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Ricky352
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I'm doing a report on the social responsibilty of the John Lewis Partnership and in doing this I have to identify an area for improvement. Anybody got any dirt on them, or even if any of you work for them are there any examples of poor working conditions etc etc

Bit of a strange request, but any info would be much appreciated as they seem to have a squeaky clean image.

Cheers!
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my brother and mum work for waitrose which is part of the john lewis ''family''. they can't praise them enough apart from the high priced food.

bonuses/incentives are fantastic.
Ricky352
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14th Nov 11 at 13:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats seems the general way

Cheers anyway.
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Supposedly one of the best retailers to work for in the uk!
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Yeah they are good. Used to do work for their insurance arm, and used to go out with a girl who worked there and never heard a bad word about them. Probably boils down to the 'partnership' element more than anything else.
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There was a feature in the Telegraph recently about their company bonuse scheme. Seemed very generous.
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my brother works for them and they are pretty much the best group to work fordoubt you will find any issues

as a buyer i have never once had a problem with them

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14th Nov 11 at 16:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my grandad is called john lewis i have dirt on him?
Ojc
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Jewish? Who in turn own a dangerous percentage of the worlds wealth.
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the fucked my holidays up
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Ie met John Lewis quite a few times at work now, ok guy, expects you to know all about him And what his achieved though

That's about as bad as it gets :laugh:
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
Ie met John Lewis quite a few times at work now

Do you speak to many dead people?
Ricky352
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Seems like I haven't picked the easiest company to write about then lol, pity cos I got loadsa examples of their good publicity to talk about.

Have to see how it goes, thanks for input folks.
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They screwed up an order I made with them, I ordered a silver microwave and they sent me a white one, a few phone calls to them and finally they sent me the silver one yet never collected the white one! A friend of mine works there and all I've heard is good stuff.
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my other half worked for them for a years, great pension, bonus and staff discount, wish she still worked there sometimes!

dont they own a few properties that staff can stay at too?
Ricky352
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Not sure, theres none here in Northern Ireland.

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quote:
Originally posted by broster
my other half worked for them for a years, great pension, bonus and staff discount, wish she still worked there sometimes!

dont they own a few properties that staff can stay at too?


yep
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I did a study on them for my AVCE Business Studies - fantastic company. No dirt.

I guess one bit of dirt might be the products they source. e.g. Nike trainers made by kids etc.
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Why you remove me you shit?
deano87
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@ollie #justdid
Ricky352
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
I did a study on them for my AVCE Business Studies - fantastic company. No dirt.

I guess one bit of dirt might be the products they source. e.g. Nike trainers made by kids etc.


I did an AVCE back in the day too, think they were replaced with a BTEC or something.

As for sourcing of certain products, its a weak argument, but maybe the only one I would have, and thanks for suggesting it. To be honest I might abandon my findings and move onto another company, I've two other assignments due in beofre hand so can think about this in the background for a bit.

Thanks.

[Edited on 14-11-2011 by Ricky352]

 
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