In the service sector, there are many vacancies associated with the so-called "non-specialized" work. It consists mainly in the performance of certain actions by a person who does not have work experience and education in this area. The clearest example of such vacancies can be the position of a sorter in the trading floor of a supermarket or a cashier.
However, such vacancies for someone can be a real lifeline. After all, we have a lot of supermarkets and simple shops, each of them requires a large number of jobs that can allow a person who gets to it to secure a life in difficult periods, while looking for a vacancy in their speci alty.
Working in salesrooms
One might think: how many people can take, say, one supermarket? After all, we are talking about just a few employees of the hall, cleaners, security guards and cashiers … Nothing like that!
Most of the work is done by merchandisers - the people responsible for placing goods on the shelves in the right way and for putting down prices under each of them. Only at first glance it may seem that this is a simple andlow-volume work, for the reason that we visit the trading floor when everything is ready there. If we talk about the fact that each of the several thousand items of goods placed on the racks needs to be checked, replenished and carefully corrected, then the huge amount of work lying on the shoulders of the workers is obvious.
That's why the store has two options: either hire their own team of people who will do this and train them; or “rent” staff from third-party outsourcing companies that provide already trained people who know how to complete the task faster. Given the costs that the supermarket incurs in both cases, most often companies choose the second path.
We will talk about this in more detail in the next paragraph.
Recruitment companies
The benefits of cooperating with those companies that, roughly speaking, rent out staff, manifest themselves in several ways. First, as already noted, is the cost of services. Keeping a supermarket staff will cost more than ordering ready-made services from special agencies cooperating with a large number of employees. Secondly, it is more convenient to receive such services from time to time, based on the temporary nature of work in this area. After all, as you know, students or schoolchildren, as well as people who have temporarily lost their jobs, are engaged in such activities. This means that such a person will work for several months (at best), after which it will be necessary to look for a replacement. And this is an additional tuition fee andselection.
Finally, thirdly, recruitment companies perform their target functions better than a supermarket can. This applies, for example, to the issue of labor control.
With the above in mind, it's no surprise that retailers today often rely on third-party human service companies. And just one of these is the object of our article - a company called "Leader Team". We will give feedback from employees about working in it for review in order to figure out how everything works “from the inside”.
LeaderTeam – one of the leaders in the segment
Let's start with the fact that this company really has something to "boast about". According to the information posted on the official website, almost 20 thousand people work here. Their work is supervised by about 50 offices throughout the country, located in different cities. The company is working on a large number of projects - about 1.5 thousand; at the same time, the total experience of Leader Team (reviews of which we provide) is 10 years.
To describe it briefly, the company simply takes care of hiring, training and work of employees in the retail sector. Even the slogan placed in the "header" of their site corresponds to this: "Your worries have become ours." Thus, by cooperating with the Leader Team (reviews of employees confirm this), supermarkets make their lives much easier.
About what exactly the company does and who can be hired here - further in the next paragraph.
Where can they get a job?
Of course, you can get a job with the help of this agency (if you call it that) in supermarkets. The only question is what position and with what job responsibilities.
If you read the reviews about the Leader Team, you can find information there that almost always the company can find a job for anyone. That is, it means that open vacancies are available here at any time, the main thing is to have a desire to work and submit your resume to the appropriate contacts. There, in turn, you will be assigned to the job for which you are suitable. Deciding whether you want to work in this position or not is ultimately up to you.
There are several directions of vacancies open for hire. These are: work on the trading floor, at the checkout, in the warehouse, as well as participation in teams of specialists who face certain special tasks. It's easy to see why, given the large number of supermarket partners, the company always has open vacancies for a motley job that does not require qualifications.
How to get a job?
At the same time, reviews of the Leader Team marketing agency indicate that it is not so easy to get a job here. Here they do not take a person without a preliminary check - otherwise it would threaten serious reputational risks for the company itself. After all, all the work here is related to the care, responsibility and honesty of the applicant - therefore, the company cannot hire "people from the street."
In this regard, in the Leader Team (reviews from employees areconfirm) conduct polygraph tests of candidates. Obviously, this is done in order to weed out dishonest warehouse workers, for example. This is the direct task of the marketing agency, because, according to the terms of the contract with the supermarket, it is it that bears all the responsibility for the illegal actions of the employee.
Working conditions
Analyzing both the official information from the company's website and the feedback from employees regarding the Leader Team - Moscow, St. Petersburg or any other city - we can say that there are a huge number of sets of conditions that vary depending on the region where the office is located; as well as from the position itself. It is known that for the most part, the agency pays a "white" salary in the amount of about 25 thousand rubles for the most common vacancies, such as a cashier. The higher the position in the hierarchy, the higher the employee's income level, respectively.
True, about one of the Moscow offices of Leader Team Personnel, employee reviews contained information about "gray" wages. It is not known only whether we are talking about one particular department or about a mass phenomenon in the entire group. Several users noted at once that they were officially paid 7-12 thousand rubles, after which they paid another 15-20 thousand "in an envelope" from above. Unfortunately, it is impossible to establish how often this phenomenon occurs.
Employment Benefits
In general, regarding the benefits, you can name a number of them. In "Leader Team" (Russia), reviews of company employees toThe obvious “pluses” of the job include stability, the relative availability of vacancies, and in certain cases, interesting work related to logistics processes. Such work can really serve as a good career start, for example, for a student: it will teach him how to communicate with people, solve certain difficulties, and allow him to gain some work skills.
Another advantage of working here is the possibility of a "social lift", or, more simply, in the prospects that work in such a large and old company hides. Starting to work as a loader, you can count on some kind of promotion after a while. Of course, the option of leaving this position and moving, say, to the retail sector on a permanent basis, to the staff of some supermarket, is not ruled out.
Flaws of the job
If there are positive qualities, then there will definitely be negative ones. There are several of them, judging by the fact that employees write reviews about their work in the Leader Team, and they are related to the team, form of employment and, of course, working conditions. So to speak, there are three "risk" areas with which you may not be lucky.
Firstly, here, as elsewhere, you can run into unpleasant people in your environment, with whom work will not work out. This is a common situation, however, it will be easier to solve it in this company - you can simply move to another position, ask your boss to transfer you to another department, and so on.
Secondly, you have the risk of "getting" on the "gray" salary. Yes, in that case, youwill pay a little more, but if you want to earn a higher pension in the future, we recommend that you refuse this form of employment.
Third, of course, you can end up in a workplace with difficult working conditions. For example, there are several reports that people had to work as a cashier, for the reason that this is the policy of the supermarket. Some will find this restriction too painful.
Reviews from applicants
Despite the disadvantages noted above, the feedback from employees about Leader Team can generally be called acceptable. Yes, someone is not satisfied with the boss, someone - the girls from the accounting department, who do not want to pay their salaries on time; for some, work as a merchandiser seems like a hell of a test. However, the company now has about 20,000 employees, most of whom are probably happy and satisfied with their jobs.
Tips & Tricks
So, if you feel that you would like to work in retail (even if only temporarily), feel free to join the Leader Team. Feedback from employees (St. Petersburg, MSK, Saratov and any other city where the company has offices) testifies, in general, to fairly good working conditions. Plus, this is a great opportunity to prove yourself and build a career in retail.
However, if you realize that you do not like this kind of work, you can either try to transfer, or go to another company. For example - to a permanent place of work in another supermarket. After all, you have experience for this.will.
Good luck to you!
