B&M Retail Reviews

Cons

None whatsoever, love my job

Cons

High turnover rate of staff.

Cons

Pay for management team (Supervisors)

Cons

Low contracts which makes it difficult to live off your wage due to not being guaranteed the hours. Despite working 25+ hours a week consistently for a period of time you're still stuck on an 8 hour contract and then your hours are cut back with no notice which makes it very difficult to plan financially.

Cons

-managers expect the world with minimal staff on shift
-high turnover of managers and the lack of standardisation between them means the staff have no idea what they want us to do each day.
-low pay
-VERY irregular hours, we have often been rang up on the day of a shift change and are expected to come in.
-they make you feel guilty for not wanting overtime and will not call you for overtime if you decline them once.
-though easy, the work is tedious and often feels like a losing battle with the size of some deliveries.

Cons

i have nothing in objection to the company values and morals, they are a great company to work for.

Cons

pay is crap
hours are worse

Cons

I have no downsides. I truly love my job

Cons

Micromanagement is prevalent

The focus on task is so intense, that many managers within the business have lost sight of what that task is intended to achieve, and thus any deviation in the search for better ways of working is a frightening concept for them

Planning is almost non-existent. It is a rarity for colleagues to have more than a week’s schedule in advance. Despite a company rule stating no colleague’s shifts to be amended with less than 48hours notice without consent, this happens on a daily basis. This has included new starters having no schedule until 4 days after their induction, a colleague getting their first week’s schedule after the end of their second shift that week, and colleagues returning from annual leave to find their days and times of work completely changed.

Employee welfare concern is non-existent. Return to work meetings are a rarity, and the outcomes of those meetings are ignored with colleagues asked to work beyond what has been agreed as reasonable amendments.

Managers are encouraged to spend hours watching colleagues working on CCTV to observe what is being done, acting in hindsight rather than work alongside and lead their teams.

The management structure and culture within the company is task oriented with an attitude geared towards breaking down colleagues for fault and blame. The inability of key managers to build and develop teams and individuals is crippling and resulting in excessive employee turnover.

Cons

With all the talk about how much money they make, they could pay more than minimum wage