Marks & Spencer reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(11,362 total reviews)
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Stuart Machin

67% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Marks & Spencer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,362 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Marks & Spencer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
2.0
Sep 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Well known brand to have on your CV - Insight into the operations of a global retailer - Fast paced environment that builds resilience and adaptability

Cons

- Toxic work culture with zero teamwork across sales floors - Management is consistently unapproachable, unhelpful, and unfit to lead - Visual Merchandising team is rude, dismissive, and uncooperative — regularly moved stock without informing staff, leaving the sales team unable to assist customers properly - No communication or coordination between departments, leading to daily operational chaos - Extremely underpaid for the amount of physical and mental labor expected - No support for staff with health conditions — expected to perform physically demanding tasks like moving rails and handling mannequins regardless of ability or wellbeing - High turnover speaks for itself - you’re just another number

1.0
Nov 9, 2024

Awful company to work for

Recommend
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Pros

the discount (but only after you've worked there for three months)

Cons

Where do I start? Over worked - you will do the job of three people and expected to do this every shift. They expect you to deliver amazing customer service (they scrutinise every customer review) but this is difficult to achieve due to lack of staff and puts too much pressure on staff. Managers have screamed at people who they suspect were Mystery shopped but didn't get 100%. Management, especially regional have very unrealistic expectations and side too much with the customer (they forget sometimes customers are unreasonable!) Managers need better HR training - they will assign you shifts without asking or ask very last minute, if you have more than 2 days sickness they will hold a diciplinary meeting. They also expect staff to work for free - if you clock out late they will decline your overtime even when they asked you to stay longer. they expect you to finish at midnight and don't care how you get home! Only friends or family of the managers will be able to progress- if they don't like you (even if you work hard) they won't consider you. Management are cliquey. Low morale

2.0
May 31, 2024

Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay Good work ethic (Things get done) Great discount

Cons

Waterside office is not for those who are neurodivergent or introverted Toxic culture - Meetings before 9am, after 5pm, over lunch period. Nobody takes a lunch. People work on holiday. Expectation to deliver no matter the circumstance Hierarchal structure. So much red tape to get through Death by meetings. Meetings about meetings to prep for meetings Poor data systems and quality

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Marks & Spencer Response
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Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share share your feedback with us. Whilst it is great to hear that you enjoy the benefits that we have to offer for our colleagues, it is disheartening to hear the cons you have provided. We’d recommend that you discuss your concerns with your Line Manager, or if you feel you cannot approach your Line Manager, then tell a more senior person or someone who you feel most at ease with, for example your BIG rep or your HR Business Partner. Similarly, we'll make sure your comments are fed back. Marks & Spencer.
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