The Salvation Army Employee Reviews

Great team very supportive, pay not too bad since pay review. Clients can be challenging but that's the nature of the work. Enjoy my job and would recommend

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Enjoyable

Volunteer (Current Employee) - Norwich - 27 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The community that was formed among me and my fellow voulanteersWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?The occasional negative person that you meet.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It is a very welcoming environment What is a typical day like for you at the company?Arrive at the building, do my work

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Fun and happy work place and productive

Volunteer Worker/volunteer shop assistant (Former Employee) - Ipswich, Suffolk - 22 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Everything, the management staff and people I worked with The training I had What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Never really had any stressful parts What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Everyone worked well together no matter what culture you were What is a typical day like for you at the company?While there It was mainly busy fun and rewarding

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Absoulte rubbish

Drivers Mate (Former Employee) - Cheltenham - 17 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nothing, weird company a health and safety nightmare. Not understanding of family issues also love to breach data protection What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The company in general, you don't get listenend to at all,. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Moral is low and head office couldn't organised anything let alone sensitive data going through a postal network What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stupid as you don't do you job role your just a chess piece to be used and abused

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very happy to be the part of that as volunteer

Volunteer Shop Assistant (Current Employee) - Nottingham - 30 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?They are very genuine and guided me in every aspects What is the most stressful part about working at the company?never felt that ,all working together What is the work environment and culture like at the company?win win working environment always.Felt a positive vibes always What is a typical day like for you at the company?never stuck to a same task ,its always different

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Based on 333 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Clear sense of purpose
Ability to meet personal goals

fun and flexible hours, people there are wonderful

Volunteer (Current Employee) - Retford - 30 October 2023

love the hours, people there were amazing, 25% off discount in shop was nice as you'd find cool stuff working in the back (cool crochet/knit stuff for me)

Pros

lovely environment

Cons

no pay

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Very good work colleagues. Bad for personal growth

Accounts Payable Clerk (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 24 October 2023

Good to meet people. The managers where not that knowledgeble & they had the habit of micromanage. It was very busy at all times. Job was very repetitive & did not leave room to growing or improve your skills. No support with accounting studies. Higher management gives preference to long standing staff even if they don't have the drive to do things correctly.

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Great way to gain confidence

Volunteer (Current Employee) - Thorne, South Yorkshire - 23 October 2023

Gained a lot of confidence and valuable experience whilst being a volunteer it was very rewarding to help people in my community staff were amazing. Such a good atmosphere.

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Really nice people and community

Charity Shop Volunteer (Current Employee) - Stevenage - 20 October 2023

I have the best team. I’ve been there under a year and they have trusted me to train 2 new members on till: this has helped boost my confidence. You get free food on the job as a volunteer and can pick your hours!!!♥️

Pros

Free food and experience

Cons

Don’t get paid

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Friendly environment

Volunteer (Former Employee) - Leighton Buzzard - 16 October 2023

Volunteered at my local salvation army charity shop for my Duke of Edinburgh award and I learnt alot and gained experience in retail. Mangers were really kind and helpful especially when teaching me how to use the till register.

Pros

Nice friendly environment

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fun and well productive

Salvation Army (Former Employee) - High Blantyre - 21 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?meeting new customers and getting along with coworkersWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?really rude customers , sometime you woukdbt get along with coworkersWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?it was fun, they were very appropriate and friendly What is a typical day like for you at the company?cleaning, stacking cds and tidying the shop

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Productive and fun

Assistant (Current Employee) - North East Lincolnshire - 20 September 2023

I love volanteer ing for the army. Ive made new friends and they are a great support as i suffer with depression. Its also good to interact with the public who become regulars. I enjoy doing the window display. Have advanced to now having volanteer s working under me and supporting them which is very rewarding. Just wish i got paid because will have to leave if i get a job.

Pros

Short but busy hours, Good fun, I really enjoy sorting donations, 2 days never the same, Im never bored

Cons

I don't get paid so will have to leave if i get work.

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Fun rewarding work

Employment Advisor (Current Employee) - Liverpool, Merseyside - 20 September 2023

Nice place to work. Great team. Everyday is different. Always get bank holidays and weekends. Great opportunities for career progression and development which is great

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It was a very cheerful place to work the staff were brilliant day the customers were really nice

Shop Assistant (Former Employee) - Wishaw, North Lanarkshire - 15 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?I loved working with the public and the staff were really nice to work for, they trusted me enough to run the front shopWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?I don't think I really had anything stressful about working there, I can manage to serve customers even when they are busyWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?The environment was really good and the culture was the sameWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?A typical day with yhe company was friendly customers and keeping cool under stress

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Loves to help others

Sales Assistant (Current Employee) - Colchester - 8 September 2023

It's a very busy place to work.Lovely volunteers who help with the daily running of the shop.Lots of laughs and chatting, with daily tasks achieved.Tea and coffee with cold drinks available.Great place to work at.

Pros

Friendly people. Active manager and staff. Well being taken into account.

Cons

None.

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Not disability confident

Slave (Current Employee) - Hellifield, North Yorkshire - 2 September 2023

Not a nice place to work, this company is not disability confident, example they give u help but if u ask to use adjustments they get rid on capability

Pros

None

Cons

Bad management

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Rewarding

Support Worker (Former Employee) - Glasgow, Glasgow - 10 August 2023

I worked in a homeless accommodation through an agency and enjoyed my time, the staff were lovely and supportive. Can be a difficult job at times, but that’s the nature of this particular job, however definitely rewarding at times. And learned a lot.

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Shambles

Assistant Manager (Former Employee) - Glasgow - 6 August 2023

Job itself was easy enough, mostly arranging collections of furniture from people's houses and switching stuff that had sold with new stock. Management is absolutely diabolical. Severe attitude problems, no praise only constant put downs even if targets were hit. Training is non existent, your told to sign a training log and you'll get shown things at a point in the future which never happens.

Pros

Nice staff and volunteers

Cons

Management is extremely poor

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Fun and productive.

Homework Volunteer (Former Employee) - Elephant & Castle, Greater London - 1 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nice people easy going polite courteousWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Wasn't any stress very relaxedWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Can't comment on their culture ethosWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?i did volunteer work a typical day was setting up the class getting the board games out. I worked as a volunteer for a homework club.

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Help with courses

General Assistant/Cleaner (Current Employee) - Birmingham - 26 July 2023

OK to work for, if your young and healthy but if your older and then get a illness or disability they don't want you anymore, and try to get rid of you anyway they can which is sad but true

Pros

Not bad holiday's and pay

Cons

No connections with h/r

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Stay away

Manager (Current Employee) - North Eastern Territory - 17 July 2023

Working here has been a joke.. This is a for-profit company that idealism of them being anything but that is wrong. When you have to go up against a number from the year before and have to make production numbers, have to make quality and quantity decisions to make a productive is simply ridiculous. The regionals the directors of operations in Detroit are all drinking the Kool-Aid and they micro criticize successful managers for what they do just to stifle them.