Ignorant of employment law - Anonymous employee Home Bargains Employee Review

1.0
16 Nov 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Met some nice people as colleagues

Cons

The rate of pay is poor with no enhancements for unsociable hours i.e 5am start. And the contracted hours are low. Everyday we are expected to work beyond the rota shift but if we say that we are unable to stay on we are told that we have to. Notice of Improvement are handed out all the time for unavoidable situations like Illnesses or accidents or lateness even if only 5 mins late once in 4 months and lateness due to flooded roads on the way to work. Store management are untrained in people skills and seem to be unaware of employment law. We are always in fear of being fired for having 3 Notice of improvement being served and employees are not told about the appeals process or the fact they they don’t have to sign the NOI.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
3 Dec 2025
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Pros

Good staff Some good managers who genuinely care (but get overlooked) Young people are nice Work/life balance is ok since they don’t actually give you any hours Customers are chill they don’t really expect much

Cons

Lots of grooming that gets overlooked by the company, young girls are vulnerable as nothing is done about it and these men aren’t held accountable When you speak up about this, it gets treated as a rumour and/or lie Never enough staff Managers have favourites and make it blatantly obvious Managers will blank you the entire shift if they don’t like you Managers will be working so hard for years just to be overlooked Training is non existent Nepotism Completely outdated - tills are over 20 years old If you’re working evenings you’ll finish later than scheduled Don’t even bother to give you a chair if you’re on tills No balance - you’ll be put on tills for 8 hours straight for days in a row 10% discount:(

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