H&M Employee Reviews about "no work life"

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No work life balance even as part time they still expect full time work without giving you any of the benefits.

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H&M wants to have a great place to work, work environment but in actuality it's not. I've been working here fulltime for 4 years and witnessed how upper head plays favoritism. It's all politics, about who you know if you want to move you up with the company. There's really not much room for growth unless your friends with the district team. They also have a bad habit of hiring unqualified people for management positions which ultimately brings down the moral of the store. There is also no work life balance which sucks if your full time or in a management position. They expect you to dedicate your whole life to the company so you really don't have any room to do anything outside of work like work another part time job or go to school full time. After a year or two of working at H&M you start to see all the shenanigans that go on behind the scenes.

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Company has amazing values however unfortunately doesn't always uphold them Rosters change last minute Not flexible with rostering hours Hours range from very early to very late so work life balance can be difficult sometimes

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At times under staffed. Double or triple weekends is a problem so not a great work life balance in that aspect.

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Lack of communication from area managers, lots of gossiping between store managers and area team. Too much work for the amount you get paid. Progression is based on who you are friends with. Work life balance is none existent and you don’t get paid any overtime which does tend to be excessive. No bonus scheme for hitting targets and when having to take on extra work it goes unappreciated.

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Retail work is hard and draining. Working hours. There could be more benefits and more focus on employee wellness to help improve work to life balance

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preference is given to lifers and those with the company more than 7 years. No work life balance although this becomes self inflicted due to the autonomous nature of the company.

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The people, from head office and in store, pick favourites Work/life balance impossible

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I don't even know where to start. This company has so many issues ingrained within its culture resulting in a toxic environment filled with unhappy jaded workers filled with thoughts of dissent. - Management is poorly trained and are promoted based on internal popularity. - Upper management is out of touch with the realities of work life on the store floor and thusly create unrealistic demands of workers. - They constantly create 'routines' which go against FairWork standards. They will lock your own property in a locker with their own padlock if you forget to bring your own. They place store music in the lunch room so that you 'don't nap'. - they ask for a culture of feedback but never take on any feedback for management and NEVER EVER EVER provide positive reinforcement to workers on the floor not once will you ever be told 'good job' or be thanked for completing a task. And management will only ever ask you to do things by saying 'do you want to..' not 'could you do...' this is again mainly due to the poor in store training for the management. - There is a scary and sustained clique hierarchy established by the Visual Merchandisers at H&M. They refuse to and do not speak to Sales Assistants. The consistently palm off their own duties to Sales assistants . - Deliveries in the morning go for 3 hours from 06:30-09:30. It is extremely menial labour with a whip being cracked over your head by management walking around consistently over that period making sure that you make the required target. You are also NOT allowed water bottles at your tables while you process the clothing. And leaving for a drink of water will be detrimental to your work load. - Swedish international workers are given preferential treatment and are moved from store to store to ensure their working visas are kept valid for a further 6months each time...regardless of their work ability compared to other workers. - You will be treated like a child, incapable of independent adult thought. - Any feedback you give them will fall on deaf ears. - they make up rules constantly, it's very hard to keep up. -you will be consistently mistreated by customers. -any accidents you make on the cash register you will be reprimanded for. Even though you have been putting through transaction after transaction for one or two hours. I could go on but I have try not to waste my precious waking hours letting that place get to me anymore. And gave up trying to think of everything because they honestly don't care, they don't want to hear because truly you are replaceable there. The turn over rate is insane. In 3 years there I had over 25 managers and worked in 3 departments and saw many more fellow sales assistants come and go. If you still decide to work there I guarantee you will understand what I mean within a very short amount of time. Good luck.

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6am truck shifts are brutal. No work life balance if you didn’t stay past your time you weren’t a “team player”.