B&M Retail Reviews

Pros

The team I was working with over 4 years was amazing however from talking/seeing other stores this isn't the same everywhere. They gave me a 8 hour a week contract over weekend's which suited me while I was at collage and university but 90% of the time I was offered 16 hours over the weekend and additional shifts in the week when I was free. This was my first job, the interview was fiarly relaxed and was a great introduction to the world of work.

Cons

First of all the pay, it is minium wage for your age and they in no way will pay you more than they have to no matter how hard you work. I was given the option to go for a supervisor roll in the store however these only offer an extra 30p a hour and requires you to work full time. There is a fairly fast turn over of staff and in my time there I have seen 4/5 managers change meaning how we work was constantly changed by new managers who havent spent time on the floor seeing how we actually work. The working conditions where awful, impartiality in the summer months, working in a large warehouse style store meant that it got very hot over the summer causing a lot of issues with being able to work 9 hour shifts in the heat, a lot of stock which was melting/going off which was only made worse when they introduced firdges and freezers in the store. We constanlty complained about the working conditions and where told they where going to introduce air conditioning which 2 years later when i left still wasnt installed. Only being on a 8 hour contract ment that I wasnt garrenteed work which got hard imparticuarly in january, after christmas.

Pros

The staff discount? I guess?

Cons

Forget about looking after your mental health - that goes straight out of the window. Many members of management will pretend to support you, some won’t bother and some will just be down right nasty. Oh, and no matter how much work you do, how much effort you put in, it will never be good enough. There will always be something to complain about. Atmosphere is far from pleasant, seemed to be a new argument amongst staff or management every day. And if you think management are going to act professional, think again, some of them acted like sneaky little bullies.