Great work-life balance, but management varies by store - Kitchen Sales Designer Howdens Joinery Employee Review

4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good worklife balance, Finish at 5pm, closed sundays, closed on bankholidays and over christmas, Half day on saturday, this is vastly better than any other retail company out there. Good company progression if you really want to fight for it, with experience and hark work being the core of progression. The company in some respects does look out for their staff. Shout out the CEO Andrew, who protected the staff from longer opening hours, including opening on bank holidays while I worked there

Cons

Depends a lot on the store manager whether it's a good place to work or not. The different branches can be managed in vastly different ways, and some can be a lot worse than others. Pay isn't as good as other companies, but for me that was an ok trade off for the work/life balance. The kitchen sales designer role can be a burnout role, if you end up juggling new sales, existing sales, aftersales care, deliveries, trade customer relationships and their customer 'end user' relationships. A designer role has no natural progression, so probably a side step role before moving into management.

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Howdens Joinery Response
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We're pleased to hear that you valued the work-life balance we offer and experienced a supportive culture during your time with us. We also appreciate your positive comments regarding our leadership team and commitment to colleague wellbeing. We recognise that feedback and experiences can vary across teams, and we value all feedback as it helps us continue to improve. Creating a positive, supportive and sustainable working environment for our colleagues remains an ongoing focus for us. All feedback we recieve is incredibly valuable, as it helps us continue to improve. Creating a positive and supportive working environment for our colleagues is something we continually strive for. Thank you again for your contribution and we wish you every sucess in the future.

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Thank you for sharing your positive experience of working at Howdens . We are pleased to hear you enjoyed working here and we take on board all feedback to help us improve for the future.
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Cons

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