Great team members, terrible management - Sales Assistant Tiger Retail Limited Employee Review

Met some nice people there.

I started as a supervisor about a week after the store had opened. I had expected that on my first day that there would have been some sort of induction/training however this was not the case. 3 days into the job I was still not properly till trained, comfortable with the cashing up procedures or even fully aware of what my duties and responsibilities actually were. I was not the only one who felt like this since everybody just seemed to be muddling through and not really knowing fully what they were doing. Rotas for the week starting on a Monday were given late Sunday night so at such short notice staff were not turning up. Rotas were also changed without being told about it. In the week I was there, there was a constant turnover of staff. At least 14 people left in the space of 3 days. Pay was low for a supervisor position, especially considering what was expected of you. Management was completely disorganised and confused which was largely down to a lack of communication. After a week I left to go back to my old job because I did not feel confident that this was a stable enough position for me. There will be teething troubles when a new store is opened but what I experienced goes above and beyond simple teething problems.

nice atmosphere and the people I worked with were the reason I stayed as long as I did

.crap pay .work like a slave .disgusting mannerisms from customers (like buying a carrier bag is the end of the world) .you cant take time off during october to december time .rotas are crap, good luck if you want at least one weekend off .no flexibility with rotas, you need a certain day off its impossible to swap with others as the whole bleeding team work the days you do. .you do overtime you wont get paid for it .no bonuses considering tiger can afford it. Most tiger stores always hit targets including the store I was in .not really worth the time and energy as it's wasted on unappreciative management .no matter how many times your called up to serve customers and trying to get your sections filled if it looks a bit empty you have to stay back and finish. Bare in mind if you have to replenish the walls they will take you a day at least and then you have to do the tables. too much stock in the stock room and such a tiny stock room which makes your life a lot harder overall crap company to work for, i would rather be a cleaner and would get paid more money than work here. oh i forgot you had to be the toilet cleaner in tiger as well, no excuses.