Does Waitrose pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Waitrose employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Waitrose. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Waitrose?

67% of Waitrose employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Waitrose 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waitrose?

Supermarket Assistant (2131) , Sales Assistant (450) , Customer Assistant (429) , Shop Assistant (316) , Customer Service Assistant (246) , Customer Service (238) , Retail Assistant (177) , Sales Associate (164) , Partner (128) , Team Leader (116) , Customer Service Representative (101) , Store Assistant (91) , Shop Floor Assistant (90) , Delivery Driver (87) , Team Manager (70)

What are the pros of working at Waitrose according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good and they always give you opportunity to train in other sections to raise your pay next appraisal." ((in 991 reviews)); "Good benefits and flexible with hours" ((in 542 reviews)); "Pretty nice staff and nice to help out people" ((in 486 reviews)); "Most staff were friendly and helpful" ((in 423 reviews)); "Colleagues are friendly and supportive" ((in 336 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Waitrose according to real employee reviews?

"Conflicting policy and poor management makes staff scared to be unwell at risk of losing job." ((in 605 reviews)); "Managers are rude and demanding" ((in 456 reviews)); "Xmas hours are long and stressful" ((in 278 reviews)); "Hours are not flexible and hard to book wanted time off as it's booked years in advance by other employees" ((in 117 reviews)); "Hard to get holiday :(" ((in 69 reviews))

What are employees saying about Waitrose layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Waitrose layoffs and their outlook for job security at Waitrose in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Waitrose locations?

Newark , Guernsey , Charlotte , England , Los Angeles , Lafayette , Reading , Bromley , Stirling

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Waitrose reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(8,747 total reviews)

Jason Tarry

74% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

Waitrose has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,747 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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

2.0

Oct 13, 2015

The only job where it can positively oppress you and you feel bad about it.

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent bonus and benefits. Can be a good laugh, you can get job satisfaction from empowering others. Easy to move around in.

Cons

Management can be horrendously untrained and unqualified, 15 managers on the same 3 jobs in 2 years because it's so stressful. Embarrassing decisions consistently u-turned and re-uturned. If your looking for pedantic, pampering and unpaid overtime go for it. If you want your hard work to be scrutinised by someone who doesn't know what your doing but can observe what they think are flaws but are actually just part of the job then this is the place for you.

2.0

Oct 5, 2015

Poor overall

Customer delivery driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, other employees, bonus, trusted

Cons

Pay, begged to do overtime, long shifts, no recognition

1.0

Jul 7, 2014

Mixed feelings about being employed by Waitrose

Food service partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

My colleagues, most of the people that i worked with were great

Cons

not being given enough hours to be able to pay my rent and buy food to eat! I was quite literally going with out food while working for a food company! I ended up geting quite depressed.

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