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When I started working there it was great, but one by one the people who made work enjoyable started leaving, and I couldn't blame them. The store in general is messy and unorganised when it comes to stock and displays, which leads to impatient customers and annoyed managers. Some of my colleagues would swipe sales under my nose, but then never do any cleaning or merchandising and leave that to the casual workers, further weakening their chance of making their weekly targets. Shifts would be taken away or added at the last minute, where I would either not have a shift for weeks or would work almost every day for a month. The store is in an odd location meaning you will not be getting many customers, and therefore will not likely make your target. Managers would try to be nice and reasonable, but they can only do so much, and come off as quite two-faced.
Pros
Good pay, especially with casual rate and commission
Cons
Very unorganised, and some nasty colleagues
The not friendly work environment lots of internal politics, very unhuldy culture There are few good peoples as well HR team is good but some departmental mangers are not good
I have been involved in selling all of my life and moved to retail sales about 9 years ago when I took up my position as a whitegoods/cooking Salesperson at The Good Guys, Maitland NSW
The Management Team are hard but fair and are flexible for example they will roster you off to give you time to go to say a wedding.
The Management Team both in our Store and at Head Office encourages personal growth and are very supportive. If you put up your hand for help it is there. The Store is like a family to me very helpful and friendly. From my experience, The Good Guys is a great place to work. There are no factions or backstabbers.
Pros
Very supportive working environment, praise offered for a job well done.
Cons
You have to meet sales targets continually but that is sales in a nut
A fast paced environment
Learnt skills in admin and sales
hardest part is learning the tasks and duties as they could be quite overwhelming
most enjoyable part is working in team through positive and supportive environment
The Good Guys culture was to respect all others in the company.
Friendly atmosphere was great.
Work life balance was great.
Support all stake holders internally and externally.
Pros
Meeting singers promoting their CD also Fresh fruit boxes
Cons
No open communication Support from mamangement
Its become a very competitive shark eat shark company.
No longer feels like a family or team. And the stress levels just arent worth it for the pay.
This was my first workplace and it was a good place for a first job, it included responsibilities such as stacking shelves, sorting though inventory and occasionally dealing with customers questions
It is a great business but they really push the selling of warranties. The more experienced staff will take the big sales and the fresh employees will get the crumbs.
They pay you as a retail work,(base $19 an hour) when your actually a storeman ( warehouse worker). A store should receive at least $26 an hour as per the award, so you tell me if it's a good place to be working at
Working at the good guys is a fun and rewarding experience that has taught me a lot in the way of sales and have a very positive reward structure making you want to work harder to be rewarded.
Working at the good guys is a fun and rewarding experience that has taught me a lot in the way of sales and have a very positive reward structure making you want to work harder to be rewarded.
Best part of the job meeting and greeting customers.
Making amazing friends
Having 2 days off
Commission based
Worst part of the job unrealistic KPI and targets
I am looking for a more reliable and permanent position, I enjoy the physical work and the comradary of the staff. I am an offside to the driver delivering and installing furniture and white goods
Management needs to address the situation that all employees are paid the same yet some get away with doing a whole lot less than others. Share the workload.
Pros
Staff discount
Cons
Management indecisivness
The other employees at TGG are all extremely nice people, and very easy to get along with. This makes completing tasks much easier and more enjoyable.
Pros
Commission
Cons
Sales targets very high
The team was treated with respect and we were like family. The owner worked in beside us . I enjoyed working with the manager because he would show me how to improve my salary and advance to where I wanted to be.
Pros
My family would come first
Cons
Long hours
It was okay i can't really comment as I was only a causal over Christmas period
Its difficult to say i wanted to stay longer however a lot of staff were let go of after the Christmas busy period
lots of manual loading and unloading with sack truck, installation of white good and recycling old goods and verifying information, details and collecting signatures
Worked there for 6 months whilst on a Woking Holiday visa, manager was a nice guy external to work but wasn't a pleasant manager (mostly due to cultural work place differences).