Supermarket assistant at Waitrose & Partners

Pay, The People, The Managers put a lot of trust in the employees (Don't Micromanage, laissez-faire style of managing)

They will be annoyed if you are sick, Stressful, No consideration from the managers of what actually happens when working, Clearing up customer mess

People I work with and how my managers treat we with respect

Not a whole lot to be honest can be tiring and repetive sometimes

Just the pay .

The management team are extremely rude . We don’t choose out breaks they are assigned to us before the shift even starts. The managers are too intrusive . They do not hand out the roles equally leading to some people feeling overworked whilst others do very little . Blatant favouritism. The customers speak to us as if we are stupid. The managers never defend partners against verbally abusive customers. They don’t really care about your physical or mental health , as long as they make enough money is what matters to them .

The people you work with

Rude Customers
Lack of flexibility in what you do there

discounts and some of the other staff (because you always work the same shifts you get close with other people)

poor management, takes ages to get stuff sorted by the managers, some costumers can be really snobby and quite rude and have to book xmas and summer holidays months in advance

Lots of benefits and great pay, also able to do flexible hours

Some customers are rude but considerably less than i would have thought

John Lewis Discount

The managers are very rude and blame you for not completing their impossible tasks even though it’s because they are so understaffed, they will shout at you for speaking and make it an uncomfortable and unpleasant environment. Managers will give you warnings for doing things wrong even though you haven’t been trained on them in the first place.

super friendly co workers

can be boring and customers can be difficult/entitled

pay, hours, always lots of overtime to sign up for, co-workers

managers are grumpy sometimes, set tasks which aren’t possible in the timeframe given, managers don’t know how to do the jobs that they give you so if you ask for help they can’t really help you

Good pay
Easy work

Un-organised management

Colleagues and customers.

Rude customers.

often lots of overtime shifts to pick up

no respect from mangers
very little training
no paid breaks
often not paid for not leaving on time
sometimes don’t get breaks

Benefits, lots of young people

Working with my friends

Managers
Pay
Jobs

the pay is good and the people i work with are lovely. it’s not challenging and it’s chill at times but even when it’s busy it’s not awful.

when you’re knew you’re kind of forgotten about, i’ve worked there for coming up to 2 months and i still haven’t had proper training in all areas and i don’t have a locker nor do i have a headset. the line manager is never in and i can never contact them with problems and i never got taught how to book days off etc, another partner i work with had to teach me. also my first payslip payed me significantly less than i was expecting and i have been unable to adjust that.

Pay, flexible hours

Unpaid breaks

Meet new customers

Managers are never around to observe how you work but will scrutinise you for things they have not witnessed

its an enjoyable job. lots of new jobs amd things to do and usually work with good people.

quite unsafe at current shop due to layout of delivery yard and lack of proper tools and equipment ie waterproof coats, gloves, cold weather gear for winter. head office really doesnt understand what we put up with and are seen by many to waste money on things that could.be better spent elsewhere

Hard to train in other areas

The benefits and the people you meet there

The stress and the lack of staff and training

The team, the public, the area where I worked at and using the equipment.

Meeting the public and regular customers on a daily basis

Never get away on time after shift ends

We get a very good discount and paid sickness I work with nice people

It’s a very cold shop
Customers can be very rude

Doing the same thing all the time

I love my hours of work and what I do.

Picking up other workers’ mess!

Great friends and regular customers

Sometimes in one position for too long. Also not always finish work on time because no staff to cover shift.

Mixing with the public and enjoying my job

Sometimes can be in the same place for a long time without been swapped with a colleague.

Helping customers.

Customers can be very rude and mean to us. We are treated like we are nothing by some people.

If you are well trained the managers leave you to do what you need,
if i need more hours I can ask

The managment is poor and does not care enough about the staff and dumps all responsibility on team leaders, make you feel guilty for taking sick days off and holiday has to be booked MONTHS in advance for summer.

Hours convenience people

Hard work money

Partner Discounts at Waitrose and John Lewis, Subsidised dining at workplace

Fixed rotas, unpaid breaks, poor work-life balance

The people I work with

Customers and management

Relatively guaranteed shifts.

Mismanagement, boredom, disrespected, bad culture, bullying, bad pay, bad communication, stress, abuse from customers.

People I work with

Under pressure not enough staff. Been told to work 110% never get to finish A job always getting told to go on tills then go on deli the. Get moaned out because stock isunt getting put on shelves

The people

Too much put on one person, taken for granted

No stress

Customer can be rude

Everyone is nice and it’s a friendly environment with lots of respect and trust and if your unsure of something anyone is approachable to ask for help.

Lack of resources and sometimes when they ask your to do something with in a time and it’s an impossible expectation.

Discount sick pay

Too many people thinking they are in charge when they are not

It's not far from home, pay is good, good work mates

The night shift hours

Nothing much.

No training. Poor management

Customer service.

Understaffed at times.

Some of the people working there

You get unfairly treated

Local some people

Treated differently

Working with friendly colleagues and serving pleasant customers

Lack of support by some members of the management team

The management really like to know if we have any problems and everyone is very nice

Regular hours, paid on time, partner discount.

Holiday/time off can be hard to get, unsympathetic managers, very strict sickness policy, abolition of annual bonus, managers can be quite intimidating/bullying at times (they have their favourites too who are treated better), lack of staff which means current staff are expected to work harder and faster. It used to be a good company to work for but unfortunately not any more.

Some people within the team are really great to work with and can make a shift enjoyable if you are with the right people.

Some staff are so hard to work with and can sometimes make you hate your job. Management definitely have favourites and treat some people with absolutely no respect. Actually made me get diagnosed with depression due to how badly I was treated!

Great team of people to work with .

19 miles from home

Best things are my team

Staff shortages

Decent rate of pay, decent discount, employee owned business