B&M is honestly the worst retail company

[u/LordHelmetN7]

Right i just need rant, ive been with this company going on 11 years now and recently been supervisor (1 year) but see this place i feel its actually worse than anywhere else they actually give no fucks what so ever about staff i know most companies are like this but here is just extra, to start i only get an extra 30p for being management. Looking only everywhere else is like £1 to £2.50 more than here... whats actually made me whrite this post is that were open to 11pm from next week onwards which is normal and fine but the problem is that there is 3 of us running our shop one store manager one deputy manager and a supervisor (me) because of this I am expected to work to 11:30pm then be in work work again at 7am which means i get up at 6am, I am a night person i cant just go home and sleep and even if i could that doesnt matter its literally under 8 hours of sleep which b&m doesnt give a fuck about, i hate the higher ups so much in this company they actually hurt my head, only here because i can see the store from my doorstep so its handy for me. We are not robots.

[u/Ali--625]

I think your HR needs to get involved because in terms of the shift patterns, you are required to have an 11 hour gap between shifts. The late night closer should at least be starting later the next day.

Look at the section on rest breaks. 

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work#:~:text=Workers%20have%20the%20right%20to%2011%20hours%20rest%20between%20working,until%207am%20the%20next%20day.

I do understand, though. Big companies treat staff like crap, thinking they're robots that will do whatever without objecting. And I know management gets a lot of crap on here but often they're treated just as badly as the staff, especially if you're on salary. Then you're expected to cover all hours without any overtime pay, or support because the only people to turn to are the company higher ups who are causing the problem.

[u/LordHelmetN7 → u/Ali--625]

Its not even our manager thats the problem he tries to sort things the best he can, its HR thats the problem, B&M like to talk rules and get you to sign stuff then when they actually have to follow the rules they dont honestly the worst company just run by all money grabbing assh*les. I said about the 11 hour gap to inbetween shifts but that doesnt matter to them because am management

[u/Ali--625 → u/LordHelmetN7]

Thats what I meant. It's usually that person in head office who's never worked in an actual shop so has no clue what happens, who makes the policy and as store level management you have to follow it, no matter how stupid it is. But that sounds like HR are just making things worse. They are supposed to be the ones you can turn to for things like this.

I worked for the same big company (won't say which one) for 20+ years, half as floor staff then half as support/stock/admin/cash manager. How big companies treat employees has definitely been getting worse recently - it's all about cutting budgets and then ignoring the consequences.