Does Whistles pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Whistles employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Whistles. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Whistles?

71% of Whistles employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Whistles 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Whistles?

Sales Associate (41) , Sales Assistant (27) , Supervisor (21) , Style Advisor (12) , Assistant Manager (8) , Retail Sales Assistant (7) , Sales Consultant (7) , Store Manager (6) , Retail Sales Associate (5) , Sales (5) , Sales Advisor (4) , Retail Assistant (3) , Senior Sales (3) , Assistant Store Manager (2) , Keyholder (2)

What are the pros of working at Whistles according to real employee reviews?

"Great team to work with especially rush hour" ((in 27 reviews)); "All staff are friendly and keen to offer advice if you need it." ((in 21 reviews)); "I worked with some really great people and met some new friends" ((in 17 reviews)); "Good training" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good benefits (70% off uniform, 50% off everything else)" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Whistles according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was low and the bonus incentive was based on the team hitting a target." ((in 32 reviews)); "Supervisors are expected to do much more on a low salary" ((in 13 reviews)); "Company did not follow the Labor Law requirements for the state, District Manager is rude, disrespectful, & lies, goals are unrealistic (30% to LY) to keep you from achieving bonus, you are micro managed the whole way, shop is very slow due to location" ((in 12 reviews)); "long hours, a lot of standing around, hard to climb ladder into head office" ((in 8 reviews)); "The pay is minimum wage for your age but they expect the world from you." ((in 8 reviews))

Whistles Reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)

Justin Hampshire

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Whistles has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 256 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Whistles employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

256 reviews

3.0

1 July 2026

Great team and discounts, but very busy times

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great discounts Great team to work with especially rush hour

Cons

Can get extremely busy during rush hour and bank holiday, but the team is quite the one to work with Salaries differ to locations but that also means how busy it will get

4.0

18 June 2026

Great discount, but workload challenges work-life balance

Store supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good discount with family feeling

Cons

Can be large workload at times, hard to have work/life balance

Whistles Response

1w

Thank you for taking the time to give us some feedback. We are pleased to hear you enjoy our employee discount. We appreciate your honest feedback about workload and work-life balance, and we're always looking for ways to better support our colleagues, particularly during peak periods. We will take your feedback on and share your comments with our senior managers. Thank you for your continued commitment and hard work at Whistles. We wish you ongoing success during your career with us. Thank you, The Talent Acquisition Team at Whistles.

3.0

15 June 2026

Great team but upper management lacks challenge

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The team and the people you work with

Cons

Upper management could be more challenging

Whistles Response

1w

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re delighted to hear that a pro of working with us was the team and the people you worked with. We would like to understand more about this to help us improve. If you are happy to do so please contact TFGLondonTalentAcquisition@tfg-brands.co.uk Thank you, The Talent Acquisition Team at Whistles

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