Category: Work
It’s been a somewhat turbulent 10 months for me. Back in July of 2021 I found out that I would very likely be made redundant after 20 years of Supermarket management with Waitrose. I’d decided…
On February 4th, 2002 I started work at Waitrose on Marylebone High Street. Funnily enough I was 15 minutes late, as this was back before Google Maps and I got lost… well, I say lost……
I think it was September of 2010 when I first took on an Acting DM Role, when one of the Department Managers in my store was going in for knee surgery. It went well, I…
I’ve been working for Waitrose and the John Lewis Partnership for over nine years now. Over the past 3 or 4 years things seem to have gone better and better for me as I grow…
One of the many reasons I’m glad to be a ‘Partner’ (I work for the John Lewis Partnership) is the bonus that is given every year in March. As all employees are partners, we get…
Mila’s been one of my best friends over the past year or two, but the time finally came for her to head back to Peru. For one last week, me, her and Maria headed to…
I’ve been Fresh Foods manager for 7 years now at Marylebone High Street. I’ve enjoyed pretty much all 7 of thoese, but it was getting time to move on. I was asked to have an…
For around a year, we’d been looking forward to the next Waitrose 5-a-side football tournament. Last year, with 90 teams entered we made it to the last 8, to be knocked out cruelly on penalties…