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I've had the opportunity to progress from sales assistant to supervisor to department manager and now to Store Manager in two different stores in the past 6 years at Applegreen. Applegreen has a great working environment with plenty of opportunity to progress in your career. The hours are flexible and the company offers employee discounts, Professional Development and Growth through on site training and accredited courses, Employee of the month, a Work/Life Balance and Employee Recognition.

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Free Lunches, Flexible working hours, 3 mobile plans, Hsf, Professional Development and Growth, Bike to work scheme.
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21 October 2022
Hi - Thank you for taking the time to leave this review, we really appreciate it, we are glad to see that you enjoy working with Applegreen.

Friendly atmosphere

It was a great experience for me because I was totally confused by my work place and I don't have any idea what things to be done and what will be the attitude of staff and customers towards me.But I was totally worng because when I reached there they treat me very well.All the guidance has given and very one is very helpful.

Pros

Free coffee and snacks

Cons

Hours
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Low pay for such busy place not appreciated

What is the best part of working at the company?Meeting people it’s always very busyWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?You can be moved from Costa put into Burger King or moved from shop put into subway your not guaranteed to stay in same department What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Some days it’s like been back in school management giving out when there under stress staff often crying What is a typical day like for you at the company?Just get in put head down do job and get out of there bad atomosphere staff always leaving
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nice workplace

Easy work, minimum wage but good hours, other employees are nice to work with, nice workplace and customers are easy to deal with, worked there for a few months
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I have learn a lot and I have gain my confidence from managing a small team

What is the best part of working at the company?Best that is they are able to understand the days I have to work and my days I have to be off.I can request on time n they always there to give .And also my General manager is easy to approach and always ready to solve any issue even if its by a text message he will reply.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?When you are working with people that they are not focused on their job.Im a supervisor and sometimes I over work myself just because some staff are not into the work.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It's very friendly. Working in a place where alot of nationalities are.What is a typical day like for you at the company?A typical day for me it's mostly when it's a busy day especially wen it's busy.But wen u have a good team on that day you are good to go.I don't stress myself when it's busy I flow with the day
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Productive and friendly atmosphere to work

What is the best part of working at the company?Friendly atmosphere to work. Good management. Convenient time to work.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?There is no stressful part to work in this company What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Open and friendly environment to work
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Great team

Fun workplace with other collegues. The manager is always approachable and tries to accommodate everyone to their best ability. Pay could be better for the work that is expected.
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Friendly workplace

Workplace culture lovely! Management really helpful. The free lunch is a good perk. Pay is minimum wage. Online training required. Typically, 8 hour shifts with a half hour break.
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Really Negative environment

Worked in the mail coach road store for as long as I could.. Lots of backstabbing, trying to keep on the managements good side (even though he will not remember this for long anyways), work not evenly distributed, manager in for about 2 hours a day and was constantly spying on employees - and that’s all I can mention..Track records speak for themselves… This job went far beyond the job description also.. Overall a really negative environment to work in and for little pay left each week. Was here for about 6 months and seen new staff coming and going every month

Pros

10 bean off sandwiches

Cons

Everything else
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Productive

Productive and fun place to work, management nice to work with, enjoyed my time there . Worked as a sales assistant and was keep very busy. Staff are nice
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Horrible

Manager had no business getting this job.. shop is ran poorly.. pay is terrible.. they would hire absolutely ANYBODY. High turnover of staff because of treatment. No communication from management, which means everybody is left very much in the dark. Aren’t true to their word. If they’re short on staff and need you to come in on your day off they will continually harrass you until you answer your phone and agree to come in. Job genuinely isn’t difficult and I quite enjoyed it however it is near impossible to actually want to come into work to be treated like this.

Pros

Literally none

Cons

Toxic work environment, terrible communication skills from management
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Productive

Always on your feet, very challenging and probably underpaid and under appreciated for what you actually do. Nice colleagues but unfortunately management do not really care about people.
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Bad management

Talkative co-workers but is very distracting from work. A lot of gossip less work done. Management is awful. Typically self centred with no care for employee wellness at all.
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Very supportive of staff and flexibility re days off

Very capable and decive managing style Days busyStaff very supportive of each other I liked working thereWork interesting I would definitely return when a vacancy arrisesNo more information

Pros

Free lunch was really helpful

Cons

None I worked part-time
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dont recommend

the management is incompetent and never listen to actual floor staff about problems or issues etc., but always complain about the smallest things. they also constantly have big expectations and think youre supposed to give up your life for the company because they never want to hire new and additional staff, so they load up 7 peoples worth of work onto 2-3 people all whilst you get minimum wage and even overtimes that they force onto you arent at an extra hourly rate. wouldnt recommend to a dog.

Pros

none

Cons

everything
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It is really good to be working here at Applegreen but pay is minimum which isn’t enough to live a decent life.

Customer service at the till, replenishment of shelves. Being careful of any drive offs. Standing on your feet most of the time. But it’s good to get some experience. Afterwords, just continue applying for better paying positions until you are successful in making good money to afford to have enough food at the table .

Pros

Free lunch upto €10

Cons

Hours are ok if it’s a day shift from 7am to 11pm
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Learning & skills development

I have keen interest to enhance my skills and work hard to promote to higher position. I am glad to make more friends at work and also my experiences and ideas with colleagues.

Pros

Flexible environment

Cons

long hours
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Stressful

Doing overnight's was insanely hard, the amount of work expected just meant that you would never catch a break, by the end of it after a manager stood in for a night shift it became a lot easier as there definitely seemed to be a disconnect in the amount of work that can feasibly be done doing overnight's on your own
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Amazing Culture!

Everyone I work with is helpful and there is great teamwork. Benefits are good because you get free lunch, manager is flexible with my work scheduling because I go to college and I use the bike to work.

Pros

Free lunch, flexible hours, bike to work
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Applegreen Drumgoold Enniscorthy

Do not work thereAll staff and management are bulliesAwful placeI'm embarrassed to have worked there 2022 for 3 months Cliquey staffVery two-faced and

Pros

Going home

Cons

Toxic staff, especially manager
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Beware

I found it very disorganized in many levels. I actually worked in burger king but management was very confusing, although I never actually saw applegreen's management. I thought it was terrible that we weren't able to eat burger king's food, only a very selected number of things in applegreens, which I never had the chance to get because my app never worked. We didn't even get a discount in burger king's meals. And I was never paid correctly. Since the first paycheck, which I had to wait for four weeks, there was always something missing. I always had to go back and ask them to review, even after I left. I still haven't been fully paid but I just gave up. Always check your payslips!!!!!!!!!!

Pros

Good experience with fast food, good experience at a fast paced environment

Cons

Disorganized, they don't pay what they owe you
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2.8 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
2.6 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
2.8 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement
2.8 out of 5 stars for Management
2.8 out of 5 stars for Culture

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