Waitrose & Partners

Waitrose & Partners Employee Review

Good starter job

Supermarket Assistant (Former Employee) - Cardiff - 24 November 2022

Worked here for my first job during college. It was good pay and benefits but I felt as though the training lacked when it came to certain things. I was fine on the tills yet when it came to other tasks, I had no one to support what I was doing.The workplace was alright. No one spoke to the new starters so most break times were spent alone.

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3.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

4.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

3.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

3.0 out of 5 stars for Management

2.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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