NEXT Employee Reviews about "people"

Pros

you can make some great friends

Cons

management changes a lot and some times they are good and sometimes the people are bad

Pros

The team you work with

Cons

Top management never happy everything is about results and managing people who do the smallest things wrong . Some managers don't even know the names of the staff that work in store , I've seen regional managers make manager and staff cry .

Pros

Good bonus's / rewards Shifts are put on market place for people to select meaning everyone has a fair chance getting extra hours Supportive colleagues

Cons

Ridiculous hours especially over Christmas period - the 5 am sale Favouritism and no fair selection process regarding promotions

Pros

I love working at next. The people I work for are all friendly and it's like an extended family. The managers are also lovely and will help you as much as they can with anything. I love being able to do different jobs as well. I am contracted to work on the shop floor but also help with delivery and parcels. You are kept up to date with training whenever something changes. There's so many skills you can learn and different jobs to do.

Cons

Working so mcuh over Christmas and not having a Christmas. Especially when you have young children. Shame it's not like other companies where you work Christmas eve OR boxing not both. Also how the working wardrobe is done and the full amount of what you buy is taken off your allowance including the 25% you are paying for. The 25% you pay shouldn't be taken off your allowance.

Pros

People are normally fun in each location and I got away with being late a lot

Cons

Wage are horrific. People get caught up in gossip etc and I dont believe they really ever paid e my overtime

Pros

Some lovely people to work with Incredibly motivated Managers 25% discount Uniform allowance

Cons

Fewer staff expected to maintain high levels of customer service Steady reduction of terms and conditions e.g. no extra pay for bank holidays (even Boxing day), no extra pay for Sunday working Compulsory to work Boxing day and other holiday times such as around easter No consideration of flexible working for managers. Staff can swap shifts on line. insufficient time allowed to train new starters Very flat management structure after several years of restructuring making it difficult for people to progress Productivity rates extremely high in some stores leading to stressed out staff with little job satisfaction

Pros

You get to meet some nice people and make some lifetime friends as well as a lot of enemies. There are flexible working hours which suit students or those with commitments i.e. families

Cons

Where do I start? Next have been so insensitive with health issues that I have had. Issues which I could seek legal advice against the company, which I haven't. I spoke to management many times about the issue, including area managers who dealt with it once and once alone. There were times I was left crying on the shop floor. But was still given long shifts and late night shifts which would involve lots of heavy lifting - all stuff my surgeons have specifically asked me not to do. Management at my store were very rude, speaking down to me a lot of the time. There has been reports also of times where they have been able to over-ride the system and make sure that we are paid less for overtime we do. I have also been dragged down the stairs by my arm by one of the managers at my store.

Pros

- I learnt so much about retail as well as the delivery process - I had an amazing experience working - The people who work at my store are incredibly kind and they helped me so much when i first started working

Cons

- would like a bit of a longer break! - a little higher pay for over 18's. i currently earn 6.80ph but would have liked at least 8.50

Pros

The people you work with are amazing and you fell happy at work actually enjoying what you do. As well as getting staff discount on products.

Cons

It can be very stressful during some periods and you are required to work every 24th of December.