What is a typical working day like at ASDA?

Pros

Part-time shifts for working moms

Cons

Rubbish pay Unpaid break They cut on night shifts, office colleagues and so much staff, that a single person is doing at least 3 people's job in a single shift. The only thing one does is grafting, as there are no colleagues, there are no consumables, most of the management is clueless or they don't care. And nepo culture is still a thing.

Advice to Management

Get some proper management skills. Most lack basic skills such as common sense, attention to detail, can do attitude, etc

Pros

10% discount positive work environment

Cons

Break time is very limited, only get 30 minutes for 8 hour shift

Advice to Management

To get the most important jobs done first

Pros

10% Staff discount, 20% staff discount on selected days but they don’t communicate when those actually are.

Cons

Offered a drivers bonus as a way to retain drivers, after 8 weeks revoked it. whilst the rest of the store got a pay increase, the drivers lost theirs. Awful management, no breaks, no support after certain times at night.

Advice to Management

Treat your staff better….

Pros

Good people, fun environment, extra pay during night shifts

Cons

Unsociable hours sometimes and large workload

Pros

No qualification required No experience required Free Parking It pays in time You can shop at the end of your shift

Cons

Limited career progression unless you have close ties to management. Promotions seem to favor those who are part of the manager's inner circle. Transparency in the promotion process is lacking. It can be disheartening to see hardworking colleagues overlooked for advancement opportunities.

Advice to Management

Don't discriminate against minorities, pay for breaks, introduce weekend allowance and treat humans with some decency.

Pros

Friendly team Pay ok Turn up, work, go home Avenues for personal development

Cons

Heavy work at night Slightly unfair/unequal treatment towards night staff regarding uniform, employee benefits, incentives.

Advice to Management

Show more appreciation/ encouragement / incentive towards night staff who work hard every night to ensure the store is ready to trade the next day.

Pros

No qualifications required Good location for me

Cons

Shift patterns and weekend work

Pros

-Payed very well, around £9 per hour, furthermore when woking between the hours of 00:00am - 06:00am you get an extra 2£ an hour as its classified as nightshift -Work shifts can be very flexible depending on the willingness of the managers and the availability, what time you start (e.g. asking to start an afternoon shift) or what days you work

Cons

-After the pandemic the standard work hours at hollingbury ASDA were 3am to 9am which ment it was more of night shift role -They changed brake times for shifts, so you get less brakes. Used to be 4h shift -> no break, 5h shift -> 15min break, 6h shift -> 30mins break etc. Now its 4h & 15 mins shift -> no break, 5h shift & 15 mins-> 15min break, 6h shift & 15 mins -> 30mins break etc. So for the standard shift you only get 15mins. -Work can become very repetative after getting used to the type of work

Advice to Management

Fix the breaks and allow people to have longer break especially when they are on their feet for 6 h

Pros

friendly, shift work to suit

Cons

can be tiring to be on feet all day

Pros

Friendly team Pay ok Turn up, work, go home Avenues for personal development

Cons

Heavy work at night Slightly unfair/unequal treatment towards night staff regarding uniform, employee benefits, incentives.

Advice to Management

Show more appreciation/ encouragement / incentive towards night staff who work hard every night to ensure the store is ready to trade the next day.