Co-op reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(6,252 total reviews)
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Kate Allum

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Co-op has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,252 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
1.0
Aug 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Only thing i enjoyed was when i had the opportunity to work with people I got along with, which was rare as most staff were severely depressed most of the time (no surprise really) , so no pros really.

Cons

Management is incompetent, have no clue how to work as a team or run a team. They make sure all the best shifts are taken by them and would never dream of working nights. Asked to work extra hours almost every shift. Would be called throughout the week and asked to cover shifts, sometimes an 30 minutes before the shift was due to start (you were expected to say yes every time) I was provided with no till training or any other type of training, just expected to work it out for myself. I would do something wrong and then be told how to do it right instead of being shown the correct way in the first place. The way the management would talk in front of customers and fellow staff was highly inappropriate (swearing, inappropriate sexual references)

4.0
Aug 6, 2014

Positive, good company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, Hours, Pay holidays good

Cons

No Development, Tedious training not great

2.0
Jul 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company benefits such as discounts across Co-Operative brands. The pay was reasonable for the job.

Cons

Managers had most of the control over the store, not HQ. This meant office politics came into place and made some peoples lives a misery.

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