Costa Employee Reviews about "long hours"
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Pros
"Good discount, free drinks and food" (in 128 reviews)
"Flexible working hours of course depending on the location" (in 75 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours shifts patterns stress" (in 115 reviews)
"Minimum wage possible and not good tips" (in 49 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Reviews about "long hours"
Return to all ReviewsPros
Free coffee and was fun
Cons
Low pay and long hours
Pros
fun interesting fast whatever idk
Cons
bad management, long hours, a lot of pressure
Continue reading"X"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Costa part-time for more than a year
Pros
Good company, lots of opportunities for progression
Cons
Long hours, very physical work
Continue reading"Could be better"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Costa full-time for more than a year
Pros
Work as a team, fu. Place to work
Cons
Long hours, extremely short staff, long wait for pay rise
Pros
Community spirit was just fantastic
Cons
Long hours on feet unfortunately
"Fun and great job for all"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Costa part-time for less than a year
Pros
Easy and fun work and not too tricky work
Cons
Long hours and quite boring sometimes
Continue readingPros
good money and good staff
Cons
long hours and bad management
"Barista"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Costa full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great workmates Free coffee on shift Discounted food and drink (off shift)
Cons
Long hours, Understaffed, too many recipes
"A Lovely Environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Costa part-time
Pros
-made great friendships -I enjoyed keeping busy and was able to adapt to the work quite easily
Cons
-sometimes customers were rude and I had to deal with it -long hours was quite draining
Continue reading"Excellent Perks"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Costa part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great Coffee and Staff Members
Cons
Repetitive Role and long hours
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