Currys reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,406 total reviews)
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Alex Baldock

81% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Currys has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,406 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Currys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Mar 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you like a fast paced retail environment dealing with Customers and selling the latest techy products and all the accessories then you'll love it!

Cons

Not much structure. Often pressured into selling products. Unrealistic KPI's. Inconsistent training. Only real way to learn is to try on your own, mess up and hope someone spots it. Policies in place mean difficult conversations with customers. If your good then your expected to do everything, even if this task is way above your pay grade!. (As a customer service advisor i have had to run the store for weeks at a time, commit the payroll, generate rotas and even sacked someone before). More in the last 5 years there have been experiences where if you sell a 1 or 2 laptops with no extras (although this may just a be a blip in your day) you end up being told not to sell anything else that may affect figures that day and shoved on a till or smaller areas.

2.0
Mar 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Training provided. Need to book training yourself as managers are not too keen to send you for workshops.

Cons

1. Too much pressure on selling. 2. Have to keep selling stuff that are overpriced.

3.0
Mar 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Easy to get pay rises (You start on £6.35 and can go up to £7.74 in less than a year). - Some locations you get an extra 50p an hour for location allowance. - Easy to progress and become team leader / management. - Great perks (Up to 20% off Apple, 10% in store, some tablets go down to £1 for employees only) - Great training - Incredibly fun over Christmas and potential huge bonus' (up to £1000 extra on your pay for a month).

Cons

- Heavily targeted, at the end of the day you're just a number. - Management team can be way too pushy and get you to do much more than you actually can do. - Old style of software (Still use Windows XP to process sales) - If you miss targets you can be put on capability. - Profit is so low so you're always pressured to deliver more. - Company targets are way too high for certain times of year.

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