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The partners and some customers

Them meeting quotas for equality when you could be doing more than that person

There is a fair amount of autonomy permitted, and suggestions are encouraged.

It can be stressful if we do not have enough people to cover the work expected.

meet and talk to lots of people daily

My colleagues
Able to be myself

Customers can be rude

good working environments, benefits, free food

unchanging set hours- working the same days every week

Colleagues, friendly faces and customers

Not mixing job up a lot. Bit tedious in one place

Treated with respect.paid well.uniform supplied. Staff discount.

The customers

Great atmosphere

Currently unable to change my shifts and contract to full time

Perks
Fairly simple daily tasks

No progression

Great people I work with. Discount.

Too few partners. Inconsiderate customers.

People I work with opportunity to keep on learning

Cold poor equipment too many pen pushers

The people I work with and most of the customers.

Lack of hours and pay.

The team and how every partner is treated

Having to book holiday far in advance

The people

Getting up early

The 25% off and 7 weeks holiday

Trying to stay in favour with managers otherwise your given a crap job

The small percentage of colleagues that get on with and am friends with

Everyone else and the customers

Pay and flexibility

hours and physical aspect

Good pay
Work with nice people
The benefits

Working on Friday nights
Work alone sometimes

The people I work with and customer interactions. I also like the part of the store I’m situated in

Taking the bins out

customers are nice, staff members nice

days can drag

Discounts
People that work there (friends)
Pay

Managers not knowing how to do their jobs
Holiday system
Sick days

Pay, work life balance

Stress about low amount of staff
Christmas

Discounts, environment, colleagues, other benefits

Can be stressful but it rarely is

Pay is OK & discount

Very physical job, not much training, hard work

The people i work with

Not enough hours in the day

Constantly short staffed, low pay, unsociable hours

Discount card, Double time Sunday, 7 weeks holiday, subsidies

1/2 hour break when working a 8 hour day, not being able to get extra hours that suit my work life balance

Colleagues

Physically demanding and boredom

People I work with!

Customers attitude

The people

Time of days I have to work (night shifts)

Very repetitive, no opportunity to progress

6 weeks holiday per year

Having to work everywhere.

colleagues

General manager, other managers, health and safety, training, opportunities to progress

The team I work with, the customers, ability to work extra shifts

back pain, unpaid break

All those around me. Customers and colleagues

Lack of communication and support

Team

Not always being appreciated

My team members

Too much pressure to do extra when the team is already stretched

Being treated as a person not a number

Others not doing their job and I have to do it.

The people I work with

Lack of staff

- discount
- the work is often not that hard

- poor upper management
- lack of training
- lack of flexibility
- complicated online system
- no transparency about who your superiors are - no introduction to team leaders, managers, line managers, or the differences between these
- can be made to 'train' new staff when you've only been working there a few months
- general disorganisation

Co-ownership

Old Technology needs some modernization

The varied working day

Rude, entitled people. Stress

The people I work with

Stress levels

The team is really nice, as are the customers and the pay is amazing.

working with people I like

not being recognised

Satisfaction of helping customers

Being stretched too far when we are understaffed

The team

Management, customers, stressful environment for low skilled job

My co-partners

The attitude of management to staff

I know what I’m doing

Rude customers

Pay and benefits and perks

No teamwork feeling of being in a Dickens novel in the 1800's