Primark reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(12,164 total reviews)
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Eoin Tonge

60% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Primark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Primark 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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12K reviews
3.0
Aug 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly staff, overtimes (if you're good), quite easy to progress once you prove yourself. Nice management team, decent pay

Cons

long hours and unpaid brakes that you're forced to take, heavy workload, especially on busy times, you'll get stuff only if you're a friend of someone in a higher position

3.0
Aug 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Colleagues ALWAYS willing to help and they try their best to make you feel welcome, senior staff also are nice, in the fact that in the first weeks they don't expect too much out of you, they praise you for the work you have done and know that you're not instantly going to know where things are or what to do in a situation. My manager in particular is very friendly and doesn't treat me like an employee, more like a friend- which is good if you're new and feeling nervous or anxious

Cons

it can get monotonous sometimes, and if you're new and are told to put the returned products back it can sometimes be hard to find where they go, for example a specific blouse may not be in the blouse section so you have to ask somebody- and in this case it may even be from another store in which the product isn't on sale in your shop, therefore you've been looking around for 10 minutes only to be told we don't actually stock it in here.

3.0
Aug 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its an easy job, no targets to meet/customers to approach. Heard its easy to relocate.

Cons

Low wage - <18 is £4.35 p/hr, 18-21 is £5.50 Very fixed hours no flexibilty/rearrangement No discount/benefits (only 10% off at christmas) Same area all day - can be folding t shirts for a full day, nothing else at all.

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