Fun place to work -- lack of awareness by upper management - Customer Advisor, Shop Floor Navigator and Stockroom Assistant Co-op Employee Review

3.0
Mar 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

the team you work with will become quite good friends with you

Cons

upper management are constantly cutting hours but adding more work and responsibility when their just wasn't the staff to put up with it in my time working there the post office we had attached closed and instead of just losing it, management decided to offer royal mail a combi till ran by the coop employees who had to receive extra training and work load. handling postage and financial transactions without any increase in the pay being offered

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Co-op Response
8y
Thankyou for your review, It's good to hear that you enjoyed your time at the Co-op and you would recommend it to others. At our Co-op we regularly listen and take on board feedback from colleagues across the country. This happens continuously and the feedback is circulated so that improvements can be made. Our leadership team also spend a large proportion of their time in our Funeralcare Home and Food Stores speaking to and listening to colleagues. I wish you the best with your future career. ^Catherine

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Pros

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Cons

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Co-op Response
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Thank you for your review and feedback. We're pleased to see that you were happy with your pay, shifts, and your colleagues.
3.0
Sep 8, 2025
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Pros

Team got on well, hours weren't particularly harsh (pay not particularly impressive either)

Cons

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Co-op Response
10mo
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review, however, we believe that you have left this in error. Our Co-op is based in the United Kingdom and have no association with Co-operatives in the USA. We've advised Glassdoor to allocate your review to the correct organisation, but you may wish to review and edit this yourself to ensure your views are represented correctly.
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