Sales assistant - Anonymous employee Primark Employee Review

2.0
9 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The other staff. The only thing that get's you through a shift. They pay you, even if this minimum wage.

Cons

The mind-numbingly boring, repetitive daily tasks. The rude, arrogant customers that the reputation of the store seems to attract most, who will talk to you like your worthless and scream and shout because you refuse to let them try on a pair of £1 underwear for hygiene reasons. The ridiculous misconception of management, that genuinely believe it is more important you refold the same pair of jeans for the 20th time in an hour (after previously mentioned customer has just watched you fold it for the 19th time, waits until you've finished, comes over and lifts up item with no interest in buying it, then throws it back down in a heap), than jump on the til to assist lessen the queue that is backed up around the entire ground floor.

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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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