Excellent place to work - Sales Advisor Sofology Employee Review

5.0
18 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good bonus system. Friendly, approachable management, the team in store are amazing and always happy to help. Bonus system based on store performance rather than commission based fosters a better atmosphere within the team. Achievable sales and add on targets. Great induction plan and training. Excellent progression for retail, most higher positions are recruited from within. Good base pay. Good relationships within the team and across other stores. Approachable upper management. Managers are relatively flexible with shifts. Regular one to ones with managers on personal and professional progression within the company. Supportive training environment, options to pursue further training available in many topics for specialising and developing. If improvements are needed in any areas, training, discussion and support are provided to improve. Monthly scorecards for individuals and the store highlighting top stats and areas that need improvements. Great recognition for good performance, improvements and efforts. Telephone order system allows you to continue your interactions with customers after they have left and increases your chances of a sale.

Cons

Like any sales job it can be very busy and stressful at times. Pressure to perform in certain areas, especially if the overall store is struggling in a particular area. Competition between stores can be intense at times. Data capture for further online orders can cause your stores sales to be "poached" by the call centre team. When the store is slow it can be difficult to hit targets. Unable to sell clearance items from other stores or warehouses that customers may have seen online. Sometimes tough to shift certain clearance items.

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Great team to work with Work is tough but fair Working remotely permanently is amazing

Cons

No progression through the business unless filling a role someone else has left Constant happy attitude to the business masking all the downsides that are being hidden Lack of wage increases excused for all the ‘benefits’ the company provides instead

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ABSOLUTELY NONE WORST PLACE IVE EVER WORKED!

Cons

Management is extremely cliquey. If you’re not part of their inner circle, don’t expect fairness or support. You’re constantly being told off, often publicly or called into the office over minor issues. There’s no real freedom to speak up, if you raise concerns, it feels like it’s held against you rather than addressed professionally. Breaks are strictly timed to the minute, yet managers seem to come and go as they please. The pressure is constant. Customers regularly ask for manager call-backs, but instead of managers actually dealing with it, the calls are pushed back onto other colleagues to handle. You’re left to deal with escalations without any real authority or backup. Support from management is practically non-existent. When you need help, they’re nowhere to be found. The training you’re given at the start does not reflect the reality of the job at all. What’s promised during induction feels very different from what you walk into day-to-day. If you need anything clarification, help, development you have to fight for it. Nothing is straightforward. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself being called into the office regularly and threatened with gross misconduct over things that could easily be handled with a normal conversation. Overall, it’s a high-pressure, unsupportive environment where morale is low and management culture needs serious improvement. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking for a supportive workplace.

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