Argos reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,720 total reviews)

Mike Coupe

53% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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).

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4K reviews
4.0
Dec 11, 2017

Xmas Casual

Recommend
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Pros

Kind and Welcoming staff at Branch in Leyland. Easy job so easy money. Everyone very supportive and a real team dynamic. If you remain a member of staff after the Xmas period there is an online career development plan. You can see that staff who have been there some time are being actively developed to take on more responsibility. So it is not a dead end job. Shifts are varied from 3 to 8 hours.

Cons

No official practical training, other than when you start you go through endless computerised course regarding legal aspects, lifting and financial credit arrangements. But you are very much thrown in at the deep end if you start as a Christmas casual. You will find yourself stuck, not knowing what to do during a busy period and everyone else is dealing with other customers. This can make you look a bit stupid in front of the customer. Some focused training on tills would be great rather than watching a colleague for 10 minutes then told to serve. You do pick it up quickly that way but it leads to some long waits for customers as you try to find a member of staff to help you when you get stuck. Generally you can find someone to help but you know they are busy themselves and will quickly show you, leading to more confusion sometimes. Always being asked to stay later or come in earlier so depending on how you look at that as a neg or pos.

4.0
Dec 11, 2017

Low wage, good starting job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly colleagues Personally have great managers Has a good start to learning for either; labouring, sales, or other retail jobs. Great place for a starting job

Cons

Low wages If you don't work hard you probably won't get as many hours as people who do.

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