Woolworths Limited Reviews in Sydney, Australia Area

Pros

good money, friendly atmosphere, enjoyable

Cons

always lacking funds to hire staff

Advice to Senior Management

be more responsive to workers and less demand to do things that cant be propely done

Pros

With the combination of personal drive and desire to want a happy, secured and successful life, you can safely entrust your time and energy in their palms to give you a career that offers that fulfillment, with a cultivated attitude.

Cons

Don't expect to not get your hands dirty! Be patient with yourself. It will take time and lots of repetitive work to progress and show management your growth capabilities.

Advice to Senior Management

As a manager try to understand employees personal situations if affecting work performance. If they can talk it out while working it can release their stresses and then do a more effective job.

Pros

Professional development
Improvement of technical skills. Lot of opportunities to work on different projects. Worked on different areas.

Cons

Too many level of management

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more opportunities for career advancement. Communicate changes openly. Otherwise people will rely on gossip.

Pros

Customer interactions at its best. The pay is fine. Most of my store managers are friendly and always there to lend a hand and listen to complaints from staff members.

Cons

Dealing with upset and rude customers. Sometimes, they don't provide enough staff members to get through the day. Sometimes, there's so much work to do, and there's so little time to do it. But I guess it differs from store to store.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more staff members. Hire competent managers.

Pros

Good working Environment
Professional
Very Fair

Cons

Tireless work
Boring and Repetitive

Advice to Senior Management

Better training would have made me a lot more confident.

Pros

1. Quick Promotions
2. Good Money(I think, I don't know about others retailers)
3. 5% staff discounts on purchases in about 15 different retail that are owned by woolworths ltd..

Cons

work like a dog.
No holidays during easter ,Christmas, Newyear time.
Must apply holiday one year prior.
higher budget, less labour budget so you end up working minimum 50+ hours every week.

Advice to Senior Management

stop squeezing us till we dried.

Pros

Fantastic career opportunities. Challenging work with great people. Once you work here, you can move around to different parts of the business, different divisions and different locations.

Cons

Flexibility to take leave at busy times of the year for retail eg Christmas and Easter, but the benefits outway the downsides

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

The best reason to work for Woolworths is really a double edge sword. It really depends on who is you boss and what part of the business you are in. I am in IT and I enjoy the opportunity that I have been given to work with some of the bleeding edge technology in the company. It also helps that my direct management at the moment are fairly decent.

Cons

I have in the past had real bastards of line managers, one in particular issued me with a warning because I had come into work at 8am instead of my normal 7am. I was not required to start work until 9am. A lot of line managers in Woolworths have the personality of a door knob.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a look at how some of the line managers are treating their staff.