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
3.0
May 31, 2016

Up and Down

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Nice fellow employees - Good hours - Satisfaction that you are making a contribution to society - Gives you the vital retail experience - Some aspects of it are straightforward and easy - Sociable

Cons

Managerial hypocrisy- My manager tells me off for doing things wrong or not meeting targets, yet she is the one sitting in her office watching videos on youtube or scrolling through her emails. She is incredibly self-centred Lack of appreciation- I sold breakdowncare, a card and two lots of product care in a week and felt I got next to no appreciation for it. Furthermore, when I started Argos I didn't actually get a uniform. I spent the first two months wearing Ralph Lauren polo shirts from home which made me prone to be patronised by customers as I looked unprofessional. I never actually got a uniform. In fact, I had to get one of my fellow work colleagues spare shirt which didn't fit him which I still use to this day.

3.0
May 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Really friendly team, full sense of comradery -Working on collection in my experience was by far the most rewarding, you are surrounded by supportive colleagues and shifts seem to fly by. -OK pay -10% discount and occasional store bonuses if you meet targets

Cons

-Expect working hours to be reduced by HALF after christmas -Peak times can be very stressful and hectic -Unfair rewards system, the love2shop rewards system is ok for people on tills who have a way to recognise achievements such as through argos cards and amount of care sold, but for people working in the stockrooms there is no real way of recognising achievements so the majority of your hard work often goes unnoticed -If working in the stockroom picking items and/or putting away delivery expect to leave each shift completely exhausted and drained, it is seen as the "easiest" job in terms of simplicity but it is by far the most physically demanding and stressful, as well as being very repetitive . -Uneven distribution of staff amongst the store, the managers seem to think that having 2 people on tills, 2 on collection and only 1 person upstairs picking is efficient and they wonder why there are delays when 10+ orders come in at a time -My store is quite large so there is an upstairs stockroom where the majority of picking is done and where most of the delivery is put away, during quiet spells the people downstairs tend to have a bit of banter and a chat, this can make you feel left out when you are standing upstairs with nothing to do and no one to talk to. -*FOR STUDENTS* if you tell your manager you are currently in education chances are they will put you in early morning weekend shifts, so expect to miss a lot of nights out if you don't want to turn up to a 9am start with a blistering hangover

5.0
May 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good rate of pay for under 18's Flexible hours Managers are lovely and understanding

Cons

Limited number of hours available

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Argos Response
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Hi, thanks for the review. Our recruitment for Christmas starts again in September - we hope you'll consider coming back. Keep an eye on the careers site: http://argos.careers/
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