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Customer Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Chichester, West Sussex - 25 May 2022
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The most useful review selected by IndeedWorked for Waitrose over the years and always had good experiences working there. Friendly staff and helpful management make it a pleasant working environment.
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Deliver driver
Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Harrogate, North Yorkshire - 25 May 2022
Good place to work. Nice staff. Not much progression. But good training opportunities. Pay is ok also. Delivery driving is a good job to do but it will not feed your family
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- Support from manager
- Ability to learn new things
- Sense of belonging
Good community
Supermarket Assistant (Current Employee) - Cobham, Surrey - 24 May 2022
Amazing for returning students who want to work over the holidays, good pay and very friendly. Options to move to different areas within the workplace to provide variety
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A supportive, inclusive and kind workplace
Supermarket Assistant (Current Employee) - Stourbridge, West Midlands - 21 May 2022
A typical day involves serving customers on the tills, replenishing stock and picking orders. I've learned about legal requirements to do with stock rotation, internal auditing and compliance. The management team are super friendly and supportive and I feel listened to and valued. It's the happiest team I've ever been part of, I just wish the wages were better! The hardest part of the job is dealing with angry and rude customers. The most enjoyable part is working with a nice bunch of people.
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They work you hard but pay you well
Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Wokingham, Berkshire - 21 May 2022
At work you'd be expected to work non-stop and they were not lax about the breaks. Management were mostly ok, my line manager was very dislikeable. The store and the customers always were friendly and you were treated well by them.
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Good if managers like you
Supermarket Assistant (Former Employee) - Canterbury City Centre, Kent - 20 May 2022
Managers tend to humiliate young staff in front of the team and on shop floor. Customers aren’t great and management rarely tend to back up their staff. Management ignored peoples health conditions, meaning one of my co workers broke out in a massive rash all over their body and told him off for complaining about the pain. The amount of wastage is insane and truly embarrassing. Would try and make staff stay 10 mins late if they were 2 mins late to their shift. There are no loyalties and a massive lack of communication amongst the management, if it’s not to do with them- they won’t do it.
Pros
Easy to call in sick, pay is decent
Cons
Work lots over Xmas, management awful, uniform shows all your sweat patches
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Loved it!
Night Replenishment Assistant (Former Employee) - Portsmouth - 20 May 2022
I completely enjoyed working at Waitrose. The atmosphere was comfortable and productive, and I felt supported and was thoroughly trained. It was a temporary job but I wouldn't hesitate to work here again if a position was offered.
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It’s okay I’m some ways
Shop Assistant (Former Employee) - Bagshot - 19 May 2022
You have such a good time normally can be sociable but gets quiet repetitive it’s a good job for the most part only some managers aren’t the best at what they do
Pros
Discount and lunch food
Cons
Management
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Family atmosphere
Customer Service Assistant (Current Employee) - Southampton - 19 May 2022
Generally a happy place to work where everyone gets on and helps each other . It can like any job be stressful at times . You need to be a real people person to work here
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Good job wish it was more money.
Customer Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Banbury - 19 May 2022
Job is nice and easy once you’ve got used to it. Only looking for different job due to needing better salary. Don’t apply if you don’t like shop floor work as it is part of your job. 80%of the job is driving other 20% is shop floor.
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Ok, but could be much better
Customer Service Advisor (Former Employee) - Hereford, Herefordshire - 18 May 2022
All too stressed. Good people generally, but Management too remote. Better communication would be helpful. Senior management away with the fairies, but I suppose that's the same with any large(ish) company,
Pros
Various benefits
Cons
Shifts, management
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Productive and fun workplace
Till Assistant (Former Employee) - West Midlands - 18 May 2022
Productive and fun workplace, rewarding and you'll gain alot of experience in different area's. Make lots of new friends. Have a better understanding
Pros
Good break times
Cons
Long hours
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good pay for under 18s
Supermarket Assistant (Former Employee) - Woking, Surrey - 17 May 2022
treat under 18s well they pay is good you get frequent pay rises every couple months and when you go off to uni it’s easy to transfer
Pros
good pay, breaks
Cons
sometimes boring
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Fun and rewarding place to work
Waitrose Supermarket Assistant (Current Employee) - Stourbridge - 16 May 2022
Everyone is so friendly and welcoming there. Always a busy working environment which is great as time flies. Fairly easy job to do, repetitive. Pay is good.
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Full of stress for new drivers.
Multi Drop Van Driver (Former Employee) - London - 15 May 2022
Continuous tests and checks, which are to accelerate and improve sales and delivery, mainly cause tension and stress among employees. Not fully thought-out actions that force people to change jobs to less stressful ones.
Pros
Free lunches
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Good place to work, staff bonus every year, fab Christmas parties/events. Good discount
Customer Assistant (Former Employee) - Keynsham - 15 May 2022
I enjoyed working at Waitrose, great people to work with everyone is friendly, easy to progress, was sad to leave but working weekends is an absolute must. The only reason I left.
Pros
Discount
Cons
Weekends are a must
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Enjoyable.
Shelf Replenisher (Former Employee) - Willerby - 14 May 2022
The staff were all very friendly and while I got stuck in with the work I never felt like I was being overworked or pushed too hard. A nice atmosphere where the days never felt too long.
Pros
Pretty relaxed and friendly place.
Cons
None
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Good place to work
Sales Assistant (Current Employee) - Chandlers Ford, Hampshire - 12 May 2022
Good place to work , partners are friendly and look after each other . Typical days are fast paced and there is a lot do but not too much s not possible to finish.
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Good workplace
Supermarket Assistant (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 11 May 2022
Nice supermarket to work at, good pay and bonuses. Easy to get overtime worked with other young people. Management could be more understanding. Very busy at Christmas.
Pros
Good pay
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A nice environment but has issues...
Supply Planner (Current Employee) - Bracknell - 11 May 2022
A good vibe and positive environment, with good benefits but frustration of using buggy and inadequate systems. Departments not working efficiently together. Also, way too may "yes" men/women getting promoted. They're exceptional at networking, looking the part, saying the right things but actually, often, absolutely rubbish at the actual job they are supposed to be doing. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic people there, decent, dedicated and good at their job but for me......way too many blaggers in middle management. I salute the Partners there, that I have to say, are the rock of the place, crucial and keep the operation going but for me, it's sad that these people are often overlooked and kept in "that place" on purpose and the blaggers and cronies climb the ranks. That's life I guess, happens everywhere.
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fun
Fisherman (Former Employee) - Stroud, Gloucestershire - 10 May 2022
very good company, enjoyed working there, very nice staff and managers, really good team, great job for young people would highly recommend that you give it a go
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