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 242 reviews)); "Quick simply and the staff their is really friendly they understand your vales and want you to do great." ((in 220 reviews)); "the people were nice and good" ((in 207 reviews)); "Very friendly colleagues and gives you good experience with a load of different types of customers" ((in 175 reviews)); "Good training and induction process" ((in 72 reviews))

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

"management were poor and toxic" ((in 227 reviews)); "There were several rather long hours and unfortunately only a temporary contract which wasn't ideal for me at the time." ((in 162 reviews)); "The managers I had were rude and horrible to staff." ((in 145 reviews)); "Minimum wage and almost impossible targets for Argos card sign" ((in 39 reviews)); "Salary low for amount of stress and responsibilities management have." ((in 34 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).

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4K reviews

2.0

Oct 9, 2016

Poor pay, bad hours and lots of resposibility

Fast track team leaer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As a team leader, wages are slightly improved ( for a band one store, the wage increase was around 60p per hour) although wages were low for standard team members to begin with. The work itself was reasonable and more enjoyable than other similar jobs.

Cons

Contract hours are very low, around 15 for team members, 25 for team leaders. Wages are below average for similar work and at least in my case as a fast track team leader, hours were bad. A lot of responsibility (17 team members to manage) and overall wages were around 7.80. which is low considering it is also a driving job. Often 5-6am starts following a 10 pm finish,

2.0

Oct 2, 2016

Quite shocking for such a large company!

Customer service assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good staff discount, fairly good pay if you work long enough hours. You get a free brew IF you actually manage to get a break.

Cons

The health and safety exams are out-right stupidity! I worked there for no longer than a month, I was left upstairs in the warehouse (where it was absolutely freezing) And I had to complete a health and safety exam. Come on guys, it's Argos, not BAE SYSTEMS. You get examined on how you lift a certain item (Do it wrong you have to take the whole test again) Which by the way, the test took me (If I genuinely stuck to it) about 3 months. The management? Jesus christ.. Maybe not in all stores but God sake they have their heads in the clouds at Barrow-in-furness. They left not just me, but I think 3 others in separate rooms in nasty conditions, no breaks or anything, to finish off this lousy test (It's not hard, but it really.. Really drags, I got told it took one member a year to complete) Other than all that, it seems like a okay place to work - just make sure your bank isn't a Furness Building Society! Some how they have no clue how to pay into it without it taking 2 extra months.

4.0

Sep 29, 2016

Ok

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

10% discount and other benefits online

Cons

short contracts. competitive job and short holidays.

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