Argos reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,715 total reviews)

Mike Coupe

51% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Argos has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,715 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
1.0
Apr 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

discount I got paid I got to go home at the end of the day. if you were in the upstairs stock room at Christmas you were always alone carrying massive tvs whilst trying to hang off a high ladder its over now

Cons

A lot of serious health and safety issues including ladders left everywhere, DA s leaping all over shelving monkey style. frequently allowing the cleaner mop floors whilst we were crossing them picking stock. No help from manager or if he did he swore and moaned. If I asked him to speak to a customer about a product or a customer with a return he would refuse , swear and snap "find someone else!." Yet he would turn up occasionally to listen to you selling product care or add ons and then do nothing but critize you or humiliate you infront of the public. After I left some of the Christmas temps were taken on. Though my friend still has no new contract. So therefore no valid contract since Dec 29. It is now April 14. They were then told the other day if they didn't make at least £75 a week product care a week they were getting sacked.

2.0
Mar 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Usually the atmosphere is nice and relaxed. Customers are (mostly) understanding. Warehouse roles are ideal if you want to lose some weight. Some opportunity for advancement.

Cons

I had four managers, none of whom were particularly good at communicating with the rest of them. This caused a lot of employee frustration and cost time to route around problems that should never have existed. Awful managers are allowed to get away with practically anything. There's generally no recourse for complaints and usually upper management are too spineless to care. Be prepared to work harder than you've ever worked (which may or may not be a bad thing, depending on your attitude). Expect arbitrary targets and lots of them. You'll never, ever meet all of them because they're set impossibly high. Employees have to hand out Argos catalogues outside in all seasons. No sun cream is provided in Summer and you're not allowed to wear a coat/jumper in Winter. Forget having a five-minute break to drink some water because you're thirsty after talking all day. Tough. Employees are always leaving because they get treated poorly. Meanwhile, management are always complaining about employees leaving and don't seem to understand why.

5.0
Mar 19, 2014

Excellent

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Management are excellent and very nice. Staff get on great.

Cons

Very little hours. No progression.

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