Does Edcon pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Edcon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Edcon. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Edcon?

85% of Edcon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Edcon 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Edcon?

Assistant Buyer (7) , Cashier (5) , Manager (5) , Store Manager (5) , Sales Associate (4) , Buyer (3) , Human Resources (3) , Planner (3) , Assistant Manager (2) , Beauty Consultant (2) , Brand Manager (2) , Call Center Agent (2) , Call Centre Agent (2) , Cellphone Administrative (2) , Customer Service Consultant (2)

What are the pros of working at Edcon according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture" ((in 9 reviews)); "Great people and learning ground" ((in 6 reviews)); "The Working environment was good" ((in 4 reviews)); "great benefits and diversity in the company" ((in 4 reviews)); "Great environment to work for ." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Edcon according to real employee reviews?

"Abusive management" ((in 10 reviews)); "Long hours and dealing with rude customers." ((in 8 reviews)); "Lack of leadership and poor management" ((in 3 reviews))

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4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(156 total reviews)

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Senior management

3.7

Compensation and benefits

Edcon has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 156 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Edcon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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156 reviews

3.0

Oct 12, 2016

Buying

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great People to work with Huge Opportunity to build business

Cons

Location of Head office Upper, upper management over complicate the systems and way of working Too much red tape Don't react fast enough to current trade and trend Buying process is to "numbers" and planning related, not enough creative Direction from CEO is a little confusing Lack of support structure (marketing, supply chain, Graphic designers, fashion designers, Visual merchandised, etc) Unrealistic targets on product mark up that out prices the item compared to the market

4.0

Nov 16, 2021

Vacancy

Systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Retail experience Customer service IT experienced

Cons

Company closed down this year

5.0

Oct 8, 2025

n/a

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No comment was a par time worker

Cons

was part time worker and worked for shop period

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