Very corrupt management - Retail Sales Associate Primark Employee Review

1.0
22 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay, discount, make good friends.

Cons

Well where do I start? Very corrupt, bullying management team that think they are above all other staff (and I don't just mean in position) they tell staff lies constantly to cover up favouritism and so they can tell lies to higher bosses who visit the store. They have certain staff they favour and give them secret contracts and promotions despite them not being advertised. Whole place is micro-managed by an extremely corrupt store manager. There is bullying and manipulation going on constantly from managers. They pretend to do good things for staff by making a big show giving silly certificates out but again this is only for the favourites. The only way you will get to progress in this company is if you are either related to management or you are a favourite of theirs ...if not either of these ..you can forget it I'm afraid. Honestly you just couldn't make it up what happens in this place. If staff want to or try to complain and whistle blow they have no means to do so and will be turned on and swiftly gotten rid of. Honestly I don't know how they get away with it. It has put me off working in retail for life.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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