Sainsbury’s FAQ

Pros

Great colleagues, good benefits package

Cons

Workload at certain points in the year

Pros

Colleagues are nice , free tea and coffee and they provide milk. Lockers too . Yes those are the office perks. You occasionally get to work from home a few days a week. They have lots of store roles everywhere almost always somewhere in the UK, and delivery drivers.

Cons

The random shift patterns that come with being in the support centre - 8-4 , 10 - 6 and then 9-5. Don't do it if you don't go to sleep easily. The company will hit the Titanic iceberg at some point and not have enough life boats.

Advice to Management

Good luck "saving to invest" ... Not sure what part is saving and which part is investment?Every little helps or my favourite :Spend a little, live a lot like brands. Only cheaper. Some much cheaper.

Pros

Great people to work with but not the management, they do not care about you Great name to have on the CV

Cons

To progress it’s very much about who you know, how loud and a good talker you are. It doesn’t matter how good you are, if you don’t play the game then your carer goes nowhere regardless of how skilled or experienced you are. Long hours are expected off you No real accounting systems NO training at all, you just have to figure everything out yourself Lack of basic benefits and perks such as medical, dental etc until you reach management level Pay is and has been and will always be below market rate MIGHT get a bonus, this gets dangled like a carrot forever If you leave even if it’s the the month the bonus is paid then you do not get your bonus baring in mind the bonus relates to the previous financial year and is paid 3 months after the FY yet you can’t get it. Looks diverse from the outside but is not actually diverse ALWAYS going through restructuring almost every 6 months, not get for job stability nor one’s mental health

Advice to Management

Invest in a real accounting system Invest in training people

Pros

Very good with progression, decent pension and perks

Cons

If the manager doesn't like you you don't stand a chance

Advice to Management

Ensure you employ managers who are interested in more than their ego

Pros

Excellent support by Company, Sick pay, maternity and paternity pay, career break after 5 years. Company has great values Company looks after colleagues No staff bonus

Cons

Breaks are unpaid managers are sometimes very inconsiderate and may not follow company policies some managers are not very approachable some managers like to micromanage

Advice to Management

Please be more considerate and compassionate, we are all humans.