Boots Employee Reviews about "long hours"
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- "The people I work with are all nice people and generally enjoyable to work alongside." (in 334 reviews)
- "managers don't know what they are doing they bully there staff especially in central london stores" (in 265 reviews)
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Updated Dec 5, 2023
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Reviews about "long hours"
Return to all Reviews- 5.0Sep 17, 2021Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Brilliant staff and work life balance
Cons
Long hours and slightly underpaid
- 3.0Dec 10, 2021Warehouse WorkerCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearNottingham, England
Pros
Straightforward job with not many difficulties; friendly staff and employees
Cons
Unpaid lunch breaks; cannot listen to music whilst working so when working long hours can be mentally exhausting!!
- 4.0Jun 27, 2018Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Great pay, shifts and managers are very helpful and friendly
Cons
long hours of constantly running around the shop floor and standing for long period of time
- 4.0Nov 27, 2021DispenserFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Fair pay for retail, good training available
Cons
Long hours and not enough resource especially for dispensing of carehomes
- 4.0Jun 30, 2016AssiatntFormer Employee, less than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
friendly co workers and staff
Cons
long hours and lack of flexibility
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- 5.0Mar 1, 2021Christmas Casual/Sales AssistantFormer Employee, less than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
the pay can be weekly
Cons
long hours and lot of standing up
- 4.0Jul 4, 2020Customer AdvisorFormer Employee
Pros
Great pay After 3 months of working you get a company discount
Cons
Bad management Unfair to employees Very long hours and repetitive
- 1.0May 28, 2014Customer AssistantCurrent Contractor, more than 5 yearsManchester, England
Pros
The staff discounts are ok and the majority of the staff are friendly and easy to work with. Training is adequate and the uniforms are ok.
Cons
zero hour contracts. not being able to sit when you are on the tills all day. the company does not care about its staff or job satisfaction, you rarely get any praise for great or outstanding work. Boots went through a ''re profiling'' in recent years to change staffs contracts, if you did not agree with their new terms you were eventually let go. This mainly effected long term staff who had flexible working hours (which they no longer do).
- 2.0Sep 5, 2016Sales AssistantFormer Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Varied roles available (on tills, stock control, relief at other local stores) Good amount and length of breaks (1 hour lunch and two 30 min breaks) Staff discount Got given flexible hours on zero hours contract when I went to uni
Cons
9am-6pm shift = long hours to be on your feet all day (can't sit down at the tills) No progression Horrid uniform Didn't feel valued at all, was just a cog in a machine Was underpaid quite a few times and took a lot of effort to get it changed Can be very busy when understaffed
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- 5.0Aug 19, 2021Customer Service AdvisorFormer Employee, less than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
Friendly and helpful colleagues and management.
Cons
Stressful and busy long hours
