Questions and Answers about J Sainsbury Plc.

Contract between 8-39 hours but lots of people end up working overtime up to 70 hours a week!

Smart and comfortable. Sometimes you will be expected to walk around the store so bare this in mind!

What interview? Online shoppers wanted, was told about the job, asked what hours I could work and got the impression that the job was mine within minutes. Formally received offer 2 weeks later without a word from the branch.

I feel quite proud to say it, I’ve been working for sainsburys for nearly 2 years and I feel we are a fantastic team!

After your 12 week probationary period you will receive a colleague discount card. This gets you a 10% discount at Argos and Sainsbury's and 25% at Habitat. There are numerous events through the year where this discount rises for a period of time.

Research sainburs company values and see why you can do to help

They require security background checks as you are working with a lot of money. It takes a few days to a few weeks for background checks to be completed

Are you flexible?
tell me about your life out of work? kids? other commitments?
where do you see your self in 5 years?
tell me about a time when you joined a new team and what you did when you needed help finding your feet?
why did you leave your last job?
why are you leaving your current job?

nice general chit chat to find out if you are a genuine person who can speak to people.

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Since the restructure back in June the management haven't got a clue on how to do their job and then they take it out on the staff. The management are also lazy and just sit in the office with their phones out organising their social lives whilst having the cheek to tell staff they need to do more work. There is also a US vs THEM mentality amongst the management team. The work relationship with management is very cold now. Company-wise they are culturally aligning themselves up towards the Walmart way of managing staff for example, they will misuse CCTV to spy on staff to see how long it takes you to work an aisle or how many times you go to the toilet. The stores are looking shabby with empty shelves because of a lack of staff and morale is very low across the store. I have also noticed an increase in customer abuse lately especially down on checkouts where queues can get quite large with only two people on a checkout due to lack of staff and some staff.