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 3% 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 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Argos?

Customer Advisor (440) , Customer Service Advisor (242) , Sales Assistant (228) , Customer Service (164) , Customer Assistant (144) , Customer Service Representative (122) , Sales Associate (117) , Warehouse Operative (66) , Delivery Driver (61) , Retail Assistant (61) , 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?

"Staff are friendly and polite" ((in 222 reviews)); "Pay is good and fair" ((in 211 reviews)); "the people were nice and good" ((in 197 reviews)); "Very friendly colleagues and gives you good experience with a load of different types of customers" ((in 170 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 219 reviews)); "There were several rather long hours and unfortunately only a temporary contract which wasn't ideal for me at the time." ((in 159 reviews)); "The managers I had were rude and horrible to staff." ((in 142 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 37 reviews))

Argos reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,714 total reviews)

Mike Coupe

51% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

3.0

Career opportunities

Argos has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,714 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

3.0

Mar 17, 2009

Easy job, if you don't mind a job being slightly boring.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get employed, and not a very difficult job. Only complaint I would have is the lack of hours a single employee can get. It would seem they would rather employee 20 people all working 3 hours a week, than 3 people working 20 hours a week. Great if you're very part time, but frustrating if you're trying to make a half-decent amount of money, class this is a secondry job ontop of your exisiting job, and not this alone.

Cons

Labour intensive if you choose to work in the warehouse/stock. Not alot of hours avaliable for weekend staff, senior managment may favour to certain workers and give them better hours and responsibilites.

4.0

Jun 28, 2014

A Roller coaster ride.

Customer advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic store manager, SOME top of the line members of staff who really know their stuff and would be lost without.

Cons

To counter: Customer service manager doesn't understand team dynamics, accounts manager only works for himself and most of the staff are lazy and do nothing but complain 24/7

4.0

Sep 25, 2008

Freedom to grow....

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom.....If you want to introduce new ideas you are empowered to do so. Argos wants to be the best at what they do and therefore look at their team to achive this, if you are driven and can demonstrate the benefits of your ideas then they will empower you to deliver them. Its a fast and dynamic work environment, often mistaken for unstructured and therefore people struggle with this. Argos have a strong development ethos and work with you to grow within your role, they allow you to try new things and shape your own career. They have a good relaxed atmosphere with clearly set, tough but realistic goals. You wont get bored here.....

Cons

As a retailer, they are heavily driven by cost and therefore its not always feasible to implement new solutions the way you want to. They often take short term routes in order to deliver benefit quickly but not long term which can be frustrating. The dynamic atmosphere can be mistook fro lack of structure but they certainly deliver (and I dont just mean goods). I have seen a fair few indiviuals from more structure backgrounds fail at Argos and see this as a fault of the company. However, the fast paced environment of Argos can daunt a lot of people.

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Easy job, if you don't mind a job being slightly boring.

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