Stressful, Dull But not the Worst - Anonymous employee Primark Employee Review

3.0
9 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As a part time member of staff i am contracted for 4 hours a week which in its self is not too bad if one week you decide you don't want to do all weekend. You can take overtime and it's rare that they don't let you work more hours. They usually want people to come in and work as much as possible from what i have seen.

Cons

No Permanent discount. I think you get a 10% discount 2 weeks before christmas in your own store, If they feel like it. Customers are rude, messy. Some customers come in and act like they want to be waited on hand and foot as if they are in Selfridges... You are busy constantly, this can be a good thing but also a bad thing because although you are busy the day drags anyway and feels like forever 4 hour shifts get no break. which is fair enough but when your on your feet the whole time during busy periods can be tiring. if you work lates during cold times of the year the store gets colder and colder the later it gets after store closing :( Some departments can be lonely if it's just you on there. Stockroom can be really messy and hard to find anything.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
5 May 2026
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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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