Currys reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,416 total reviews)
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Alex Baldock

81% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Currys has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Currys 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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1.0
Nov 4, 2014

Worst experience ever

Anonymous employee
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Pros

10percent discount on products and services, lowest in the industry can't think of any positive but had to fill this section of the review .

Cons

Management treat colleagues like donkeys means you do the hardwork and they get all the benefits . There is no reward for your hard work and if you want a career growth please dont go there .Dixon retail doesn't even know what career growth is . They normally hire illtrained staff with no product knowledge and pay them pennies , rather then retaining experienced and knowledgeable staff ,feel sorry for customers . There is a myth that sales staff gets commission by selling add-ons on the laptop and other products . No sir, that's not the case . If you are not good at selling these add-ons you won't be able to keep your job so poor employees just pushing these add-ons just to keep their jobs and no wonder why they have done well in this recession . They are best in exploiting employees . Similarly, there are nearly 20 kpi which sales staff have to maintain and meet .failure to do that . You won't get any support rather store manager will see you the next day if not the last hour on the day . Yes dixon retail bringing life to technology but they are taking life out of sale staff . They hire you on minimum wage and try to keep you there for as long as possible and if you ask for it no matter how good you are . The pay rise conversation always ends up bitter . Oh have you seen those poor souls working on Sunday.and bank holidays dont get any extra pay anymore under new contracts . Old staff do get time and half on bank holiday nonetheless. There is catch tho if you are old staff and want to change your store location . You will be hired as a new staff thus loose your bank holiday extra pay . Finally . I wish I cloud write some thing positive about a company where I spend nearly a decade .but I couldn't find anything . However I did meet some wonderful people who are still my best mate . Thanks God I am out of that jail and praying for my mate to get free as soon as possible . One might wonder why I stayed that long .well I was a international student and job market is rough in The UK and since I was computer engineering I found is easy to survive due to my knowledge and sale skills . But guess what I never get promoted even tho I had more product and business knowledge than management .

2.0
Oct 26, 2014
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Pros

the people i work with are nice enough. Bonus isn't bad as long as you are willing to put in the work. I work in the distribution side of currys in one of their warehouses so I don't have to deal with targets or selling pointless whatever happens plans or dealing with joe public.

Cons

Low basic pay. they will rip you off by giving you a 20 hour contract then have you working 40 hours and give you half your holiday pay because it is based on a 20 hour contract (which is illegal btw) terrible work/life balance (I cannot stress how little this company cares about your free time or family life) at time of writing tomorrow will be my only day off in a period of 10 days. and we have delivery drivers regularly doing 12-14 hr days for no more pay as they are franchise drivers on a daily job and finish rate so if they finish in 10 hours £90 if it takes them 15 £90.. needless to say it is the franchise drivers who get the busy runs where there is no chance of finishing at a decent time. the warehouse i work in is far too small (no doubt to keep cost down) and proper common sense health and safety is next to non existent the system of storage is archaic to say the least the underlying IT system is beyond ancient.

1.0
Oct 23, 2014
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Pros

Easy enough job if you good at sales. A lot of new technologies - which is interesting to work with. You will make a lot of good friends. People work as a team and many colleagues will help you.

Cons

No support for you from managers - they just expect you to learn to swim quick if not will help you drown quicker. If you suddenly get treated unfairly at your work - best solution is to get out. Company will not provide you with any support, they would let things get worse rather than get involved and help colleagues. Realistic support exists only for managers. In sales often be prepared to sell hard. Company says this is not what they expect of you, while you manager will tell you otherwise.

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