Not Great. - Sales Assistant Primark Employee Review

2.0
Nov 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Co-workers are nice. Lots of overtime if you need it.

Cons

Never enough staff, therefore, getting shouted at when we aren't tidy on time, which isn't our fault when it's very busy and understaffed. Managers/supervisors just walk around shouting at you to hurry up when they stand around talking and joking around. Pay isn't enough for what the job entails. Very stressful and demanding. Customers very rude and trash the shop. Same job every shift - folding clothes that get messed up ten seconds later or hanging clothes in the correct order. (unless you are working on tills) No discount in store

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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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