Employers G-M

There are worse jobs....but not that many.

Advantages: Flexible hours
Disadvantages: Rude/obnoxious customers. No respect from managers. Poor wages. No prospects.

I've worked at Morrisons on and off for about 7 years. I've worked on various different departments (Fresh, Grocery, Nights, Petrol) and at 3 different stores. The main issue I have with working there is the customers. Some are polite, nice, respectful. But many more are rude, obnoxious, arrogant and show you absolutely no respect whatsoever. They won't say please, or excuse me, or thank you. Even if you go out of your way to help them. They constantly ...
...waste, they eat before paying and dump the litter, many of them have TERRIBLE personal hygiene, which becomes an issue when they insist on putting themselves in your general vicinity. Customers will always make snap judgements about you and approach you with a extremely snobby and prejudicial attitude, "oh, he works in Morrisons, he must be an idiot, no-hoper" and this becomes a frequent theme when dealing with many customers. Personally, I'm a very ...

ryu2019 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Morrison, (WM) Supermarkets

My Friends, My family, McDonald's

Advantages: Good Food, Good Salary, Friendly and Clean Atmospthere.
Disadvantages: Not really helpful in career prospects.

...area. Previously there was no McDonalds over here and i know a lot of friends of mine travelling 150 miles to another city to eat at McDonalds. Even I did that once. Now I can get to a McDonald restaurant in a 5 minute drive. It was full-packed and there were queues at the reception tables. There was a guard just at the enterance and 2 cleaning ladies walking around checking the tables. There was another cleaner mopping the floor every now and then. ...
...Food The food in McDonalds is tasty. I love the McFish because its soft and tastier than the others. I love the cheese they use when its slightly warm. Their sauce is also good. They quality of bread buns they use are excellent. The fish cutlet is also tasty. The BigMac is very good as well. Kids dig it. I love it myself but not as much as MacFish. The McNuggets are amazing, mouth watering pieces of chicken breasts. Coke, Fanta and Sprite are ...

shani21shani 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of McDonalds Restaurants

Working for Harrods

Advantages: Decent pay rate, Frequent overtime available, Looks good on CV, Worker discounts, friendly staff from all over the world, relaxed working environment (in some departments)
Disadvantages: Commuting to Knightsbridge (cost and hassle on tubes), Overzealous security and administration, Dirty staff toilets!

Introduction - I have been spurred on to write this review having read a brilliant review concerning working for Tesco by ciao member tiabailey. I will try to replicate the level of depth that review went into as it was extremely helpful. Beginnings - I wandered into the recruitment centre for Harrods which is located in the Crown Court building in Basil Street directly opposite door six of the main Harrods' building in summer 2004. I was 18 ...
...summer. By shear luck (and trust me this hardly ever happens) I was given an interview immediately for a position working in a warehouse store support department. Thankfully I was told I could have the job and to return for an induction later on in the week. I had commenced on my time with Harrods. Induction - Rather boring but then I guess they must all be regardless of where you work. You are required to take several forms of ID, fill out some ...

MR2MK1CCW 06.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Harrods, Knightsbridge

Working with Monsoon

Advantages: Great staff bonuses and discount
Disadvantages: Hate some duties

...Position. ***About Monsoon/Company history*** Monsoon & Accessorize are 1 company (which I didn't know), which sell Woman's wear, Children's wear, Menswear, Home wear and jewellery. Monsoon was founded in 1973 by Peter Simon following a period of selling shaggy woollen coats on the Portabella road and hand block printed clothes from Rajasthan to anyone who would buy them. The unusual focus was always clothes with an ethnic origin for faraway places, ...
...are currently over 400 Monsoon & Accessorize stores throughout the UK and Eire. All Monsoon Accessorize suppliers are asked to commit to the Monsoon Accessorize Code of Conduct, which is based on the ethical trading initiative base code. ***The Monsoon Trust*** The Monsoon Accessorize trust was set up in 1994. The trust aims to help improve the lives of disadvantaged children, young people and woman in south Asia with projects focusing on education, ...

kiss_me2070 14.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Monsoon

working at Matalan...

Advantages: Good pay
Disadvantages: No idea what hours or days you are working - cannot plan anything

...with, I have been with Matalan for one week in the Brislington store in Bristol. The interview was fine and really laid back and relaxed. When I found I got the job I was so happy - it was my first job and they accepted me without any retail experience. Plus, the pay was better than most other places - because I am under 19, I get paid £5.18 an hour which is more than other stores such as Sainsburys. I was really pleased to be offered a part-time ...
...only part of working at Matalan that I actually enjoy because it is fast moving and makes the time go past quicker. However, the thing that is REALLY ANNOYING about working there is that they don't actually give you set days of working - they change the days each week. This is ridiculous because this way you have no idea when you are working and whether you can plan anything for the weekend. After checking the board on my first day (Saturday) I was ...

GuanabanaJuice 01.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Matalan