Waitrose reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(8,743 total reviews)
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Jason Tarry

74% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Waitrose has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,743 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waitrose 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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9K reviews
2.0
Jul 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Partner Discount Friendly Employees Smart uniform. Life long friends Good interview Job roles are straightforward Many cons though as the company care more for those higher up.

Cons

Managers have their favourites and they will allow those they favour to have time off & choose hours they want to do. Difficult to apply for overtime I was with the company for 9 months and they never gave me a permanent contract, they didn't give anybody a permanent contract so that they could change our hours every 3 months. This was highly unfair and they gave the hours to those they favoured most. Incredibly understaffed yet always letting customers go ? You might as well close the store down if money if that tight. Little chances for those on part time contracts to progress within the partnership and the managers do not take this into consideration.

2.0
Dec 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relationships i made with people there A few good managers Good benifits Good experence gained from them

Cons

As the title says this place will mess with your head, its turned men into little boys seeking approval constantly. They have elite cliques which are groomed by the managment to do there bidding, with them constantly brown nosing and getting better promotions than anyone else. They make it clear who there favourates are and rub it in everyones face who notices. People feel constantly depressed inside that warehouse, constantly saying how they have to get out of there and find a better job, and how much they hate it! There has even been a rebel inside the warehouse who set up a twitter page called 775insider and on that page you can see what dirty scummy crap that happens behind the scenes there and its utterly shocking. Its been such a corrupt experence, and its going to take months to block the last 3 years out my head. I could write pages and pages of words to explain this place, but nobody would understand apart from those who are inside it.

3.0
May 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great bonus, interesting projects to work on and good career progression due to the size of the organisation and partnership

Cons

Didn't meet expectations of such a strong employer brand, lots of working practises which are actually in reality not supporting 'principle one' which makes this principle feel just like a tag line with no substance. Real lack of strategy or insight in the team I worked in and unfair treatment of employees

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