Wetherspoons job

I just got a job at Wetherspoons and have my induction tomorrow and they said I need to dress smart or I will be turned away.

What should I wear im panicking.

I remember going to my induction in a shirt and trousers, and finding myself vastly overdressed (I'm a former employee)

Just go smart casual, but if you're worried that they will complain (they won't; Wetherspoons employ anyone with a pulse) then take a pair of the black trousers that you will need for work anyway, and wear it with a smart top / shirt that you already have.

Oh, and start thickening your skin for when you meet the customers.

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Thanks im always like this. Its only a crappy summer jobs for the cash!!!

Crappy it is

On the plus side, Wetherspoons will always take back former members of staff, unless they have been fired (and you have to do spectacularly dumb things (usually bordering on criminal) to get fired), so it's pretty much a guaranteed job for next summer too.

On the downside, they fingerprint their employees nowadays (I kid you not - it's for the clocking in / out system) and the pay has actually gone down by 50p ph for under 21s since I left almost two years ago. And the customers are grim - underage sixth formers galore, a select band of alcoholics for regulars, and a vast variety of customers who will spit on you, grope you and verbally abuse you.

Honestly, the one thing that kept me going was that I had decent colleagues.

Well its £5.50 so thats not all that bad and im 21 next month so pay rise yey.
Thats good about been kept on though. Fingerprinting makes me feel wary though. The one I work at I hope wont be to bad I had a work trial on Saturday night amd one guy grabbed me and asked to dance and one guy said an awful work I never wish to repeat but all in all it was actually better than expected.

It's horrific! (The pay, that is)

Honestly if you've got any experience whatsoever (and even without...) you shouldn't be working for less than 21+ minimum wage. I've never felt the need to (back in my day we were all on slightly more than 21+ minimum wage), and I think any employer who pays less than that is guilty of age discrimination and exploitation.

Anyhow, you turn 21 in a month so it's probably going to work out better financially for you to keep that job, instead of faffing around looking for another and wasting time. Only you can decide if you feel comfortable with the fingerprinting bit - they will tell you that they're not storing your whole fingerprint blah blah but frankly I got the distinct feeling that they had no idea what they were on about, hand been given a presentation by the company who produces the machines, believed all of it and were utterly blase about security.

Sounds like you were on the receiving end of standard 'drunken idiot' behaviour! My favourite are the ones (usually when you're refusing them service because they're too drunk, but sometimes because they're underage and bolshy) who stand there and scream at you, believing that the nastier they are to you (personal remarks are my favourite), the more likely they are to get there own way! Only thing to do is to stand there, let them rant, laugh inwardly at how upset they are over something relatively minor, and then kick them out the pub for being abusive.

I only get £5.25 at Next so its actually an improvement. Did you work at a Llyods?

Hey,

How did you find it as a summer job, there website seems to just suggest they are permanent?

Thanks
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Do they take people on who have no work history? :/

I just got a job at Wetherspoons and have my induction tomorrow and they said I need to dress smart or I will be turned away.

What should I wear im panicking.

I remember going to my induction in a shirt and trousers, and finding myself vastly overdressed (I'm a former employee)

Just go smart casual, but if you're worried that they will complain (they won't; Wetherspoons employ anyone with a pulse) then take a pair of the black trousers that you will need for work anyway, and wear it with a smart top / shirt that you already have.

Oh, and start thickening your skin for when you meet the customers.

Crappy it is

On the plus side, Wetherspoons will always take back former members of staff, unless they have been fired (and you have to do spectacularly dumb things (usually bordering on criminal) to get fired), so it's pretty much a guaranteed job for next summer too.

On the downside, they fingerprint their employees nowadays (I kid you not - it's for the clocking in / out system) and the pay has actually gone down by 50p ph for under 21s since I left almost two years ago. And the customers are grim - underage sixth formers galore, a select band of alcoholics for regulars, and a vast variety of customers who will spit on you, grope you and verbally abuse you.

Honestly, the one thing that kept me going was that I had decent colleagues.

I applied and mentioned nothing about the fact that I was planning on going to university that September. Idiot interviewer didn't ask about it either. By the time someone asked, I had signed the contract and was already working there, so there was naff all they could do about it!

You can always transfer to another pub in your uni town, and go part time there during term time.



Yes. When I joined I had done one agency hospitality shift, and I'd made a few sandwiches at my sports club during a competition. Of course, my CV was written to maximise this 'experience' ("agency jobs have included...." without mentioning that there was nothing else included, and "catering assistant at a major national sports competition" without mentioning that it's a very niche sport where the competitions tend to have only around ~50 competitors). I saw others taken on with no experience whatsoever.

The job centre sends people who have been on benefits for several months, and Spoons gives them a work trial. Some of them are utterly useless (others are quite good) but a good proportion of them (even the useless ones) get taken on.

I had a work trial which I thought went fairly well, but didn't ever hear back from them

Do you know how they feel about people reapplying?

Btw, I have experience, not in a bar but in a cafe and plenty of customer service experience.

It probably would have been a good idea to phone up for feedback; in my experience they can be somewhat chaotic.

Recruitment decisions are taken at pub management level, so if you applied to another nearby pub then there would be no reason to even mention (unless it asks on the form) that you have previously applied.

Crappy it is

On the plus side, Wetherspoons will always take back former members of staff, unless they have been fired (and you have to do spectacularly dumb things (usually bordering on criminal) to get fired), so it's pretty much a guaranteed job for next summer too.

On the downside, they fingerprint their employees nowadays (I kid you not - it's for the clocking in / out system) and the pay has actually gone down by 50p ph for under 21s since I left almost two years ago. And the customers are grim - underage sixth formers galore, a select band of alcoholics for regulars, and a vast variety of customers who will spit on you, grope you and verbally abuse you.

Honestly, the one thing that kept me going was that I had decent colleagues.

Oh okay, so you mean they may have taken me on just not been organised enough to do it?

Well, I was talking about the same pub, although several months later, so I guess they still may not remember.

Pretty much, yes. I got my job there because they got confused and rang the wrong person to invite them for interview. I also saw them trial two people with similar names (one good, one useless), get confused and then they took the useless one on, and didn't realise until the useless one turned up for his first shift.