[thecdon]

Hey,

I haven't seen an official thread for Asda employee's on here but I've seen threads for M&S, Sainsburys and Waitrose etc, so thought i'd make an Asda thread

I've got a job at my local Asda, got the induction this Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you're an Asda employee or have an Asda interview coming up and want some advice, post in here

thecdon

[whysoserious]

I work in ASDA

[thecdon]

(Original post by whysoserious)
I work in ASDA

Nice! How long you been there for? What's the pay like? I got told the pay rate but have forgotten!

[whysoserious]

(Original post by thecdon)
Nice! How long you been there for? What's the pay like? I got told the pay rate but have forgotten!

I have been there for 2 years now!
Work just the weekends now coz Im at uni
pay is £6.24 but I I think it may be just under £6 when you first start

[Mann18]

I left.

It was the worst job ever.
Good pay though.

[thecdon]

(Original post by whysoserious)
I have been there for 2 years now!
Work just the weekends now coz Im at uni
pay is £6.24 but I I think it may be just under £6 when you first start

Does it get boring after a certain amount of time? What sort of stuff do you do?
Do you get paid weekly or is it four weekly?

[Athelstan]

(Original post by thecdon)
Hey,

I haven't seen an official thread for Asda employee's on here but I've seen threads for M&S, Sainsburys and Waitrose etc, so thought i'd make an Asda thread

I've got a job at my local Asda, got the induction this Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you're an Asda employee or have an Asda interview coming up and want some advice, post in here

thecdon

You going to greet each customer with jays comment of the week? lol. I just started out at Whitestuff! 50% discount, boom!

[thecdon]

(Original post by finnyounger)
You going to greet each customer with jays comment of the week? lol. I just started out at Whitestuff! 50% discount, boom!

Haha yeah I will! Hopefully there will be lots of clunge at Asda begging to be tapped!


/Jay

[whysoserious]

(Original post by thecdon)
Does it get boring after a certain amount of time? What sort of stuff do you do?
Do you get paid weekly or is it four weekly?

Have to be honest yes it is very boring
Although its not too bad now coz Im ony doin 2 days
Im on the checkouts which is the worst position there!! (repetative)
I also do petrol, home shopping, self scan, running and kiosk
So Im trained on quite a bit lol

Pay is four weekly
I get paid tomorrow

Its good for the money, discount, lots of friendly colleagues and they are very flexible for holidays and such .... theres ALWAYS overtime if you need/want some
For the checkouts they pester you a lot about overtime and I feel like you are just a number
But more pros than cons

[thecdon]

(Original post by whysoserious)
Have to be honest yes it is very boring
Although its not too bad now coz Im ony doin 2 days
Im on the checkouts which is the worst position there!! (repetative)
I also do petrol, home shopping, self scan, running and kiosk
So Im trained on quite a bit lol

Pay is four weekly
I get paid tomorrow

Its good for the money, discount, lots of friendly colleagues and they are very flexible for holidays and such .... theres ALWAYS overtime if you need/want some
For the checkouts they pester you a lot about overtime and I feel like you are just a number
But more pros than cons

Cheers for answering my questions
I'm starting on about 30 hours a week (6am-1pm) 4 days a week. I need as much money as possible, but obviously with lunch hours and that it is only 26 hours paid. Is it possible to work through a lunch hour and earn more money? Or do you have to take it?

[boromir9111]

good luck.

[thecdon]

Anyone got any tips for me starting? And what's the induction about?

[whysoserious]

(Original post by thecdon)
Cheers for answering my questions
I'm starting on about 30 hours a week (6am-1pm) 4 days a week. I need as much money as possible, but obviously with lunch hours and that it is only 26 hours paid. Is it possible to work through a lunch hour and earn more money? Or do you have to take it?

I know it sucks!
You unfortunately have to take it ... If you dont swipe out and take it then they take off an hour!
What department are you working on?
6am to 1pm is actually a pretty good shift
You may not have a half an hour lunch taken off of you
I think you would get a breakfast break but no lunch since you are finishing at 1pm ... I think

[thecdon]

(Original post by whysoserious)
I know it sucks!
You unfortunately have to take it ... If you dont swipe out and take it then they take off an hour!
What department are you working on?
6am to 1pm is actually a pretty good shift
You may not have a half an hour lunch taken off of you
I think you would get a breakfast break but no lunch since you are finishing at 1pm ... I think

I'd be on the meat section (not butchers!) so just shelf stacking bacon and beef and what not. Do you get paid for breaks?

[whysoserious]

Thats pretty good
You get paid breakfast, afternoon and evening breaks
You dont get paid for lunch and tea breaks ... you dont have to swipe out for your tea break, just your lunch
breakfast, afternoon and evening are usually the 15-20 mins breaks though ... but since you are doing 7 hours Im not too sure what break you will get

[c101]

Is there a online thing where you have to apply? Or just go in asda and ask?

[jimmyshamim1]

Tesco is better! Asda sucks ball sack hahaha

[thecdon]

(Original post by whysoserious)
Thats pretty good
You get paid breakfast, afternoon and evening breaks
You dont get paid for lunch and tea breaks ... you dont have to swipe out for your tea break, just your lunch
breakfast, afternoon and evening are usually the 15-20 mins breaks though ... but since you are doing 7 hours Im not too sure what break you will get

Surely if you take or don't take lunch it's up to you!?

[Monkey_Maiden]

Hi,

I went for an 'Asda Magic' assessment thing this week and have just had an interview today. Induction is next week just thinking over if I should take the job or not.

[whysoserious]

(Original post by thecdon)
Surely if you take or don't take lunch it's up to you!?

May be different in other stores although I doubt it
Lunch and tea is when most people are in doing a shift like the normal 9-5 or 12-8 ... hence why they are unpaid
At our store you can skip lunch if you want but you would still be getting unpaid and since you didnt swipe out you will lose an hour even though you are still working
Id rather skip mine and be paid but Im sure everyone wants to do that
So thats why we arent allowed to skip it I guess