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    Updated 18 Oct 2019

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    3.4
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    62%
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    78%
    Approve of CEO
    Primark CEO Paul Marchant
    Paul Marchant
    835 Ratings
    Pros
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    • "Pay was not great and no staff discount" (in 125 reviews)

    • "Also - no discount except from in December where you get 10% off at Christmas" (in 125 reviews)

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    1. "Amazing people"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Primark full-time

      Pros

      Pay, pace, people, career oportunities

      Cons

      Work Life balance can be a struggle as Full flexibility is requried

      Primark2019-10-17

    2. "Retail assistant"

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      Former Employee - Retail Assistant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Great management and great hourly pay

      Cons

      There is no cons of this job

      Primark2019-10-16
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    3. "Sales assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      very positive shop with many employees and staff alongside

      Cons

      Overall, i havenocons for working there. I loved it

      Primark2019-10-07

    4. "cashier"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at Primark part-time

      Pros

      they provide good wages to staff

      Cons

      can be very stressful when working on the tills

      Primark2019-10-06

    5. "good for part ime"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Good pay the longer you work there Good hours Flexible with college

      Cons

      HR mess up rosters, the like to make it difficult as possible for you to book holidays off, as well as a lot of favouritism between managers and staff

      Primark2019-10-03

    6. "Great place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Very nice management, good training and good perks for working there

      Cons

      The only thing that could be improved is the store room which is difficult to navigate

      Primark2019-09-27

    7. "Good enjoyed it very much"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Good enjoyed it very much

      Cons

      Can get messy and busy

      Primark2019-09-23

    8. "Miserable place to work."

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      Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate in Galway
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Primark full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good travel opportunities after a while there. Easy to make friends

      Cons

      Terrible HR. Totally negligent to students in particular. Rude managers ruin the working environment. Extremely condescending

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      Primark2019-09-27

    9. "Good experience"

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      • Work/Life Balance
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Good money holidays etc. Good hours

      Cons

      Not a lot of initial training

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      Primark2019-09-06

    10. "Retail assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Primark part-time

      Pros

      Good pay, training provided, nice lunch area

      Cons

      They don't respect the contract. My contract was 14hours and as I looked for a secondary job because I was in college they said even though the contract is 14 hours they expect from me more availability. Managers are all messed up, they dont care about customer service at all

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      Primark2019-09-13
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