Does Argos pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Argos employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Argos. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Argos?

64% of Argos employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Argos 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Argos?

Customer Advisor (441) , Customer Service Advisor (242) , Sales Assistant (228) , Customer Service (164) , Customer Assistant (144) , Customer Service Representative (123) , Sales Associate (117) , Warehouse Operative (66) , Delivery Driver (63) , Retail Assistant (62) , Sales Advisor (58) , Stock Assistant (55) , Trading Support Manager (50) , Warehouse Worker (47) , Store Manager (42)

What are the pros of working at Argos according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good and fair" ((in 244 reviews)); "staff were friendly and kind" ((in 231 reviews)); "the people were nice and good" ((in 209 reviews)); "Very friendly colleagues and gives you good experience with a load of different types of customers" ((in 181 reviews)); "There was good training for all areas of the job" ((in 75 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Argos according to real employee reviews?

"management were poor and toxic" ((in 226 reviews)); "There were several rather long hours and unfortunately only a temporary contract which wasn't ideal for me at the time." ((in 161 reviews)); "The managers I had were rude and horrible to staff." ((in 144 reviews)); "Minimum wage and almost impossible targets for Argos card sign" ((in 37 reviews)); "Very short break times which can be unfair considering the rate at which you have to work." ((in 35 reviews))

Argos reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,720 total reviews)

Mike Coupe

53% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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Argos has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,720 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Argos employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

4.0

Dec 6, 2016

Review

Customer fulfilment/delivery driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work. Well paid. Fun. Organised. Everything is ready for you to take on your deliveries. That's about it.

Cons

Have to deliver within timeslots which can be challenging because it doesn't take into account external factors such a traffic or customers taking long.

3.0

Dec 6, 2016

its ok

Customer advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

10% discount , friendly maangers and people to work with, its retail you know what you are getting into

Cons

Head office is constantly making stuff more complicated than it needs to be have to ask 5 different questions at the tills to the point that its intruding and a hassle

Argos Response

9y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. James

5.0

Dec 4, 2016

Fast track driver

Fast track customer service driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people who are friendly with majority degree level educated or trade equivalent The work in store is easy once you have the hang of the headset training The deliveries are not set out to push you to drive fast Customers are friendly I have worked in a number of professions but I have more job satisfaction from this job than any other I have had!

Cons

I haven't found any yet I other than I would like more hours and I am on a seasonal contract I am hoping it will lead onto a permenant position

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