The novelty wears off. - Retail Assistant- Sales Floor Primark Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's fun at first and it's a good first time job but that gets old really quickly. The other sales assistants and those in the same position are fun to work with. Keeps you busy.

Cons

The management are awful and if you do something they don't like you or make a mistake will be pulled into the office and interrogated like your at school again. They talk down to you and make you feel like a child. They definitely display favouritism among staff and they don't listen to you. The work is repetitive and boring. If your the quietly confident or shy type they will see this as a sign of weakness and bully you. I fell pregnant during my time working here and due to pregnancy complications I took a couple of shifts off. My next shift in my manager called me into the office and said "Your only pregnant.. I've had lots of pregnant girls in here" Every pregnancy is different, you are a man how could you possibly understand and what a rude thing to say. My time here depressed me and while I'm greatful for the experience I'm glad to be out of it. There was only one manager I truly liked out of about 4.

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Cons

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Pros

You get lots of PTO up front as a part timer and can gain flex hours overtime. Get a 50 cent raise every six months.

Cons

Was told during onboarding that if a Christian comes into the store spreading the gospel, I have to kick them out. This includes the mention of the Jesus without the church invite. Managers claim its rude and if a customer does it, they get booted. Faced harassment from a customer and management didn't let me switch too a different department. Extremely high turnover rate and managers don't replace them, making your job more stressful during peak hours. Hard to use PTO. Little to no training. Too many bachelor and master holding part timers who get lucked out of moving up in the company. Managers give some people no task while pilling on multiple tasks on one person. Too many managers to deal with (and usually never find) and the full timers make you do the dirty work while they "unpack boxes". Its a pro-LGBT anti christian company. If they want to be pro-LGBT, than more power to them. But anti-Christian is discriminatory and unnecessary.

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