ,colleagues and distance from home.

    Worst thing

    Health and safety , structure ,training ,half staff not pulling their weight and pay

    2.4

    The Range Sales assistant, April 2021

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  • Best thing

    Interacting with the customers especially the elderly

    Worst thing

    Not enough hours and management showing no interest

    2.4

    The Range Till operator, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Flexibility and the people are welcoming and its a good team to work with

    Worst thing

    Managers expect a lot from you and it can be quite intense

    5.5

    The Range Retail assistant, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Colleagues are friendly.

    Worst thing

    The pay is not good compared to any other place you could work at.
    All supervisors and prestige, will say and do whatever they want without thinking.
    It’s very complicated to communicate when you need other colleagues.
    Tills are over complicated, you need to call a supervisor to void any item, even if it’s when you accidentally scan a 5p bag.

    2.7

    The Range Retail assistant, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Close to home

    Worst thing

    Management and pay

    1.7

    The Range Warehouse operative, March 2021

  • Best thing

    The people are down to earth

    Worst thing

    The customers

    2.6

    The Range Employee, March 2021