Matalan Retail Reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,550 total reviews)
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Henrik Nordvall

83% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Matalan Retail has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,550 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Matalan Retail 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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2K reviews
3.0
23 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good work culture and people

Cons

sadly, we have to be careful

1.0
20 Jan 2022

Poor, very poor management

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not a lot of pro's

Cons

Micro managers wanting blood from a stone

2.0
18 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people that work in the stores they are all phenomenal 20% discount on already cheap stock

Cons

lack of honesty as some of my manger friends who still work in Matalan have told me they are being asked to write glowing reviews of matalan by there area managers and HR department so instead of dealing with the issues of low pay no work life balance and a head office that couldnt organise a party in a brewery ...they try and cover it up. I stayed because it is honesty the best group of people i have ever worked with left because upper management did not want to hear any issue or problems just be told how amazing they are. So be aware its not worst place to work but its not all rosy like some of the reviews have painted

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