Awful place to work - Funeral Arranger Co-op Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Staff discounts and pay day events

Cons

I’ve never worked in such a toxic environment. Bullying initiated by manager. Rife with office gossips and backstabbing. Training was basic you’re expected to pick it all up through e-learning. Poor pay for what you’re expected to do. No support. Very much an admin role rather than a funeral arranger. There’s no arranging with families unless you’re lucky enough to be given a direct cremation. Funeral directors know their role but little else and happily pass the buck of something goes wrong.

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Co-op Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback and review. We're sorry that you feel this way. Co-op has a zero tolerance approach to bullying of any kind and we hope that you raised this issue when you were with us. If you would like to share more details with us so that we can investigate, please use the former colleague contact form at https://colleagues.coop.co.uk/contacts.

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