Working at Primark - Q&A

I have been late by a minute or two once or twice since I've been there (around 5 months) and nothing has been said, not later than one or two minutes clocking in however.

Near to when I started I came in on time but left around 15 minutes later than when I finished since I didn't realise and was on tills just constantly serving customers. I think you do get paid jus based on the timing that you clock in and out since my pay varies by a few pence/pounds month to month despite me working the exact same hours.

Haven't had any disclipinary action or anything since I've been working there. I've found they are pretty laid back to be honest but I'm not going to go and start exploiting that.

I only work four hour shifts so don't get breaks but I would take it if I had it, even if just to go to the back and have a drink/toilet/go on my phone for ten minutes. Pretty sure they legally have to give you a break too so they might get in trouble if you're not taking your breaks possibly.

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Hi I'm 15 turning 16 in 2 weeks will I have to wait UNTILL I'm 16 UNTILL I apply

There seem to have been a lot of openings at Primark lately so as an employee, feel free to ask me anything about the application/induction/training/work environment!

It's really good fun and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to gain retail experience

hey what benefit perks do you get.

i got an interview this week what to expect what kind of question will they ask it it a group or ind

Does anyone know what to do or how to process odds as in department odds like finding missing socks shoes or damaged stuff.

For odd socks I'm not too sure but it might be the same as damaged products. At my store we have a box named S&D (soiled and destroyed) which damaged stock goes to. If it has a makeup mark on it or something though we are told to leave it out and they apply a 10% discount on it.

we often just leave the oddds in baskets in the fitting rooms but many permenant staff seem to get annoyed with all the odds. are we allowed to just process them ourselves and put them back out as theres often like baskets full of odds for each department

If they are suitable to be put out then yeah it will be fine to do. At my store they are pretty laid back tbh and if you keep your area maintained and be on the shop floor being productive then they are happy. If in doubt just ask a manager for advice.

If they are suitable to be put out then yeah it will be fine to do. At my store they are pretty laid back tbh and if you keep your area maintained and be on the shop floor being productive then they are happy. If in doubt just ask a manager for advice.

whenever you get asked to do recovery, do you have to or should you put new stock out. i just make sure everything looks tidy but never pt anything out incase i get the wrong stuff as i dont know when or which items to put as everything gets moved to specific locations and stuff every week.

I only put stock out if asked to by a supervisor or manager or I may put some out if the is 1 or 2 t-shirts left (I am on folding tables). Apparently workers restock in the evening so we leave it to them.

Unless the stock is running really low or the is only one size out it should be fine leaving it until it is requested by a supervisor/maanger. That's how it works for my store anyway.

in my store there is little management actually on the shop floor and we work on weekends where theres no actual permenant department staff so i never know what or should i put anything out as on weekends stuff generally looks empty after ive done recovery and nobody tells us where we should go so end up just putting out returns only .

How come there are no permanent staff? Is everyone on weekends temporary at your store?

If you are working on a particular department, your department manager/other manager/supervisor will give you any specific instructions regarding stock. Otherwise, at my store we are generally expected to 'work the bins' (pulling stock from the bins in the stockroom to fill gaps).

In my store, you will generally fill in the morning if you are working a full day (e.g. 9:00-6:30 etc) and move to recovery later in the afternoon. Staff who start working around 12:00 may help with some filling/stock for a short time before moving to recovery.

Hope this helps!

sorry i meant that most of the weekend staff are not like those witht he same respnsibilities as those on the weekdays. weekday staff know their departments and everything inside out with knowledge of all figues and stuff too wheras weekend staff generally just do recovery and mainly younger students who dont have any actual responsibilites myself included - we just get shifted or told to move somewhere where it is messy and clear it - only the managers manly pput out stuff on weekends