HobbyCraft Careers and Employment

Paid when they feel like deciding on cut off point. Pay never the same each month even if you work the same amount if hours. Employees have to have the company app on their own mobile to access calendar for holidays. Then managers will say, that's a busy time so no holiday.

Smart casual

I got told smart trousers but when you see the mangers wearing jeans or leggings you tend to think why bother. Oh, warehouse never cleaned or swept. Store hoovered once a week. Everything is dirty. You will need to wash your clothes after every shift and your hands will be always black with dirt. So don't weat your good smart clothes

Smart casual

Don't just reel off facts about the business, inject some personality and be outgoing, that will carry you a lot further at hobbycraft than previous experience

Very easy going, everyone makes you feel welcome

It gets boring over time, there no chance to progress. Sometimes you have to deal with difficult, unreasonable customers. Sometimes you get personally blamed for company’s faults.

It depends what are you good at, if you’re in good health and what’s scheduled for the day. You can be on tills for 1-2hours, do stock, putbacks, tidying, demos if you’re chosen plus general customer service, asking customers how can you help etc. I work with a great team and management, they listen to you and they’re always there for you, so I believe it depends on the store.

There is sometimes a lack of communication at Hobbycraft between the managers but on a whole they are quite organised.

Smart casual

I got told smart trousers but when you see the mangers wearing jeans or leggings you tend to think why bother. Oh, warehouse never cleaned or swept. Store hoovered once a week. Everything is dirty. You will need to wash your clothes after every shift and your hands will be always black with dirt. So don't weat your good smart clothes

There’s a dress code, vibrant hair colours are not allowed, tattoos shouldn’t be visible, no trainers, no facial piercings, unless something changed since the start of my employment. BUT in reality many people from managers to team leaders to colleagues have bright hair, tattoos and piercings. I went to job interview having a labret and white hair and still got the job!