River Island Clothing Employee Reviews about "uniform allowance"

Pros

Staff discount and uniform allowance Great clothes and latest technology to use on the floor to help customers Some nice people to work with Pretty good pay

Cons

Management speak to you however they want and don’t genuinely care about there staff at all, very rude sometimes In a larger store being on one section like fitting rooms all the time.. Staff form cliques

Pros

Good discount - 30% normally with uniform allowance. Nice environment.

Cons

Bad management, lack of progression opportunities (full time positions) and quite monotonous work.

Pros

Good discount Can be a fun workplace , make great friends.

Cons

Staff are really overworked for the wage they receive. High targets. Don’t be fooled by the “uniform allowance” they expect you to wear head to toe river island brand, even though you only get your allowance every 3 months, you might only get 2 cheap tops and a pair of jeans if you’re lucky, maybe more depending on your hours and contract. Managers can be sometimes (not always)cliquey/favoritism can occur too, sometimes expect too much of their staff, not enough help when trying to complete difficult tasks.

Pros

- lots of opportunity to learn and progress if you have the right attitude towards the job - Supportive Area managers who want to see you do well which is refreshing in such a stressful industry - Great discount: Managers 50% up to £500 and Staff 40% up to £250 plus uniform allowance every 6-8 weeks - Versatile environment, no day is ever the same and it never gets boring! - New CEO has brought in some excellent initiatives for staff and managers as well as some great ideas to ease the day to day stresses put on the team! Well done Will!

Cons

- High workload but nothing unexpected of a retail management job

Pros

40% discount clothing/uniform allowance working around people near the same age

Cons

catty management favouritism cliques and some workers tend to be ignorant