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      If community is your thing coop is a great company to work for - Team Manager Co-op Employee Review

      5.0
      Jan 31, 2021
      Team manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Ethical and community based company. Puts local community in the heart of what it does. Lots of avenues to progress through different parts of the business so you don't have to stay in store or in the food side of the business. The coop paid for my apprenticeship that has given me a recognised qualification that I could take away from coop if I wished. Internal progression programmes too. Each store that I have worked it always has a family feel to it, which I think is due to how the business is run. Pre covid I was able to work at the pop up store at reading festival anyone who works for the company was able to apply we had people from funeral care food depots and insurance all working under one roof in a crazy busy store.

      Cons

      Difficult to get pay increase that you're entitled to. With experience, qualifications, plus the store pay band and next in line for promotion. I am still below the mid point for my pay bracket whilst others with lesser experience, qualification, accomplishments and lower band stores are on higher. It seems do be ependent on whether your AM favours you or not.

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      Co-op Response
      5y
      Congratulations on your apprenticeship, I hope that this serves you well in your career, hopefully with us šŸ˜. You may have seen that in recent pay reviews we've been focusing on managing our internal salary differentials to create a fairer pay award, giving the highest increases to colleagues who are both best performing and paid at the lower end of the salary range.

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      5.0
      Aug 18, 2025
      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good pay, great staff. Good shifts

      Cons

      Long hours. Too far from home

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      Co-op Response
      10mo
      Thank you for your review and feedback. We're pleased to see that you were happy with your pay, shifts, and your colleagues.
      3.0
      Sep 8, 2025
      Team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Team got on well, hours weren't particularly harsh (pay not particularly impressive either)

      Cons

      Overworked due to corporate ruthlessly cutting hours (while hiring more staff?), generally piling on more and more work to the store team without considering time constraints, absolutely no opportunity for advancement while a store manager is already there

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      Co-op Response
      9mo
      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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