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Team Member (Former Employee) - Manchester - 30 May 2023
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The most useful review selected by IndeedManager is nice but team leader is rude; always telling me faster faster faster but did not indicate me how slow I am. That's the main point made me stressful and feeling useless.After discussed with manager, I think if team leader was follow standard to train new staff then it would be another story.
Pros
Free lunch, co-worker friendly
Cons
understaffed
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Fun but stressful
Team Member - Part Time (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 27 August 2023
There's always a lot of people coming and always a big queue at the doors. Quite stressful especially if you don't get along with your team. If you do then even those stressful times can be fun
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- Feeling of personal appreciation
- Supportive environment
- Fair pay for job
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Pret is so bad I don't know where to begin! :(
barista (Former Employee) - Manchester, England - 19 June 2023
Pret has been the worst company I have ever worked in. Employees are exploited and only a few eho sit around in office have a good time and favored. Don't start at Pret you will regret it.
Pros
Nothing at all.
Cons
Pret is the worst to work at.
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prepare for a decline in mental health
Team Member (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 24 June 2022
Hustle culture is part of the job here, if you’re interested in devoting all your time and effort and saying goodbye to your own responsibilities, look no further as I see that’s the only way of working your way up the Pret ladder. Pret exploits the vulnerability of foreign workers and truly bring a lot of responsibilities for them. Kitchen staff are exhausted everyday and work gruesomely long shifts and are expected to get the job done because of the music. It’s a shame really, morale has definitely decreased for all staff. At the end of the day, staff are crying and burnt out from the overwhelming responsibilities to do all within a strict time frame. It can be exhausting putting so much in and receiving so little out.
Pros
free lunches, smoke breaks
Cons
Overwhelming responsibilities
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Don't even start there
Customer Team Member (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 30 May 2022
I worked only for about a month when I just walked out again. Unbelievable workload compared to pay. Huge blame culture. The CEO doesn't seem to care not the managers as well. High turn over and those who stay carry the burden of the load. Worst company I have worked in.
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Hectic
Team Member (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 16 March 2022
Working at Pret is very stressful, there is so much to be done and carrying two heavy trolleys at the same time is what really put me off, people are not to be treated as though they are animals.
Pros
Free lunch
Cons
Very stressful
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Fun, fast paced, environment
Kitchen Manager / Supervisor (Former Employee) - Cross street manchester - 26 February 2022
I worked for pret for 13 years and loved every minute of it, I only left as I needed an elbow replacement and couldn’t do the job anymore so had to leave, great staff, fun and fast paced environment and get managers and area managers
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I would not work here
Assistant Manager (Current Employee) - Manchester - 27 January 2022
Work is too stressful, management are awful, Ops manager is even worse. One person often doing the job of three. The coffee subscription is ruining staff morale, coffee machines breaking every week due to being over worked. Customers are entitled
Pros
Free food and coffee
Cons
Pay is not enough, over worked
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Fun and fast paced environment with growth development
Team Leader (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 15 January 2022
Started at pret at a young age and spent almost 10byears there, made me really appreciate the value of great service and helped me mould the person I have become today. I learned to mix and engage with different cultures and nationalities. Pay structure was really good.
Pros
Free lunch Staff discount
Cons
None
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Wouldn’t work here
Team Member (Current Employee) - Manchester - 25 November 2021
I mean if you want to be stressed and treated like utter poo this is the place for you assuming no one wants tbat don’t work here it’s awful been here longer than most people yet still get out on cleaning duties constantly I’m 1 of 4 people in my shop with English as a first language and the rest are foreign with clear language barriers stopping them from answering customers questions correctly due the the language
Pros
Free food
Cons
Unfair
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in ManchesterBusy, super tight schedule, supportive
Team Leader (Former Employee) - Manchester City Centre, Greater Manchester - 3 June 2021
Great way to get a secure job with competitive pay rate and high chance for self development. Interview is dead easy. you are very likely to get hired and make it to a leading and managing positions without even being fluent in English. Although it comes with a price. Pret employees tent to be very loyal and highly Pret-focused. You’ll get boosted with pret standards so intensively that you might even lose common sense.Back to back, it is a hard work, everything is time scaled to keep up with standards and that can get a bit stressful. However..Being trained by Pret is very valued reference on the job market so it is definitely worth it to get that experience.
Pros
Free meals on shift, bonuses, uniform, secure job, great company overall
Cons
Long hours, high pressure, tight deadlines
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Stressful and pressuring
Team Leader (Former Employee) - Manchester - 25 April 2021
Interview and training made the job seem great! But it was not like that in real life, management is shocking and lazy! Most colleagues unreliable and self-orientated(no team work).Early starts and late finishes. Expectation of staff from all levels (except training) to have no break ‘unofficially’. Unpredictable as to what day you are going to have based on managers/staffs mood due to amount of stress and pressure of demand of workload (short staffed with no help from managers) also where staff are situated throughout the shift can change (giving a feeling of inequality, choosing one over another). Only good thing limited free food, unlimited free coffee, pay(to an extent) and development opportunities(to an extent).
Pros
Limited free food, unlimited free coffee, development opportunities(to an extent), pay(to an extent)
Cons
Long hours, horrible management, inequality(selecting one over the other), no team work, unpredictable, develop only if a position is available in current branch(or others meaning transfers), pay is not worth the stress and workload
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Stress
Team Member - Full Time (Former Employee) - Manchester - 31 March 2021
No health and safety frequent sickness back-breaking shifts >60 hours and more no paid overtiimeruthlessly cruel management obviously don't care about shops or their staff
Pros
Maybe just for the experience in stress
Cons
Everything, Pret requires much but pays very little
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Every shop is different
Barista (Former Employee) - Manchester - 8 March 2021
I had a chance to work different shops in the area and everyone was different with kind of customs, being busy, opening hours, days etc. Company is providing a very good training and gives you a chance to improve your skills with many different ways.
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Awful place
Hot chef (Former Employee) - Manchester - 20 October 2020
Have you working like robots, awful company to work, only benefit is the pay! To many rules. The managers are awful, horrible horrible place! Avoid!!!!
Pros
None
Cons
Every con going
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The company is not run well
Team Member (Former Employee) - Manchester - 30 August 2020
No communication. The inconsistencies, the constant changes, the lack of communication drives everyone insane. The entire kitchen staff don't speak hardly english so communicating with them is extremely stressful! The tm on till is also the barista so you are having to make drinks in addition to serving customer.
Pros
Learned to stay calm in extremely stressful shops
Cons
Poor management. Poor staff attitude.
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4,8
Team Member and Hot Food Chef (Former Employee) - Manchester - 25 August 2020
Buen ambiente de trabajo y buena empresa perdí el empleo por el Covid 19
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Productive , busy and fun workplace
Team Member Star (Current Employee) - Manchester - 26 June 2020
Pret A Manger is the best place if you want to start your career in the hospitality sector . Develop my skills
Very good training - they have their own academy
Nvq s
Management skills ( kpi s , training new people , standards , rotas vs targets , shop control, financial paper work, stok takes )r.
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leeches!!!
Team Leader (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 25 November 2019
worked for pret for almost 10 years , instore managers on a whole are great but group manager and/or ops managers think they are a law on to themselves , inappropriatly touching young teenagers at pret parties like preditors waiting to pounce , unrealistic targets , contradicting. too much pressure and life draining job, DONT WORK HERE
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Driven by quantity
Barista Maestro (Current Employee) - Manchester - 29 September 2019
Quality of drinks is poor
Management tell you off for trying to make you drinks of the standard customers expect
Good If you dont care about what yo making
Pros
Free food
Cons
Unsocaiable hours
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Good place for financial security but non-existing work/life balance on management level
General Manager (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester and London - 27 May 2019
Pret is great place to work if you want to make some money - on management level. However pressure is so high you can't rest when you're off or even on holiday
Pros
money, health insurance & free food
Cons
long hours, non-existing work/life balance
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