CriticalHitt.

Jul 13, 2025

Bad Treatment of Workers

I'm writing anonymously as a staff member that works at the new JD store in trafford centre. Firstly, the managers here do not care about staff getting enough rest. They will easily give someone a shift ending at 12am and then make them start again at 8am the next day. This is unfair and makes people exhausted. This is a health and safety concern. Managers are also rude and tend to play favourites. Some staff get treated better than others for no reason. If the managers like you, you get easier shifts. If not, they will speak to you in a rude way and assign you the worst jobs there is. It is very obvious and makes work stressful. Furthermore, they also tend to Ignore your availability. When you apply, you tell them the times you can work and you also update your availability on the app. It then gets approved but they still give you shifts outside of those hours. For example, if you say you cannot work late because of transport or any other valid reason, they will still schedule you until 12am. late finishes can be common. Shifts that are supposed to finish at 12am often end much later, sometimes 1am. The breaks are a total joke. They tell you when your break is, but then change it last minute. You could be waiting hours to eat because they won’t let you go when they said you could. Lastly, they don’t care about you. Working here makes you feel like you mean nothing to them. You do not feel valued what so ever. The way the managers sometimes speak to you or address you is belittling and rude. Nobody should be treated this way at work. Do not work here if you want fair treatment. They take advantage of staff and don’t care about anyone’s wellbeing. This is definitely something that needs to be investigated by someone in HR.