Hamleys Reviews

3.5

46% would recommend to a friend

(364 total reviews)
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Ralph Cunningham

59% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Hamleys has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hamleys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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364 reviews
2.0
4 May 2019

Merchandiser

Anonymous employee
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Pros

get to play with toys

Cons

the organization is really ill-structure

1.0
20 Aug 2015

Don't work there! Horrible.

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Pros

Literally no pros. I can't think of one.

Cons

Toilets are always broken and filthy. Kitchen is swarming with germs. No air conditioning. Managers are horrible. Hours are horrible Treat staff like cattle. it's the worst place I have ever worked. Avoid at all costs.

2.0
16 May 2014
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Pros

As a member of the Events Team I got to dress up like a princess or a pirate and run fun parties with children.

Cons

These parties became less fun when I worked a "sleepover" (7pm - 10am) for NO extra hourly rate (depsite unsociable hours.) Also over Christmas we were expected to be in for 7.30am to run the breakfast with santa club yet rarely allowed to leave before 5pm for no over time. (unpaid) Lunches were often cut short by work requirements I was paid a pittance : £6.50ish an hour, despite being an entertainer and having to look after high priority guests. Entertainers in other industries get at least £20 ph! I was on a 3 day a week contract but expected to work 5 days a week which I willingly did. However when I took a weeks holiday, I was only paid my contractual 3 days. Also at Christmas when I ask to work my contractual days over the Christmas week, I was told I had to work 5 ! I think somehow they got the best of both worlds there. During winter I had to stand outside of the front of the store dressed as a Doll (fine) - However I was left outside the store for periods longer than 1 hour in temperatures of 0 degrees or colder with no thermal clothing provided. If we weren't cheery enough in the above conditions we were told off.

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