Dirty, tired, Busy Fools - Anonymous employee Co-op Employee Review

1.0
Aug 28, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some colleagues are friendly. Customers are brilliant.

Cons

Many. Older colleagues who have worked their a few years think they run the place. No respect for Manager. Very clicky and resistant to follow company processes. Miserable skills at till point where customers are thought of as a nuisance. The staff schedules are a joke with same people assigned to work weekends and nights Whereupon others can please themselves regarding shifts. I'd you are popular with customers or succeed and exel in your role - the long term staff will try to destroy you. High turnover of staff is a huge concern. Many products found to be out or date due to poor control od durability. Management will smile at you and pay lip service but in the background they are schemers. Freezer and fridge temperature both on sales floor and warehouse should be carried out and not just ticked as a paperwork excercise.

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Co-op Response
6y
Thanks for your review. We are really sorry to hear about your experience and this is not typical of our stores. All of your comments will be fed back to the business.

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Cons

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Thank you for taking the time to submit a review, however, we believe that you have left this in error. Our Co-op is based in the United Kingdom and have no association with Co-operatives in the USA. We've advised Glassdoor to allocate your review to the correct organisation, but you may wish to review and edit this yourself to ensure your views are represented correctly.
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