Co-op reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(6,271 total reviews)
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Kate Allum

58% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Co-op has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,271 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Co-op 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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6K reviews
3.0
Sep 4, 2017

Could be worse

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good holiday allowance, not too busy or high pressure. Colleagues at the same level are great to work with. Lots of other areas of the company to move to.

Cons

Low salary and disorganised management. They hire internally for new positions to save money but end up with people doing jobs they have no experience in.m, and it shows. Incentives schemes for bonuses are full of loopholes so we lose out

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Co-op Response
8y
Hi there, thanks for the feedback, we'll make sure it's fed back. ^Scott
3.0
Sep 3, 2017

The Co-op

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great facility with lots of transport links

Cons

The co-op can be complex particularly when near term tactics diverge from the long term wellbeing of the business

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Co-op Response
8y
Thankyou for your review. Firstly congratulations on over 10 years at our Co-op, that's amazing! It's great to hear that you like the facilities in your workplace. Regarding the cons you have listed, as with any large organisation it can be complex, but I hope you are raising any concerns that you have with your manager or the teams you are working with so together you can work on a resolution that works for everyone. ^Catherine
1.0
Aug 28, 2017

Assistant Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

discount in store, theoretically are an ethical Cooperative and have a good ethos and community values (however, this does not come across working there)

Cons

long working hours, no training except completing online training in your spare time, poor management, bad communication, negative management, negative working environment, cliquey

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Co-op Response
8y
We're very sorry to hear this. Did you speak to your line manager about your concerns or HR People Services? ^Sophie
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