Sports Direct

Original post by Eternal*

There won't be any opinions or thoughts until the legislation is passed or nearly passed. No point speculating... Maybe we'll all be on a 4hr contract with everything else being a basic wage overtime

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Suppose we'll just have to wait and see :redface:

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They'll definitely do a 4 hour contract, the zero hours is working really well for the company so they won't mess with that by giving out contracts when they don't have to.

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Original post by MissLightyear

They'll definitely do a 4 hour contract, the zero hours is working really well for the company so they won't mess with that by giving out contracts when they don't have to.

True.
But if they do end up doing contracts for CAST, I'd rather have it that they do a 6 or more hour contract tbh....

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MalteseMalteser

Original post by ohhello92x

True.
But if they do end up doing contracts for CAST, I'd rather have it that they do a 6 or more hour contract tbh....

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I'd try to negotiate mine:

3 full days a week, plus any overtime.

That'd see me content.

But, as we are all implying, I can't see that happening...

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Original post by MalteseMalteser

I'd try to negotiate mine:

3 full days a week, plus any overtime.

That'd see me content.

But, as we are all implying, I can't see that happening...

Yeah I think I'd do the same
Yeah

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MalteseMalteser

Original post by ohhello92x

Yeah I think I'd do the same
Yeah

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That, or I'd just say gimme full-time hours part-time. You know I can do it, I've done it before - but I don't think they could afford it during the quieter periods of the year.

Having said that, I'm normally at uni during the quieter parts of the year :ninja:

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Original post by MalteseMalteser

That, or I'd just say gimme full-time hours part-time. You know I can do it, I've done it before - but I don't think they could afford it during the quieter periods of the year.

Having said that, I'm normally at uni during the quieter parts of the year :ninja:

Yeah that is true, you can do it :redface:

Yeah, I'll be starting uni in September, so I can easily fit in work around that :colondollar:

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Hicko

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Has the zero hour thing actually been confirmed?

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Mikey_NNG

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Original post by randomm1

So I've been working at sports direct for over a year, I started at 16 at £5 an hour, last month I moved to a new store and today while I was on the tills I found out I was able to do returns and voids etc, I didn't get told by anyone that I can do it now, I asked a supervisor and she said it's weird since I only work weekends. But my question is will my pay have increased?

I received a 40p pay rise after my 2nd year. All i did was ask the manager really. Asked for a meeting with him, explained why I wanted it and why i think i should be getting one. One month later I had a meeting with the Area manager and the payrise was done. But like I said very early on in this thread, all Sports Direct stores operate differently depending on management.

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MalteseMalteser

Original post by Mikey_NNG

I received a 40p pay rise after my 2nd year. All i did was ask the manager really. Asked for a meeting with him, explained why I wanted it and why i think i should be getting one. One month later I had a meeting with the Area manager and the payrise was done. But like I said very early on in this thread, all Sports Direct stores operate differently depending on management.

Criteria for a payrise has changed. You have to sell LOADS of 5 Star to even be considered. The only payrises I've had were when I turned 18, and then in October. The first was due to changing me up to the NMW for 18 year olds, the one in October bringing it in line with the new NMW laws.

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Original post by ohhello92x

True.
But if they do end up doing contracts for CAST, I'd rather have it that they do a 6 or more hour contract tbh....

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I know in Europe theirs no CAST staff they're all contracted as part time sales assistants but I don't know how many hours. They still did a variety of shifts. That's something to do with EU laws though, its a lot stricter than here

Tbh I cant see zero hours contracts being banned, too many places use them!

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Original post by MissLightyear

I know in Europe theirs no CAST staff they're all contracted as part time sales assistants but I don't know how many hours. They still did a variety of shifts. That's something to do with EU laws though, its a lot stricter than here

Tbh I cant see zero hours contracts being banned, too many places use them!

Yeah that is true
Zero hour contracts can be good, but the downfall to that is how many hours and shifts you get, and if you're shift randomly gets cut :/

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Original post by ohhello92x

Yeah that is true
Zero hour contracts can be good, but the downfall to that is how many hours and shifts you get, and if you're shift randomly gets cut :/

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Yeah it's not too bad if you've got good managers who make sure the shifts are fair but nothing worse than cancelling plans because you're working only for it to be cut

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Eternal*

There are times when I have to take days off and therefore I'm not working that week. That's gonna be more difficult if we're on a contract

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Yeah as much as the zero hours benefits the business, it benefits the employees too. I genuinely don't think they'll give out contracts though, the legislation won't go through and if it does everyone will get 4 hour contracts nothing more

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