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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3.0
Aug 26, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunities to speak to a wide range of customers. Great place to increase tech knowledge. Can easily make friends with fellow colleagues. Relaxed environment at times. Allowed to have phone on shop floor in case of emergencies and also to demo some products. Allowed to play own choice of music sometimes. Some cool training events to attend. Bonus scheme recently changed to an individual basis rather than relying on whone store to achieve targets.

Cons

Far too many targets to focus on. It becomes very stressful when they put sales before customer service and you get told off if you don't live up to the expectations even when you've tried really hard. Hardly much praise for good work. Pay isn't that great. They cut the break in half which caused some staff to get stressed out. High turnover of staff. Stopped paying you extra for training online and in workshops.

2.0
Aug 22, 2016

Sales

Recommend
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Pros

Getting a bounse every 3mths is always good to luck forward to

Cons

The management, to many chiefs not enough Indians, so one will always be telling you what to do. Wouldn't work for this company again.

1.0
Aug 15, 2016

Not a good environment to work in

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The salary is ok. There are often deductions for extra holidays or other random errors - check your playslip regularly. No bones about it, it looks good on the CV

Cons

The environment is toxic. It is not "fast paced" as management claim, it is disorganized and deeply political. The new Carphone Warehouse website has equipped staff with a sub standard tool to do their jobs. Failures are glossed over, but there is no escaping; it was a failed project. Working at weekends is expected, though not explained in the recruitment process. If you can't find someone to do your Monday morning reports, you are not allowed to take holidays that stop you delivering the weekly report by 7 am Monday morning. The use of business data / information is completely laughable - they have no tools to tell you how you are doing. Half the job is explaining why your numbers don't match some others of dubious origin. Priorities and targets change every Monday morning with the weekly board meeting. It is not possible to plan ahead, and communication of these new changed priorities is thin on the ground. "Flexible working" and hot-desking operate in the Acton office - you don't have to be in the office all the time and there are no set desks. You could be cynical and say it is because there aren't enough desks, but it could be a good thing. My team doesn't take part because the manager said he "I want my team to be seen to arrive early". Politics often conspire to sabotage otherwise good ideas quite a lot here.

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