Sainsburys thread MK III

Had my induction today.

I didn't know there will be modules and tests. We all got nervous and tired at the end because so of the modules required us to get 100%

It was easy though.

Tea is only 20p, that's nice.

It was a nice experience overall.

Hi guys, I've got another Sainsbury's question.
Does anyone know if you have to be a baker/have bakery experience for the role of 'mini bakery assistant'?
It's probably just packing and shelving baked goods but it might be a proper baker role, in which case there would be no point in me applying.

What does the job mainly entail? Is it full time and how much money do you get?

There's a 60 year old guy that's went through my checkout twice now in the past few months - I remember him because he was pretty aggressive towards me, and was so the second time a few days ago. Some people have bad days, yeah, but he's been so rude to me and shouted at me both times for insignificant reasons. My friend said if I get him a third time I should refuse to serve him and get a supervisor over, because you never know, he could be like this to other colleagues. Do you think that would be too extreme?

He plays up that he's "just an old pensioner" if you point out his aggressiveness and rudeness, but (just from looking at him) he isn't physically disabled in any way. Certainly not by the way he was throwing his shopping at the checkout at full force after he yelled at me for not knowing him pointing at his trolley meant that he expected me to unload his trolley -_- He also uses a walking stick as a "prop" in his act.

As far as I know mini bakery assistants work in stores that just do 'bake off', that's shoving frozen bread/cakes in the oven then packing them up after. (I could be wrong though.) I'm sure that if they want someone with previous bakery experience it'd be a question during the application process though.

Mostly doing the general commercial tasks that the assistants do. They're also the Department Manager's right-hand, so they supervise and coach colleagues to deliver the day-to-day activities, help keep training up-to-date, make sure colleagues' customer service is observes, keep a track of who goes to the monthly briefings, they may be involved in scheduling and holiday planning too.

The hours depend on the store, most Team Leaders are full-time or near enough though. Team Leader in training position is a band 3 role (something like £6.90/h when first assigned then £7.26/h after 6 months), once training is complete there's an extra 32p per hour. (Groceries online team leaders that drive and bakery team leaders that are skilled bakers get a premium on top of the basic Team Leader wage.)

Hey guys,

Do Sainsbury's do the uniform in cotton? I need it in cotton due to a skin condition.

At the moment, they gave me 100% polyester which is quite bad for my skin - I'll get a rash.

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Its good to work @ Sainsbury's...

Did my second day at Sainsbury's Local today (I'm doing 5 days a week, eep!)... It's all been good so far - everyone seems really nice and I haven't found any of the work particularly difficult, but then I've mainly been guarding the self service checkouts, which seems to be super easy! The voices on the machines are driving me a little mad though...

It would be if I saw any evidence of that success in my bank account.

Even though Tesco is valued at around £30billion - nearly six times more than Sainsbury's - the current performance of each speaks for itself.

little by little.