Working in Sainsbury's

Hi, I am 18 and I work in Sainsbury's. I get paid £5.39/hour. Is this a good rate because I am considering moving to another job. The physical conditions on the till aren't great. There are so many rules as well.

Reply 1

louise28k

1

ive just left sainsburys cos i need to concentrate on my final yr. Was an ok place to wrk, money not bad and theres the sunday premiuim and paid holidays n sick pay which is quite good too. know what u mean about tills tho, its bad, request to move, i moved from tills to sainsburys to you

Reply 2

AnGeLeYeS

1

i think thats quite good for an 18 yr old. U got any other jobs lined up? Obviously if the works the same but pays more, i'd move as well. Im 19 and I get 6.41 in Next which is pretty good. I'd go for that!

Reply 3

Ruhr_Phantom

1

Happy Elmo

Hi, I am 18 and I work in Sainsbury's. I get paid £5.39/hour. Is this a good rate because I am considering moving to another job. The physical conditions on the till aren't great. There are so many rules as well.

If your gonna move, go to a large company that give u good rates for over time and holiday pay. Another thing I would do is get another job before you leave your present job, always a good idea!!

Reply 4

sparkle86

11

what do you mean about the physical conditions being bad? i think im gonna have to apply for sainsburys cos i cant find anything else.

karen x

Reply 5

claireyfairy

i like workign at sainsburys i work on sainsbury's to u and it is so easy and not many bother you ask to move to a diff part of store i code check on produce too that is a well easy job u jus do stuff on ya own inititative! i dont like the look of checkouts there r so many rules haha ask to move first!

Reply 6

Happy Elmo

OP

sparkle86

what do you mean about the physical conditions being bad? i think im gonna have to apply for sainsburys cos i cant find anything else.

karen x

All the cash handling and the items I pull thru really wrecks my hands. I've already used up 2 BIG pots of cream in 3 months but it doesn't work. Plus, you're only allowed to go to the toilet in your 15 min break so you have to hold it in for 3 hours! You aren't allowed to drink either so you get really dehydrated.

Reply 7

sparkle86

11

right ok. oh i dunno.x

Reply 8

luceluce

I worked in Sainsburys on tills for 2 years and I can honestly say I hate tills with a passion! I started to get a really bad shoulder and 4 months on now it still causes me a lot of problems! Not sure if it was coz the nature of the work, or because the store was so old and **** and the tills were designed poorly.

Back to the topic...I think based on my most wages yours is ok!

Reply 9

Saffie

11

Did you quit?

I find it really stressful more than anything, :redface:

and I don't like the way I always have to call the supervisor for things like selling alcohol because ooo I'm 5 months too young for that priviledge! I get paid £5.72/hour which is high but so well earnt :hmpf:

They're a bit of a pain about working hours, I work 12:30-20:30 saturdays, grrrr (and on wednesdays too)

Reply 10

Cranium

M&S pay £5.70 ph
plus 20% staff discount

Reply 11

Saffie

11

Cranium

M&S pay £5.70 ph
plus 20% staff discount

I don't have an M&S near me & seeing as I rarely go, a discount off sains is more useful, even though it's only 10% (well 15% atm)

Reply 12

Cranium

Don't you even shop there for Percy Pigs?
20% off saves me loads of money every week!

Reply 13

Saffie

11

Cranium

Don't you even shop there for Percy Pigs?
20% off saves me loads of money every week!

lol they're great. If only I didn't live in the middle of no-where, I'd go there :rolleyes:

Reply 14

madmima

i work at the local leisure centre as a lifeguard and all my friends tell me i am really lucky beacuse i am 17 and get paid £8.42 per hour and get to use all the centres facilities like the gym and pool for free, so if your looking for a job that pays well become a lifeguard - its a cool job

Reply 15

Happy Elmo

OP

wow!! £5.70?!! That's great!

I have quit sainsburys now.

Reply 16

leannemarie

11

Cranium

Don't you even shop there for Percy Pigs?
20% off saves me loads of money every week!

I seriously think Percy Pigs keep Marks & Spencer in business. Obviously not literally but still...!

Reply 17

jimbosilk

Hell yes they do! Those Percy Pigs are the one thing that drag me into M&S every lunch time when I'm working in town... I sometimes wonder how marvelous it would be to work at M&S in order to get the discount off those little pigs!
A man can dream...

Reply 18

Dragon24

17

Happy Elmo

All the cash handling and the items I pull thru really wrecks my hands. I've already used up 2 BIG pots of cream in 3 months but it doesn't work. Plus, you're only allowed to go to the toilet in your 15 min break so you have to hold it in for 3 hours! You aren't allowed to drink either so you get really dehydrated.

Making you constipate is illegal! I have worked sorry, been overworked at Sainsbury's for 3 years. The pay is way too low considering they expect you to do 3 people's jobs which they call 'multiskilling'. In other words lazy a***holes who pench pinch and don't care about their employees! Why do you think they are not the number one supermarket!

Reply 19

karina

What uniform are you expected to wear..? :eek:

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