ASDA Reviews

Pros

Managers respect their employees
Good pay
Good holiday pay rate
They give the hours you request
There are usually overtime

Cons

Discount could be increased from 10% to 25% or higher

Advice to Senior Management

management are actually good

Pros

Work Life Balance Benefits Security
Great place if you are a young ambitious person or a graduate. Great springboard for other companies.

Cons

Promotions based on how good you are at selling yourself not on actual results
Promotions process varies accross areas of the business

Advice to Senior Management

Develop an process to reward within role
Develop a Pay Band system so that all lower management isn't piled into the same pay category

Pros

Friendly colleagues
Some nice customers

Cons

Professionals not treated fairly.
Some awful customers

Advice to Senior Management

In order to succeed in the professional side of the business, you must encompass a different strategy offering more respect and career opportunities. Professionals do not have to be sen "rumbling" frozen foods or tissues in order to be part of your team. Focus on your professionals' strength!

Pros

Quite flexible when it comes to shift swaps
Keen eye for health and safety
Good for a part time job

Cons

Highly unprofessional managers
Adamant about staff working either Saturday or Sunday (company policy blindly obeyed by all managers - even when it's not the case)
Poor flexibility with regards to changing departments and no job rotation
Paid less in comparison to the other BIG 3 retailers (Sainsburys, Morissons and TESCO)
Very monotonous work at times, but this is more characteristic of the industry rather than ASDA in particular

Advice to Senior Management

Senior managers should be more carefully selected. My manager could not even spell properly (when leaving messages for checkout supervisors) and clearly did not have adequate communication and interpersonal skills to be in that position. Middle management is very poor, which probably is one of the factors leading to such a high turnover rate.

Pros

Can make some really good friends and have good banter at work; Most workers are friendly and acknowldgable; The work is not difficult and theres is always someone nearby and easy to approach if help is needed

Cons

Job can become really repetitive; Managers can sometimes be under alot of pressure at certain times and can be quite snappy

Advice to Senior Management

Ageism issues ar rife at the ASDA store I work within and many managerial figures can be very rude and ignorant in the way they speak to collugues. Whether this is just a personal opinion from the store I work in or it is an issue on a bigger scale, i feel managers should be advised or chosen on there people skills and communication skills as it is a vital part of working in retail.

Pros

Good hourly rate for young people
Nice working environment
Some opportunities for development

Cons

Poor management
Uniform
Disconnected from head office
Not made to feel valued
Just a cog in the system
They use you, the spit you out

Advice to Senior Management

Have a clear path to management training
Have employee development sessions quarterly

Pros

great team work, working together

Cons

long hours long shift patterns

Advice to Senior Management

positive

Pros

easy but too long is

Cons

low pay, short holiday and low overtime

Advice to Senior Management

increase pay

Pros

Asda cares about it's people. This particular job was motivating, fast paced, required skill along with good customer skills. Even with the business behind the counter, the job was rewarding as having several tasks to manage simultaneously enabled a high level of responsibility, even for an entry-level role.

Cons

You are required to be multi-skilled outside of your role. For instance, not only working in the photo lab but also trained as a checkout operator, stocking on Home & Leisure.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep a closer eye on staff who are not working to their full potential. Many had the tendency to hide and slack in the back areas undetected by management.

Pros

overtime, flexi hours, staff canteen, holiday pay

Cons

little direction from management. poor morale

Advice to Senior Management

improve stock control