Pros
During my time at RI i met some lovely people. Thats about the only good part about working there.
Cons
where to start?! *the rate of pay. minimum wage and working 40 hours weeks. I couldn't afford to eat some months as i had rent to pay on my flat and the expenses of traveling to work and other bills. I was only earning around £850 a month. My rent alone was £500 I was then pulled up because i wasn't buying enough RI clothing. I couldn't afford to even with the discount. Eating was more important to me. *NO SICK PAY! i had fully blown flu for 2 weeks and have never been so unwell in my entire life but couldn't take time off work due to the company refusing to pay sick pay. i would not have been able to pay rent. I later learned that it is at the managers discretion. She saw how unwell i was, i could hardly even open my eyes because the light was causing me so much pain...yet my manager never once even acknowledged how sick i was. I still haven't recovered fully from those 2 weeks of working non stop, processing deliveries, heavy lifting while trying to cope with the flu. *the lack of opportunities in working your way up through the company. If your face doesn't fit...your out of luck. *and so much more! I have worked in retail for a long time....RI was by far the worst place i have ever worked.
