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Boots job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The people you work with and the discount card

    Worst thing

    The public can be very aggressive and lots of robberies

    8.0

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, April 2025

  • Best thing

    It’s so good for progression. You get so many opportunities to shadow other teams. They also mainly hire people that already work there for different roles.

    Worst thing

    The pay isn’t the most amazing but the environment there is worth it

    9.7

    Customer advisor at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    Staff, support

    Worst thing

    Ling opening hours of store

    8.6

    Pharmacy technician at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    The discount.

    Worst thing

    The management, the bullying that happens in stores and nothing gets done.

    4.6

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    Environment and the staff

    Worst thing

    Rude customers

    8.4

    Customer adviser at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    The staff are the best thing

    Worst thing

    Not enough staff for the work that needs doing

    6.4

    Customer adviser at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    Nothing at all

    Worst thing

    Stress, abuse, overwhelming workload, unrealisticexpectations of Boots and the public. Having to work so quickly that mistakes get made

    4.5

    Pharmacy advisor at Boots, March 2025

  • Best thing

    Free products, getting to use makeup daily,

    3.4

    Employee at Boots, February 2025

  • Best thing

    Convenient travel
    Earn while you learn

    Worst thing

    Hours/schedule
    Flexibility
    Manager
    Work environment

    2.8

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Always busy, always something new to learn

    Worst thing

    More targets with less hours every year, some customers are very rude

    9.1

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Helping people

    Worst thing

    The responsibilies I am
    Given but not given any credit

    5.0

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, December 2024

  • Best thing

    Discount and the team members that I work with

    Worst thing

    The constant pressure from management and being the only one told to do things by them. Having to do jobs that no other team members have to do.
    Lack of respect from management

    1.5

    Employee at Boots, November 2024

  • Best thing

    -other team members
    -work isn’t really that difficult
    -manager isn’t too strict
    overall it’s quite enjoyable

    Worst thing

    -difficult customers
    -walking/standing all day
    -some managers are annoying
    -sometimes there isn’t work to do so i’m bored

    8.7

    Customer advisor at Boots, November 2024

  • Best thing

    Going home

    Worst thing

    Patients being extremely rude

    4.6

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, November 2024

  • Best thing

    The money, the shifts and the colleagues

    Worst thing

    The customers, the expectations

    5.5

    Customer advisor at Boots, October 2024

  • Best thing

    Helping customers get the right medicine

    Worst thing

    Stressful, rushed

    4.6

    Healthcare specialist at Boots, October 2024

  • Best thing

    Easy
    Kind customers

    Worst thing

    Rude and arrogant customers

    9.7

    Customer advisor at Boots, October 2024

  • Best thing

    helping people

    Worst thing

    how rude people can be and how many of them there is

    1.6

    Sales advisor at Boots, September 2024

  • Best thing

    That I only do 4h each day

    Worst thing

    Understaffed

    3.4

    Customer assistant at Boots, September 2024

  • Best thing

    Good work ethics, staff discount and bonus

    Worst thing

    Micro managing staff as not enough budget, working with general public

    8.9

    Store manager at Boots, August 2024

  • Best thing

    Pay is good for students, most of the team are really great people to work with.

    Worst thing

    Some times felt half trained in certain areas and then blamed when made a mistake if not taught before. Management can also be fussy on talking even if you’re still doing the work and talking about work.

    7.7

    Customer advisor at Boots, August 2024

  • Best thing

    free eye tests

    Worst thing

    lack of protection from aggressive customers, late rotas, poor holiday hours, unpaid sick leave, inflexible

    2.3

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, August 2024

  • Best thing

    The discounts

    Worst thing

    It’s retail, and management can lack forward thinking at times

    6.4

    Customer advisor at Boots, August 2024

  • Best thing

    Love working and assisting customers

    Worst thing

    Hate the bitching and finding products stashed in wear house so it comes out on sales 90% and seeing people get items cheaper. Scammers!!

    1.2

    Health care assistant at Boots, July 2024

  • Best thing

    Amazing colleagues and managers
    Great overtime opportunity
    Good salary
    Flexible shifts and great work environment
    I love the company very much and it’s an amazing job.

    Worst thing

    Nothing to complain about that would be within the control of the company or colleagues. Great company to work for.

    9.9

    Customer advisor at Boots, July 2024

  • Best thing

    the team is great, the training is good once you actually receive it

    Worst thing

    unrealistic targets, head office, regional managers and even managers in the store don’t understand what’s going on. shop is in a dead town and still expected to meet the same targets as city stores. line manager is a horrible man and a bully

    3.2

    No7 advisor at Boots, June 2024

  • Best thing

    Friendly staff and managers
    Easy and fun tasks

    Worst thing

    No breaks
    Self service tills

    5.0

    Customer advisor at Boots, June 2024

  • Best thing

    The people at work are the best thing about it

    Worst thing

    Managers don’t care about you
    Nothing is run properly
    No one knows what the rules actually are

    1.5

    No7 advisor at Boots, February 2024

  • Best thing

    You learn about new brands and products

    Worst thing

    Long opening hours and some rude customers

    2.5

    Assistant manager at Boots, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The pay, easy enough to swap shifts/take holidays

    Worst thing

    Lack of flexibility with contract while I’m at university, no HR that is accessible to employees (has to go through a manager)

    7.8

    Customer advisor at Boots, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Great work environment, good hours and good flexibility

    Worst thing

    Customers can be mean sometimes

    8.6

    Customer assistant at Boots, January 2024

  • Best thing

    how some customers can be so lovely! the training is quite interesting, and being able to learn new stuff about skin care and makeup.

    Worst thing

    the customers can be horrid. very stressful in some periods of the year.

    2.6

    No7 advisor at Boots, January 2024

  • Best thing

    The team I work with

    Worst thing

    The telephone never stops

    8.9

    Dispenser at Boots, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Helping the customers pick out exactly what they need

    Worst thing

    Managers don’t understand that it can actually be difficult, and don’t help with certain issues

    5.5

    No7 advisor at Boots, December 2023

  • Best thing

    it’s chill

    Worst thing

    it’s boring & people are annoying

    6.1

    Customer assistant at Boots, December 2023

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    Getting shouted at by customers and patients and being stressed

    6.6

    Dispenser at Boots, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Easy and not stressful

    Worst thing

    Nothing

    9.5

    Customer advisor at Boots, November 2023

  • Best thing

    My team, the nice customers, one of my nice managers

    Worst thing

    Abuse from customers, especially around christmas
    Extreme stress on us as lack of money from head office - we had our overtime cut

    6.0

    Customer advisor at Boots, November 2023

  • Best thing

    My team are the best people ever, genuinely such kind and friendly souls. It helps that I work in a small town, everyone knows each other and everyone is generally quite polite. It feels good to know I am helping people also.

    Worst thing

    no complaints after a month of working

    9.9

    Employee at Boots, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Working with a wide team

    Worst thing

    High pressure, spoken to rudely, not enough progression roles and salary that doesn’t reflect work

    2.0

    Assistant manager at Boots, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Great colleagues, regular customers, not demanding.

    Worst thing

    Not varied, on feet for long periods, can be on your own on tills for large periods.

    7.3

    Customer advisor at Boots, September 2023

  • Best thing

    It’s nice to be able to help people and it’s satisfying to do good sales.
    The pay is decent.

    Worst thing

    I work as the only person in the whole boots store on SATURDAYS, besides the 1/2 people working in the shop pharmacy, they are to busy to assist me. The amount to do is unmanageable and customers and constantly frustrated by long queues and the lack of assistance, and all is taken out on me. The shoplifting is insane and make the environment feel very unsafe and incredibly unpleasant. No security guard and the manager of the store is barely around leaving her employed staff rushed of their feet. The shop is dingy, kinda smelly and filthy despite my best efforts to clean it in the little time I’m not dealing with rude customers.

    1.9

    Customer advisor at Boots, September 2023

  • Best thing

    I love my job

    Worst thing

    Some people I have to work with and company ethics

    2.4

    Health care assistant at Boots, September 2023

  • Best thing

    It's less manual labour than working at a supermarket.

    Worst thing

    Maintenance on utilities is not kept up. The air conditioning broke three years ago, and we regularly have to work in 25*c or higher temps. This is also above the safe storage temperature for some of our products.

    6.0

    Customer assistant at Boots, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Its fun, and you get to learn so much about people and medication

    Worst thing

    Occasionally gets blamed by patients if the doctors did not send their prescription

    9.6

    Pharmacy dispenser at Boots, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Nothing

    Worst thing

    Everything (EVERYTHING) I want to call in sick every day!!!

    2.6

    Customer advisor at Boots, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Customer loyalty and selling

    Worst thing

    Short staff! Not finished job and date checking but customer come first

    1.6

    Customer assistant at Boots, July 2023

  • Best thing

    I love to help and make a difference to patients

    Worst thing

    Shoplifting, not being heard

    6.7

    Pharmacy technician at Boots, July 2023

  • Best thing

    It’s a much simpler job than others I’ve worked at

    Worst thing

    The lack of in person training I had, unpaid lunches, stress of the job, easily overwhelmed and overloaded during the shift (for those with sensitivities to social interaction). Difficult to change shifts due to lack of staff

    2.4

    Customer advisor at Boots, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Learning new things and have the opportunity to train to do more

    Worst thing

    The training takes forever had to restart it because they took too long short staffed and will stick you on the tills for the entire day

    7.5

    Trainee pharmacy advisor at Boots, July 2023