Pros
Often feels hard to see the benefits of working for Harding Retail. Yes, the friendships and travel opportunities were good but they sure do make you work for them (often too exhausted to get off in ports and socialise with other departments). Whilst the staff discount is fantastic (35%), realistically you never earn enough to actually buy anything with it.
Kontras
Where do I start... -Extremely long hours (regularly pulling 65 hour weeks) -Very low pay and next to no commission -Management is very poor (although in fairness to them, they often seemed out of their depth) -Work / life balance is silly. Only ever had 3 evenings off during my 6 month contract (not healthy way to spend 6 months). -General obsession with hitting financial target, often at the mercy of staff wellbeing / happiness. -As is the case with any employer, the small things add up and this was certainly the case with Harding Retail, hence the incredibly low staff retention rate.
