Dobbies Reviews

If you are not related to the retail director you have no chance of getting on. Unless you flat share with him that is, then I’m sure your career will continue to blossom. How this nepotistic behavior is allowed in this day and age is beyond belief.

Let me start off by saying I used to love working for Dobbies but over the last year it has got worse and worse to the point where the majority of the workforce are ready to walk out. It is quite apparent that Dobbies do not care about their employees. Staff are overworked, underpaid and under appreciated for the work they are doing with no recognition or opportunities for promotions. The stores are running on skeleton staff as the staff that have left are not being replaced, there are no budgets for christmas temps. Management are incompetent and lazy, when you bring up any problems with them they brush it off and hope it gets forgotten about. The new team at head office haven’t got a clue and set unrealistic goals / targets as well as planning more and more events, constantly moving the goal post at short notice. The new regional manager is rude and inexperienced and has only been hired because he is friends with the CEO.