What is paid time off like at Debenhams?

Pros

- Friendly Staff - Shift tasks were on arotation so you weren't stuck in one place too long - Fairly easy to get overtime and to book time off

Cons

- Unorganised - Low pay - Ofen understaffed on shifts

Pros

-Friendly colleagues -Plenty to do -Friendly managers -Good, flexible hours (managers understand if you need time off or need to change a shift)

Cons

-Would have loved to have been kept on but no temps were due to financial issues.

Pros

Benefits, training, time off ,good amount of staff , work life balance

Cons

Too much work for a day and tight time pressures.

Pros

nice pay and get time off when needed

Cons

long hours and bad customers

Pros

staff discount (20% for 18+ and 25% for under 18s), paid holidays , friendly staff and customers, nice place to work if it is your first job

Cons

if it is not a seasonal time of year e.g.: summer or Christmas, there can be little to do in store so the shift drags a bit

Pros

Friendly people and good shifts

Cons

Pay wasnt great and hard to take time off

Pros

Good discount nice canteen paid holiday

Cons

Long hours heavy work load

Pros

Nice management and enjoyed working with customers

Cons

Hard to book time off

Pros

Other staff Nothing else really

Cons

Cliques formed with managers and staff resulting in unfair treatment. Holidays refused despite plenty of notice and other members of staff not being off. Ridiculous rules re sickness and time off Hours changing constantly, had hours change four times in one day Management not taken into account other life commitments etc college, life in general Too much expected from too little staff Not enough staff No support from union despite being a closed shop Staff lifts not working, resulting in stock issues Tills, Kiosk never work properly Too much focus on KPI targets Junior staff with keys, not trustworthy Too many management changes Facilities unclean Insufficient pest control Staff moral low Store manager needed a lesson in how to speak to people, rude, ignorant and no respect for staff Too many managers in office who won’t come to help staff when needed. Pawned off to deal with issues below their level. Health and Safety in a shambles, fell off a ladder, no report done, another time hit my head on bars not stored correctly and was told I couldn’t got home because we were that short staffed Caused issues after employment had seized, treated with legal action over a mistake they had made re payment

Advice to Management

Be on the floor, don’t sit in the office all day and moan when staff can’t meet targets because it’s been busy and you haven’t been bothered to help resolve the issues

Pros

10% discount Access to sales

Cons

- horrible managers - struggle to book holidays - unable to get time off - wasn’t allowed to have Christmas holidays