Boots Employee Reviews about "poor management"
Updated Dec 2, 2019
"Good pay esp for younger employees" (in 260 reviews)
"Staff discount & growth opportunities" (in 172 reviews)
"Long hours, stressful Christmas period" (in 110 reviews)
"Poor management or lack of management" (in 55 reviews)
Reviews about "poor management"
Return to all Reviews"good place to work"
StarStarStarStarStarI 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"Decent wage"
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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"Good retail shop to work at"
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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- Helpful (1)
"very bad"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI 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 "Good with the Bad"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI 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"Christmas Temp"
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I worked at Boots part-time
Pros
Good pay Nice community of employees
Cons
Poor management Jobs can be boring
Boots2019-09-23"Poor Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI 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"Always understaffed and management unwilling to recruit!"
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Doesn't RecommendI 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!
Show MoreBoots2019-09-30"Ok for basic money"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI 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"Good pay"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI 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