Greggs Employee Reviews about "long hours"
Updated 14 Dec 2020
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Roger Whiteside
452 Ratings
Pros
"fairly flexible work hours and good pay" (in 154 reviews)
"All ok Staff discount and paid breaks" (in 96 reviews)
Cons
"Very early starts if you work an open shift" (in 77 reviews)
"Long hours and always need to put customer first" (in 73 reviews)
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"Good job during studies"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Greggs part-time
Pros
Great discount on food friendly Active
Cons
long hours of standing strong smell
"Good for progression"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Greggs full-time
Pros
Good opportunities for progression Fantastic pay Supportive colleagues and management
Cons
Long hours and early starts
"Fab"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Greggs full-time for more than a year
Pros
good food, good team shifts good
Cons
long hours but days off
"Lovely place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Greggs full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great colleagues, profit share, progression
Cons
Poor pay, long hours, very early starts
"Great place to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Greggs part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great Colleagues Great Pay (Above minimum) Great managerial staff
Cons
Long hours Customer can be rude (but as long as you have great colleagues, they make you feel better)
"Heads up"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Greggs full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Good staff lovely managers love it
Cons
Long hours long hours ok
Pros
Sausage rolls cheese bake pizza coffee
Cons
Standing long hours rude customers
"Good work environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Greggs part-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Employee discount Good management Work colleagues
Cons
Long hours Early 4am morning starts
"Good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Greggs full-time
Pros
Good job security and pay
Cons
Early and long hours required
"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Greggs full-time
Pros
Great student job. Loads of perks and benefits such as 2.5x pay on bank holidays, 50% off food, free hot drinks and profit share.
Cons
I've worked in loads of stores. It tends to always boil down to management and how they treat the staff. If you have a caring management team, you'll enjoy the job. Long hours.
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