Primark reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(12,228 total reviews)
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Eoin Tonge

61% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Primark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,228 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Primark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
2.0
Jul 2, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Recruiters will usually negotiate up to your salary expectations when interviewing. Not an extremely strict environment. You meet cool people.

Cons

Turnover rate is very high - a lot of employees quit regularly from all levels associate to manager. Employee discount is only offered during Christmas season 30% off. You will probably end up working harder than the next person since most staff are unmotivated. The store is always understaffed, despite making huge sales and high profits. Management and HR (P&C) are not as accommodating or understanding as other companies. You must have absolute open availability on a rotating schedule with no exceptions. Not much opportunity to grow unless you are friendly with higher-ups. Poor communication amongst management which tends to overwhelm associates. No work-life balance. No one cares much for product handling so if there's items on the floor, everyone will simply walk over it or pretend they don't see it. When putting items back onto the sales floor, no one cares if the size matches the hanger or stickers for the customers. You might be considerably underpaid compared to someone doing the same job as you when you are salary.

2.0
Mar 19, 2021

Not worth it

Recommend
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Pros

Above minimum wage nice break room

Cons

A lot of micromanaging going on. The supervisors barely know what's going on so its a lot of miscommunication. In Orientation they preach about being flexible with changing schedule but in reality they are not. One supervisor tried to pry into my personal life and ask what my medical history is.

1.0
Aug 19, 2020

Ghettoest Job Ever

Recommend
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Pros

It was above the minimum wage at the time

Cons

Biweekly pay Rude managers Corporate is very rude There’s no music in the store so all you hear is white noise Unprofessional uniforms

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