Soul destroying - Warehouse Operative Co-op Employee Review

1.0
6 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Discount on milk, bread and eggs. Cheap staff sales when food is almost out of date. It's good money if you do the job temporarily whilst looking for something with job security.

Cons

Having to watch others stand around and talk whilst you break your back working hard. Then you get management complaining about how your not hitting the inhuman targets. It's just not a physically sustainable job doing picking. You lose an unhealthy amount of weight, which at first you'll think it's great till you become a weak twig floating about with backaches and other repetitive strain injuries.

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Co-op Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry that you feel this way. Our depot targets are set with colleagues and store service in mind. We pride ourselves on excellent service to our stores. Our managers work with our colleagues to coach and guide them to ensure we're supporting in the best way possible whilst achieving our store service. Colleagues are able to apply for roles once they've successfully completed their probation and all opportunities are then open to them. Selection is then based on the role, behaviours and experience.

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5.0
18 Aug 2025
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Pros

Good pay, great staff. Good shifts

Cons

Long hours. Too far from home

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Co-op Response
10mo
Thank you for your review and feedback. We're pleased to see that you were happy with your pay, shifts, and your colleagues.
3.0
8 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Team got on well, hours weren't particularly harsh (pay not particularly impressive either)

Cons

Overworked due to corporate ruthlessly cutting hours (while hiring more staff?), generally piling on more and more work to the store team without considering time constraints, absolutely no opportunity for advancement while a store manager is already there

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Co-op Response
9mo
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review, however, we believe that you have left this in error. Our Co-op is based in the United Kingdom and have no association with Co-operatives in the USA. We've advised Glassdoor to allocate your review to the correct organisation, but you may wish to review and edit this yourself to ensure your views are represented correctly.
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