Toxic, inexperienced and bullying management - Anonymous employee Currys Employee Review

1.0
12 Jan 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some (not all) supportive colleagues, a few good gems but management favourites as toxic as management.

Cons

Always pushing you to work more hours and penalising you if you can't Take on young staff and bully them assuming they don't know their rights. Consistently give their favourite staff the best shifts. Serious lack of training from management, very toxic culture. No motivational, encouraging management. No acknowledgement from management when you go above and beyond it do a good job. Not enough staff so expect too much out of each individual Inappropriate behaviour by staff and managers which is never addressed properly. Managers don't know how to deal with it and if they try they break confidentiality rules. Tell staff they have to work on certain days as part of their contract even though it's not their agreed days so you have to drop college, uni or whatever. Want you to work all over Christmas and new year with only Christmas day off. Curry's should take boxing day off like many other good retailers It's retail so some of this is expected but due to lack of enough staff you are expected to work all of it. Would seriously discourage anyone under 19 to apply. Make sure you get a copy of your contract at time, read it carefully before signing so you know your rights as they will tell you anything. HR very slow to respond to queries.

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Currys Response
3y
Hi there, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a response. We’re sorry to hear you feel this way. As a retail business, it’s very important that we are there when our customers need us to be and our colleagues will need to work shift patterns that are best for our customers and reflect trading patterns. We have invested in and continue to invest heavily in staff training and compliance to transform the business over next couple of years, every colleague has access to our online e-learning. Our company encourages an open and honest working environment between line managers and colleagues and we encourage all our colleagues to have an open and honest conversation with their line manager to solve any concerns. In addition to this, we provide all colleagues with access to our confidential colleague helpline for times when it’s not easy to have a particular conversation with your line manager. Thanks, the team at Currys.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're delighted to hear that you value your colleagues and the team environment at Currys. We strive to create a fun and friendly buzzy vibe.
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