Boots Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Boots full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Training, opportunity to work your way up, hard working people get the best rewards.

Cons – Hard work, work on minimal staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boots full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very oriented on Training, great culture.

Cons – Very very structured, sometimes can be a pain

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boots as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – It is a well organized company.

Cons – They don't respect their employees, they are slave drivers

Advice to Senior Management – Your customers aren't the only ones you need to satisfy, your employees are your best asset, respect them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boots part-time for less than a year

Pros – Other staff are friendly; wage is decent; discount card is generous; customers who shop there are generally friendly too.

Cons – Not much opportunity to progress; i.e. it makes more sense to apply as an external candidate for senior positions.

Current Employee – been working at Boots part-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly place to work. Good staff discount. Good holidays. Decent uniform. Good training.

Cons – I think the level of pay for an assistant in a small store is very poor.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boots full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Double discount day
half day xmas shopping
bonus (depending how you are performing)
meeting people
they some really good offers
some stuff are cheap

Cons – cutting back on staff
too much pressure on other team members
always noticing the bad points
company do not communicate enough apart from how the companys doing
every year they mention about profit which they make alot at leat £1bn yet making more cut backs
they bought a drug company in germany but have not mentioned to colleagues
big bosses do not visit every store in their division only performing stores
they always take customers side not staff even thou they know customer in wrong
best company to work for they always give to the best stores which is unfair
staff get yelled at but yet no action get taken
store management gets underpaid- team manager gets paid £7.99 wheras as a healthcare advisor gets paid £7.94 dispenser gets paid £8.47
customers take advantage of the refund
most products are expensive
they need to stop doing price comparison with other reatailers
they should make there stuff cheap even by 2p if necessary
all this company thinks about is profit 100%
so many people regret working for this company its difficult to get out because of the job market

Advice to Senior Management – Sort out your payscale for store management its really unfair

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boots part-time for less than a year

Pros – Good working hours and Good pay.

Cons – No discounts.
Not very informed.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boots as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – enjoyable work place , less pressure, friendly staff, progression opportunity

Cons – hmmm so far nothing bad

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boots for more than 10 years

Pros – Great company values
Customer focused
Regular pay days
Good discounts

Cons – Company values are constantly discussed - these values are not always delivered from the top of the organisation
Low pay compared to other similar roles with other companies - hard to gain worklife balance, it's the norm to work all hours to constantly deliver
It takes more than company discount to retain employees

Advice to Senior Management – Consistency is a challenge for your focus - particularly performance rating within teams.
The new Boots approach has changed the way people feel about working for you.
People feel undervalued.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boots

Pros – Head office - lots of good people to work with and a good environment to work in. Decisions usually based on facts rather than hunch.

Cons – Lots of senior managers so decisions usually taken at a high level rather than delegated. Lots of work required to support proposals, then often re-worked when next senior stakeholder has a question. To succeed often means working long hours. Lots of meetings so work gets done early morning or in evenings.

Advice to Senior Management – Let your teams get on with it!