Farmfoods Reviews
Updated 16 Jan 2020
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Eric Herd
54 Ratings
Pros
"Staff discount, however very little" (in 40 reviews)
"15% discount has its benefits for sure" (in 18 reviews)
Cons
"Everything that goes wrong is the area managers fault" (in 23 reviews)
"The pay is actually not too bad but due to the long hours it needs improving" (in 19 reviews)
"Fab"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Farmfoods full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Discount is brilliant and my team are great!
Cons
None that I can think of
Advice to Management
Keep being good people!
Farmfoods2019-12-07"Great"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Farmfoods full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good pay Progression oppotunities Great atmosphere
Cons
No bank holidays Long hours
Farmfoods2020-01-04"Decent"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Farmfoods part-time
Pros
Good management. Not too demanding.
Cons
Not much to do when it's quiet
Farmfoods2020-01-04"Could be a lot worse at other companies"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Farmfoods full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good work atmosphere and rewarding
Cons
Can be hard work at times
Advice to Management
Keep motivated
Farmfoods2019-12-17"Shop assistant"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Farmfoods full-time for more than a year
Pros
I like farmfoods allways run well and very good customer service
Cons
I have nothing bad to say about farmfoods
Advice to Management
Yes
Farmfoods2020-01-16"NEVER IN MY LIFE"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Farmfoods part-time for less than a year
Pros
Weekly Payment Some ok members of staff
Cons
Clear promotion by privilege ethos Area managers pass false rotas to head office and breach working hours laws Continuously running on lowest amount of staff possible Too much work for the rate of pay No clear leadership or direction shown from senior management Constant store thefts with no security and staff at constant risk
Advice to Management
A complete reform is needed to make this company better. It is clear that favoritism runs deep within the company and that there is no care for the staff and their lives. Information is clearly being changed before being passed to HR as the rotas in store do not match the records on file at HR. This is the worst company i've ever worked for in my life with the worst company management I have ever seen.
Farmfoods2020-01-07"Poor business model makes life very hard"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Farmfoods full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great staff (but only because hard times bring people together)
Cons
•Overworked 60hrs+ •Only 1 day off a week most weeks due to lack management staff •No time back for overworking •Pay is a joke for what you do •Reducing delivery days so days when you do receive stock it's so much it can't be done with the amount of hours they give you •Insane amount of stocktakes even though results don't change •Threat of violence and abuse from customers and shoplifters daily (8 a day easily) •••No joke! Higher management will come in to do a visit and moan about leaves in the carpark and send someone you can't spare outside for an hour to sweep them up.
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If you enjoy pointless and a countless number of procedure's that have zero impact other than wasting your time and you enjoy sweeping leaves at 6am in the cold "because customers won't shop here if there are leaves" and love to count rice every other Saturday night until 1am then this is the job for you!
Farmfoods2020-01-04"I did an interview questions: where do you see yourself in 5 years describe your self what do you know about the compa"
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Pros
lovely people and good atmosphere
Cons
I do not have any
Advice to Management
nothing
Farmfoods2019-11-04"Avoid at all cost"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Farmfoods part-time for more than a year
Pros
Discount Staff friendly Holiday When manager wasn’t in
Cons
Manager is a BULLY, lazy and a lair Long hours No praise
Advice to Management
Get rid of the bad apple and the shop will be a good place to work!!!!
Farmfoods2019-12-06"Understaffed"
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Doesn't RecommendI worked at Farmfoods part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Flexible sometimes. nice staff of all ages
Cons
Always understaffed but they weren't allowed to hire more people, stock take, having to tie hair up when there was no open food, managers didn't communicate
Advice to Management
Employ more staff. Get outside company to do their stock take.
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