Matalan Retail Reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,552 total reviews)
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Henrik Nordvall

83% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Matalan Retail has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,552 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Matalan Retail employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
3 Dec 2020

Mediocre

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Pros

good staff and managers with plenty of work variation

Cons

very poor pay compared to other retailers for the same amount of work

2.0
18 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people that work in the stores they are all phenomenal 20% discount on already cheap stock

Cons

lack of honesty as some of my manger friends who still work in Matalan have told me they are being asked to write glowing reviews of matalan by there area managers and HR department so instead of dealing with the issues of low pay no work life balance and a head office that couldnt organise a party in a brewery ...they try and cover it up. I stayed because it is honesty the best group of people i have ever worked with left because upper management did not want to hear any issue or problems just be told how amazing they are. So be aware its not worst place to work but its not all rosy like some of the reviews have painted

1.0
18 Apr 2017
Recommend
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Pros

the moment your shift ends..... that really is the only positive

Cons

management bully staff - make fun of staff with disabilities management leave work half way through a shift for no reason terrible atmosphere in store - very low moral low wage for the level of work expected no work/life balance very reactionary business - they let you know they are going into sale the day before it actually happens head office genuinely have no idea what REALLY goes on in stores no room for development its just a really awful place to work - I don't know how I managed 9 months working in such a horrific environment run by such dishonest and unprofessional bullies I left without another job to go to because it was so awful

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