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    Updated Dec 2, 2019

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    3.4
    61%
    Recommend to a Friend
    70%
    Approve of CEO
    Boots Senior Vice President and Managing Director Sebastian James
    Sebastian James
    196 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Good pay esp for younger employees" (in 260 reviews)

    • "Staff discount & growth opportunities" (in 172 reviews)

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    Reviews about "poor management"

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    1. "good place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Customer Service Advisor 

      I worked at Boots part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      - generous pay - nice people - good discount and rewards

      Cons

      - strict timetables and poor management

      Boots2019-12-02

    2. "Decent wage"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Customer Advisor in Belfast, Northern Ireland

      I have been working at Boots part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good wage, the job isn't difficult, can have decent hours

      Cons

      Very little progression, poor management

      Boots2019-11-13
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    3. "Good retail shop to work at"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - No7 Advisor in Newbury, England

      I have been working at Boots full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good pay Friendly environment Lots of benefits for being an employee

      Cons

      Poor management Understaffed but staff are still sent to help other stores

      Boots2019-10-21
    4. Helpful (1)

      "very bad"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Pharmacist in Gloucester, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Boots full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      ok money, variety of locations, some nice staff, employee discount, fair holiday hours. very focused on making customers happy

      Cons

      understaffed, stressful, poor management, no efforts to make employees happy

      Advice to Management

      to ensure employee retentions, imporve working environment, more dispensary staff that are trained, ACT are useful and necessary as pharmacy practice advances and pharmacists are needed to do more services and not accuracy checking at the same time

      Boots2019-11-24

    5. "Good with the Bad"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Customer Service in Birmingham, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Boots full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      -Decent pay -Good hours -Really nice colleagues for the most park -Discount

      Cons

      -Poor management for the most part -A lot of nepotism in the business -Favouritism

      Boots2019-10-17

    6. "Christmas Temp"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Sales Assistant 

      I worked at Boots part-time

      Pros

      Good pay Nice community of employees

      Cons

      Poor management Jobs can be boring

      Boots2019-09-23

    7. "Poor Management"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Dispenser in Kilmarnock, Scotland
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Boots full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Training and the opportunity to progress

      Cons

      Poor management Just a number

      Boots2019-10-05

    8. "Always understaffed and management unwilling to recruit!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Pharmacy Advisor 
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Boots full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good as a first job if you want to gain experience working with the public. Was signed up for the Pharmacy Advisor Programme which leads to an NVQ qualification upon completion. Course was interesting - would recommend to those with an interest in medicine/going into nursing etc. Benefit of a staff discount card as well as double discount days.

      Cons

      Always understaffed making it a very tense and stressful working environment. Often had to work overtime/miss breaks because of lack of staff, and this overtime was often not made up in lieu. Pay does not reflect the amount that is expected of you. Management failed to recruit despite understaffing, claiming that we were in fact 'over budget'! Patients and customers understandably get very irate due to poor... management and this is taken out on the staff. The pharmacy has become increasingly target-based, with those targets being very unrealistic!

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      Boots2019-09-30

    9. "Ok for basic money"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Pharmacy Avisor 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Boots part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Freebies and staff discount at christmas

      Cons

      poor management overall, no care for staff

      Advice to Management

      Treat your staff like people not robots

      Boots2019-09-26

    10. "Good pay"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Customer Assistant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Boots full-time

      Pros

      Good pay Nice bonuses Great development

      Cons

      Poor management Under staffed

      Advice to Management

      Listen to employees

      Boots2019-09-11
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