Primark thread

I started work at one of the major primark stores in the uk, it's massive. I'm only 16 years old and this is my first ever job. I only work 4 hours a week from 4-8 but I hate it as I was put on Customer Services and for the last hour and a half I'm down to work on my own as there is no one else. 6 people have quit since March and they have not replaced anyone, I have social anxiety and I hate doing tannoys and not confident with the phones. They expect me to do the closing tannoys every 5 minutes when I have a massive queue of people!! It's so frustrating, I'm not sure why they put the 16 year old with no experience on the customer service desk when there were so many other people on my induction that could have worked it and were better suited. I've only done 3 shifts and so far and I feel really bad for asking to be transferred to another department as the managers and staff are so nice. Should I just ask to change my shift times to before closing? It's quite difficult to get home at such a late time and I don't feel very safe.
I'm just concerned that it will look bad and concerned that will say no as they don't have many people to work on customer services. Who do I talk to/what is the procedure for changing shifts?

£4.87 (london)

Went to interview and can confirm this. It's soo low! At my last job, I got paid £6.35

Should I take the job since its soo flexible and its close to home yet its low-pay or should I just wait for a better offer? This is just too low to accept. I'm looking for £6+ or at minimum £5.50

Went to interview and can confirm this. It's soo low! At my last job, I got paid £6.35

Should I take the job since its soo flexible and its close to home yet its low-pay or should I just wait for a better offer? This is just too low to accept. I'm looking for £6+ or at minimum £5.50

you all moaning about 5 hour shifts or 19 hours on a weekend :P i work there monday to friday - 12 - 9 30pm and never get let out on time it takes me 2 hours to travel there and back to, ive had days where i have been on tills for 8 hours and told to do returns all day and ive only been there a month, but i get on with it, it;s a job and the people in general are all lovely. its better then being unemployed and visiting food banks which is where i was at a few months ago. you should all count yourselfs lucky that you have a job at all x

You'll get tired of it soon, at around the 4 months mark is when I started to not enjoy going to work 5 days in a row. But good for you. I do 10-6pm on tills when I do overtime too, so tiring and boring.

I've been put on the roster to do 7am-6pm on a Saturday but since I'm 17 I was told that I can only do a max of 8 hours a day and I've been put on for way more than 8 hours. Who do I tell about this???

Speak to your line manager asap

When I clock in there's this points thing that comes up. Anyone know what that's for?

People say it's for the system

Would someone who works at Primark be able to help me? I was wondering if anyone knew the cut off point for payday.

I got paid today (27th) and I wanted to work out the last shift I got paid for that is included this month, I worked a shift yesterday (26th) and I'm guessing that isn't included?