Currys reviews

Constant pay queries of anything above basic salary; overtime is based over an 8 week period so for 7 weeks you are worked like a dog and the last week you are given days off because there is 'no work' or are going through a 'quiet patch'. Spares are ordered via TSO's, some of which have very limited knowledge and wrong parts get ordered but it's your fault not theirs. And if you ever get stuck on a job and need help the TSO's usual response is 'try your best' or 'order a new pcb'. As an engineer you get put in difficult moral dilemmas by the company as you know what the company does sometimes is wrong yet you are the one who has to front it out. Very rarely get sent back to your own jobs so completion targets are a joke. Company sees the engineer as a scapegoat in any difficult situations.

Lack of teaching after a certain point. I did a lot of insurance claims with little to no teaching, ending up making a mistake which could cost the boss their bonus. I made a mistake and of course expected my share of the blame, but was told almost instantly this could cost me my job. Insurance sales seems aggressive and unfriendly. Yes geek squad offers some great features BUT it is NOT the best out there. I can't match their unnatural expectations. I feel a constant pressure to manipulate people. People want insurance, they will get get insurance. The rota is ridiculous. I am on a fairly short term contract which ends up 38+ changing all the time. I can't remember the last time I got to go to a social event.