Farmfoods Reviews

Cons

The management does not have any leeway when it comes to shifts. You work too much

Cons

Branch manager just scraping above minimum wage need I say more?

Cons

Nowhere near enough staff to run a shop,
Working 1-1 mostly,
No security,
Nothing you do is good enough,
Never get proper breaks (apart from smokers!)
Constantly breaking employment law. .

Cons

- working hours, they expect you to work stupidly long and will argue until you actually accept it. You are literally the last port of call and if you cannot find someone else to take over you, you have to stay all day
- upper management are useless and do not support you at all, they expect you to actually enjoy your time or be part of the team but offer no support for your time
- values, they promote their values but don't enact them. There's no trust, only hard work and if the upper management aren't happy, they will slate you until you are
- breaks, you're told to take your breaks but normally work 1-on-1 and cannot take breaks, especially when management as you will need to have someone on the floor at all times

Cons

Always be rotated for shifts I would never agree to do. Customers weren't very nice and management wouldn't stick up for staff.

Cons

- Ridiculously overworked whilst constantly short-staffed (typically only 2-3 people working in the store, even during busy periods)
- Always poor stock orders; many items are ordered when they simply don't have to be, and then they ask we fill up as much as possible when the freezers are already full. If they're full, then we must 'bury' items in freezers with space.
- They expect too much, e.g. one person has to be on till, maintain this area, the front shop area, and have eyes set alert for shoplifters.
- Store won't invest in security guards, when it's obvious, that they desperately need them.
- Employees have been in situations where they've been badly threatened, even held as hostages, but management don't even check to see if they're okay after and don't action anything accordingly in response to threats/robberies.
- Farmfoods don't do any proper background checks at times in who they employ, as at one period I was managed by someone who I then found out was a former drug lord (this person did was also harsh to myself and other staff, again, expected too much from us).
- You can't trust your manager at times when it comes to them organising your rota, as either by accident/purpose, you may randomly notice that your hours for the week have decreased, or that you do extra hours in a week but they aren't recorded... I, nor employee, should have to constantly check their rota to see if their correct hours are listed!

Cons

stocktakes on saturday nights over run

Cons

Everything else...work long shifts with no breaks even though theyre taken off you, area managers cut store hours constantly to gain bonuses with no regards to how it affects the store. Expected to do stocktake most Saturday nights as results never come back correctly due to the company being to cheap to manage shoplifters with cctv.

Cons

the hour i will do buy affect my college time so i would properly work less hours during the week and on the weekend do more hours

Cons

bullied by management, made to do stocktakes on the day no notice and did not get paid for it. also rude customers talk badly and senior staff ignored and never backed staff up and not bar from the shop. new came to the store and belittled me in front of staff and customers.