Supermarkets

I would imagine all year round at most places. very high stafff turnover

Are you talking weekly paid assistant/supervisors - or management careers?

http://www.sparjobs.co.uk/careers-at-spar

Were just talking lowest of the low general assistant.

I have been told by a few people (who I trust) that they look after you, and that you have plenty of scope to work your way up. Plenty of courses to go on etc. Looking long term 20/30 yrs if poss. And if you can get to being a manager even assistant the money is nt too bad at all obviously depending on your expectations.

Purely my experience, and only relating to one supermarket, but if you're bad, you have to be really really bad for them to get rid of you, but the processes put in place to make that possible, can make it a pain if you're a hard worker and expect them to be resonably grateful. Cartainly you can work your way up quickly (store manager in 5 years or so i reckon) but you have to go way above and beyond.

Good Sparkmaster thats just what I want to hear I can do that, I m not afraid of working. Prepared to work weekends and nights if needed.

Staff always seem happy enough unless they are on the checkout.


I work in sales and actually lose out on speaking to customers cause I go looking for little jobs to keep me occupied dont like sitting on my hands so to speak.

What supermarket are you refering to Sparkmaster??

Good for you! I think there's an element of hit and miss, in terms of whether you get a good manager or not. It seems to me to be a changing industry.

15 year ago it was prob a case where you had a very laddish atmosphere at the blunt end (e.g. doing the hard, physical work), where if you were a good lad and worked hard you got a few favours passed back to you, whereas if you were a slacker you didn't last long.

Today though, employers are so frightened of legal action, they don't feel they can be so tough on the shirkers...which in turn leads to resentment from those who do their job well.

I don't want to paint an unduly negative picture. I actually really enjoy the work, coming home tired but relaxed at the end of the day is a good feeling compared to the stress of an office life. I've also come from a management role, so when I see bad treatment it strikes me more, if that makes sense. If you can take getting kicked around a bit to get to the long picture, then you should do well.

While I'm**ging them off a bit I'd rather not say!