The Waitrose Thread

So I got an offer of employment (Supermarket Assistant) from Waitrose (thanks to those who told me to wait as you guys were right) but I am bit lost with this whole Partnerlink thing.

Firstly do I have to do any online training before my start date? Under Mandatory Training and Scheduled Learning it says 'no data to display' under certification name and course name.

Secondly do the bank details you enter have to be your own or could you give one of your parent's bank details? I am in the process of opening an account but it might not be open in time before I start.

Finally I have been told that I start work on the 1st November via email but I have not been given a time to come in for. Should I have had a call telling me what time to come in for? I am contracted to work on Thursdays and Sundays so the earliest Sunday would be the 2nd so I am kind of confused. Do I come in for my contracted hours on Thursdays and Sundays from the 1st November onwards or do I actually need to come in on the 1st November?

Any help would be much appreciated!

I don't know if you've already found a solution yet, but the Partnership doesn't initially take on permanents any more - I've worked there for 6 months now and they just renew your temporary contract continually for a while. Sometimes they keep you on rolling temporary, sometimes they make you permanent, it really depends on your branch and how you perform. The discount & pay at Waitrose makes it worth taking the job, and the employee circle. As long as you're enthusiastic, have excellent customer service (meaning smile, have a chat, be willing to go out of your way), you should have no problem.

This is a great help! i had my interview and it went great so just waiting to hear now! i really cant wait to leave where i am currently working, fed up of the shouting swearing and bullying!!

No problem I thought the same thing when I applied, because I had a permanent job at ASDA but hated it, yet I didn't want to leave for a temp position. At my interview they explained the Partnership's contract procedures and was reassured, but I know not every one explains that to you!

Hope you get the job, it really is a nice place to work. Good luck

Definitely a suit. Look smart and talk to as many people as possible in the group activities and you'll be fine.

Ah thanks! How long did it take for them to give you an interview by the way?

They called me 3 days after I applied but I applied right before the deadline
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The lady just said that theres a chance it could become permanent but its hard to tell as it will be reviewed in the new year- however whilst waiting for my interview there were some assistants complaining how short staffed they were at the moment which gave me some reassurance!

I applied a few weeks ago for a job at waitrose. I would like to apply for another one at a different branch as well and logged in as a returning applicant to do this. But I was wondering, so you have to fill in the long time consuming questionnaire and all the other parts to the application all over again if you are applying for another job?


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Will your manager feel a funny way about you doing overtime on other depts, if there is none in your own?


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I have a job in operations, Im meant to be reducing stock and maintint standards does anyone know what this "unique section" of operations is like, I have 5months experience at a supermarket reducing etc.

I've only been working with Ops for about 2 weeks and the gist of my job involves auditing, ticketing, stock counts, reductions and visual checks.


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So are you on the same pay as everyone else? and are you on the same "level" by that I mean is it a more superior position compared to say, a person on checkouts?