Too much work, too few people - Retail Assistant Farmfoods Employee Review

2.0
20 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Most of the people I worked with were great* The breaks were good - 2x30 minute breaks for every 8.5 hour shift

Cons

Get rid of stock takes every month of so - Use a system that automatically tracks which items are sold so Have more people on shift so that the large amount of work can actually be completed instead of being left for the next morning Have actual consequences for useless employees who are lazy and completely inept, in my experience they just hang around making life harder for everyone Do the rota properly instead of having one that changes at the drop of a hat and is done less than a week in advance Pay more! We done had similar workloads to those at Aldi but for about 2 pounds less per hour

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5.0
6 Oct 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

great managment team, competitive salary, flexible shifts

Cons

fast paced work environment, repetitive tasks

1.0
9 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

15% discount Nothing else is a pro

Cons

Micro management I’ve never experienced in 10 years of retail management. They’re living in the stone ages in terms of technology. Hourly staff get paid to 15 mins so upper management will try and shaft your pay in the name of prod, no clock in/out machine so you’re reliant on managers clocking you accurately. Everything they do is just weird and backwards. They don’t believe in employee law, 11 hour rest period being the big one.

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