Vantaggi
This job is a great job if you need a decent enough wage, and have a weekend to throw away. When I joined it was very much the van and fulfillment area was my domain. Picking was done by the stockroom guys, as was labeling and organisation. Over the two years there I saw two pay rises going from over £7 to £8 and finishing at £8.50. There were opportunities to earn more via reward schemes but this money was restricted to stores controlled by Sainsbury's Argos. If you met targets which were expecting of you i.e. on time and in full then you would continue to only make £8.50, the same as someone who was on the shop floor. I worked around 10 or so hours a week and was able to take home around £400/500 which is good especially when adding my student loan. In order to take home around £1000 a month, I had to work 30+ hours a week for 3/4 weeks straight. The biggest pro of the job is being outside. If you're working a 1-10 shift then it's quite an easy shift because you're spending time outside and driving so it flies by really. The driving team at Glasgow Silverburn during my time here was great. All very supportive and lend a hand when they can. They know what it was like when you joined so they are all more than happy to help you out.
Svantaggi
The biggest con of working at Glasgow Silverburn was the managers. There was a big management change and it was the reason why I left. Managers are all over the place in terms of actually managing a team. Stockroom are told to do one job as another job build-ups to a point where it's unmanageable and then managers would get flusters and put the stockroom back on the original job with sometimes being told "a driver will be in soon" even though nowhere in your job description that it says you'll be expected to do that. Managers are quite intrusive when asking for days off as they want to know why you can't work that day. Rota's come out about a week/5 days in advance and they believe that this is ample time for you to plan your life. Working weekends is a must. It will be very hard to get a weekend off regardless of how many you're working. If you've gone full-time then sometimes you can work 8/9 days in a row with one day off just because of the way the system works.