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
2.0
Sep 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

For me the pros are simply that it's unlikely that Argos will close in the near future and so at the end of the month a wage is guaranteed.

Cons

3 hour shifts tend to be what the majority of the staff get given at Argos, take this on board with people having to travel and they are getting much money from their shifts. The staff will be given 4, 5 or 6 hour shifts when other staff members are on holiday and the managers have no option to put the staff on longer shifts. Breaks are also saved on only getting 3 hour shifts too. The contracts tend to be 10 hours for non-weekend staff who get 4 hour contracts and so when you want time off work you are not getting much pay at all. The mystery shopper gets filmed and yet nobody I work with recalls ever signing anything to agree to this. The majority of the staff are simply not appreciated and with it being difficult for people to find a job these days they have no option but to stay at Argos and effectively get bullied by employers.

2.0
Jun 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are moving forward in an attempt to compete with Amazon but are still a ways behind. If they can digitalise their business then the business will improve drastically

Cons

At the lower level they offer terrible working contracts that result in people working low weekly hours. Delivery shift workers have it the worst.

2.0
Apr 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock operations mechanics is unrivaled. Getting better at customer service. Some excellent people, despite fairly average rewards for working in the company. Multi-channel shopping streets ahead of most others.

Cons

Questionable upper management decisions have made Argos a company that is chasing others in terms of service and technology used to operate the business. Whilst the company has made strides to improve itself in both regards - it is still fairly backward. Pay rates vary hugely for the same positions in middle management. The opportunity to progress from middle management is poor. Work-life balance is ok.

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