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Arcadia
3.3 of 5 9 reviews
www.arcadiagroup.co.uk London, United Kingdom 1000 to 5000 Employees
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33% Approve of the CEO

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Sir Philip Green

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86% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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London, England (UK)

Current Employee – been working at Arcadia full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat discounts in the high street

ConsVery competitive can be difficult to progress

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Current Employee – been working at Arcadia

Prosgood training and development available

ConsBoring, too much pressure on selling the credit card

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Current Employee – been working at Arcadia

ProsBig company, it's not likely to go bust

Consas it's a big company, they aren't concerned about keeping their staff

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at Arcadia full-time for more than 3 years

Prosexposure, experiences, pride, exciting, included, honor

Consmoney, expectation on staff, lack of progression, repetitive

Advice to Senior Managementlook after your staff and reward them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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London, England (UK)

Current Employee – been working at Arcadia full-time

ProsOK Salary but no real increase in current climate
Store discount
Flexible reward package for high grade giving you the choice of benefits

ConsPolitics between competing brands within the group.
Systems are dated in look and feel
Pressure to keep costs down effects overall performance

Advice to Senior ManagementLook at bringing systems upto date, particularly in Creative Suite as this could prevent recruiting talented people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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London, England (UK)

Current Employee – been working at Arcadia part-time for more than a year

ProsThe 25% discount across all arcaidia brands
The opportunity to double discount on special mega event days
The ability to control your own learning for promotions
Incentives for exceeding targets

ConsThe uniform allowance is really low and unfair for those who work less than 30 hours, consideiring it's meant to cover a 3 month period.
Managers take their time to sign you off to a higher position, but give you duties to preform which are not in your job description :-/
Managers from different stores do different things... can be confusing when covering or doing overtime in different stores.

Advice to Senior ManagementTalk to staff on their level, not in a belittling way. Encourage staff to progress through the rans if they wish and sign them off in time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Leeds, England (UK)

Current Employee – been working at Arcadia

Prosrelaxed atmosphere, opportunity to work in different areas of the business

Conscompanesation on the low side

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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London, England (UK)

Former Employee – worked at Arcadia

ProsWell known company that has many opportunities across the 7 brands. Big learning curve and many opportunities across different sized stores.

ConsRelatively low pay, as per any retail career weekends are a norm. Payroll is run really tight so resources to deliver high service and relaxed/fair management scheduling do not happen.

Advice to Senior ManagementSimplify simplify simplify store goals and targets - too many. You will be able to deliver higher customer service and visual standards with more payroll.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Dublin, Dublin (Ireland)

Former Employee – worked at Arcadia

ProsExcellent training and development. Clear and concise job expectations.
A very well run company. Brill to work for!!! A range of brands to cover all fashion markets.

ConsHard to find negatives for Arcadia except that benefits are not wat they were pre recession. lower start of pay etc etc but I guess it's to be expected. Sir Phillip has to keep an eye on his profit.

Advice to Senior ManagementPerhaps look for more feedback on operations, area managers, regional controllers, stock package etc from top store managers and deputies.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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