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Farmers Trading reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(259 total reviews)

37% positive business outlook

Farmers Trading has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 259 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Farmers Trading employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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259 reviews
1.0
Oct 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

alright discount one day a month

Cons

Abusive management. I have been spoken to in such dehumanising ways and ignored every time I express a concern. the company has had countless scandals and I am not surprised. Absolutely zero training besides modules that tell us to use really predatory sales tactics. This place has destroyed my mental health.

2.0
Jan 11, 2025

Shocking.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Clothing and kids discounts decent, company may as well not bother with other discounts. Staff shopping days (if you even get permission/the chance to go while on the floor) Some social work functions. Leaving.

Cons

Boy is there a lot. Expected one on ones essentially non existent.. and if you do have them they are solely based on negativity and feedback is not constructive. No tolerance for sickness or mental health. I mean this. Being asked for a doctors note for 1 day sick leave after only having 2 sick days in 6 months, seems a bit of a joke. Having staff and managers talking about if you or another employee is really sick or not. Cosmetics department is over-competitive, leading to catty behaviour and gossiping. This behaviour isn’t stopped or controlled by management. Counter managers on high horses. Often had leave declined and shifts changed without notice (good luck trying to schedule your time on your days off) and being treated differently after saying no to covering a shift. No employment surveys. No action from management on serious issues in the workplace. Favouritism amongst employees. No parking for employees.

1.0
Dec 15, 2024

Dead end & Burnt Out

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you love to be micromanaged and have no autonomy this place is for you! If you like to check your payslip every pay day to make sure you got paid correctly then this is the place for you! If you tolerate bullying and know the employment relations act front to back to protect yourself then this place is for you! Ps MOST of my co-workers were awesome but the majority have left now.

Cons

This company fails to provide a safe/structured working environment where employees feel heard and seen. The tolerance for bullying stems all the way back up to the top (just take a look through all of these reviews... Sounds like it hasn't changed). Your concerns will be invalidated as soon as you voice yourself. I saw multiple collueges crying from stress & high workloads and from what I have heard, it is still the same. If you had a medical event at work - you're at fault because you worked too hard. The carelessness of management was plain sad and HR did nothing to help against known toxic staff members who have both customer complaints and personal grievances against them. If you call in sick management would call you at midday to make sure you were sick - god forbid that you are at home sleeping trying to get better to get back to the minimum wage role. Good people and managers leave because of inadequate training, support, pay and/or opportunities to grow. Management would make you feel less than for not making your departments target and when your department did make budget you got nothing! This place destroyed my mental health and confidence, since leaving I have regained myself enough to now write this so that others have a true scope of what they are signing up for.

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