Does Welcome Break pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Welcome Break employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Welcome Break. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Welcome Break?

70% of Welcome Break employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Welcome Break 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Welcome Break?

Team Member (37) , UBM (37) , Barista (33) , Assistant Manager (25) , Unit Business Manager (22) , Sales Assistant (21) , Service Leader (20) , Manager (14) , Sales Team Member (13) , Customer Service (12) , Business Unit Manager (11) , Site Manager (10) , Unit Manager (9) , Shift Manager (8) , Store Manager (7)

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

"Good benefits including 50% off on site and 70% off hotels" ((in 36 reviews)); "everyone is friendly and there to help you and we are one big team" ((in 26 reviews)); "Nice people and paid weekly" ((in 24 reviews)); "Great and friendly staff to work with" ((in 17 reviews)); "The training and courses that you can attend are excellent and really help with development especially when coming in as an external candidate" ((in 12 reviews))

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

"Management of seasonal contract was poor" ((in 46 reviews)); "Very low pay, no progress" ((in 27 reviews)); "High up managers are rude and not understanding" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours are not for everyone." ((in 15 reviews)); "Low salaries and difficult to grow" ((in 11 reviews))

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Welcome Break

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Welcome Break reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(590 total reviews)

John Diviney

87% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Senior management

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

Welcome Break has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 590 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Welcome Break employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Atacado e varejo industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

590 reviews

3.0

Mar 7, 2019

Friendly environment, hard approach to HR, simple job.

Sales assistant

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great staff to work with

Cons

Managers don’t respect staff enough

Welcome Break Response

Hi thank you for your feedback, great to hear that you feel you work in a great team, however disappointing to hear that you don't feel the Managers are respecting the staff enough. I would recommend you speak to your Site Operations Manager about your concerns.

2.0

Mar 4, 2019

Bullies and brown nosing

Shift manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Discount on food Duscount out of work

Cons

Brown nose your manager or get no where Bullies and disgusting management

Welcome Break Response

I'm sorry to hear that you feel this way and I hope you were able to address your concerns with your Regional Operations Director. If you would like to give more information on this or discuss further, please email employee.relations@welcomebreak.co.uk and one of the People Team will pick this up. Thank you for bringing this to my attention

2.0

Jan 28, 2019

Working for Shell Welcome Break

Shift runner

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Hours are quite flexible. My specific UBM is great. Pay is okay for a temp job and the work load isn't too much

Cons

Some managers are rude and anti-staff, putting their non business needs before their staffs. Hours are generally unsociable

Welcome Break Response

Sorry to hear that you feel this way working for Welcome Break. If there is anything that you would like to share and discuss further, please contact your People Business Partner (Rachel Williams) or email employee.relations@welcomebreak.co.uk

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