Discriminatory and very high pressure - Sales Assistant Smiggle Employee Review

2.0
10 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good customers, fun products, working on weekends is really fun with kids.

Cons

Only care about making money and not staff welfare, the push for sales is really intense and makes people feel insecure about losing their job. Management found out I have a longstanding and managed mental health condition that doesn't effect my work and I was discriminated against by other staff members and two levels of management. I ended up quitting and have a case against them. HR was no better. This company does not care about their staff.

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4.0
6 Apr 2022
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Pros

- Easy work - Co workers are great to work with - Management are great

Cons

- not much chance to grow within the company - not enough hours

3.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly atmosphere, lot of importance to child friendly workplace health and safety.

Cons

Blind eye to specialised masters IT degrees and prior SCM work experience which some of their retail assistants have from their past. Too much store politics and favouritism. Unequal expectations from newer and older employees at same level. “Drop and serve customers first” rule doesn’t apply to older employees, only expected out of newer employees even if they are doing multiple tasks. Intimidating way of telling mistakes which were made unknowingly. Makes you dull for the rest of the shift. Some older employees say they are fixing the back room but are actually not, just taking breaks, leaving you alone on the shop floor.

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