Laura Ashley reviews

I worked part-time for the company for 11 years. Only stayed because I enjoyed the company of my colleagues and we had a lovely Manager who was very supportive and went the extra mile for us all. Once she left we were without a Manager for 5 months - they then employed someone with no managerial experience whatsoever and was almost illiterate!! She only lasted a couple of months before being sacked by which time we had all had enough. Over the course of a few months no less than 8 members of staff left - several of whom had been with the company over 20 years. None of us had our letters of resignation acknowledged and no one from Head Office or HR queried why there were so many resignations. It just proves that they have no regard or loyalty to their staff at all. They are without doubt the worst company I have ever worked for. When my husband was diagnosed with cancer I asked for three months unpaid leave to care for him - I was told I could have 2 weeks compassionate leave or resign. If I had resigned I would not have been allowed to go back as that is the company policy!! I miss my colleagues but absolutely nothing else about the job.

Staffing not good! Not enough hours for staff to give a better staff to customer ratio. Discounting system too complicated. Targets glossed over but card targets all important. Not enough support for staff.