Oxfam Employer Reviews

Enjoyable work and nice people doing a job that unites all the people working there

The work for Oxfam,(Oxjam Mansfield Music Festival) was completely voluntary and done in my spare time,over the six month yearly event window.
It helped me to increase my IT skills, using Dropbox and Excel/ Word. It also helped to develop my interpersonal skills, by delivering presentations, recruiting and managing volunteers, and working within the – more... core organizational team.
The hardest part of the job was the pure scale of the project in contrast to the small core team handling it initially, but this was outweighed by the end result by which we beat our target of £3000 and raised £4300 for Oxfam, via Oxjam Mansfield in our debut year. – less

Serving customers, sorting stock, collecting stock etc, Much of a charity's income can be derived from the resale of new and second-hand products which have been donated to charity shops, include clothing, books, DVDs, music, vintage products and collectibles

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People Skills
Key holder
different
gaps in trade
talking to people

Oxfam is an exciting place to work. A typical day starts at 10am with a review of the previous day sales and other activities. Assignments for the day are distributed and each person goes off to commence work. There is 30minites launch break. At 4.30, there is a review of the of the days activities. The office closes at 5p.m.
In Oxfam, I have learned – more... to deal better with the public. My customer relations has improved. Team effort is the watch word.
The relationship between management and workers and that with co-workers is very good.
The most enjoyable part of the job is dealing with customers of all ages. – less

I enjoy working at Oxfam as it something to fill my free time with and it feels rewarding, my co-workers are all lovely and as hardworking as they can be.

Co Workers are nice. Sorting through and displaying donations, mostly in the books secton. learnt how a charity organization/shop works.

I was unfortunate to have had a new manager that was not well trained.
I felt that I was miss led in the way that I was told
I would be helping to build a new computer sales area,
and learning how to sell new donated laptops and computers and also learn about the products.
I gave some good ideas, some of which were used and others
ignored.
The department – more... for computers was then covered by
a lot of house furniture which made it all pointless.
I managed to sell some items of furniture and some printers.
The manager when I left gave me a negative reference which was
very unprofessional. – less

Enjoy working in Oxfam because I've learn alot their . Learnt how to use till,serve the customers,help the customers with their needs etc even its voluntery you don't see the same co workers but they all are very friendly and helpful. It's not hard they give you good traning .Enjoy everyday

My routine days at Oxfam is quiete the same, merchandise stock in the sales area, has worked as a sales assistant and prepared the stock for sale. I have improve a lot with my communication skills whilst I've been there and how to deal with different type of customers. My work was enjoyable and i realy like every single part of it and I didn't find – more... any hardest part. – less

I helped to sort out books,pricing and shelving it as well as recycling those that needed to.I also helped in the till and helped customers who needed attention and assistance.
On the shop's store room too I helped in the arrangements,selecting of quality good that had been donated.

Being there was fun, and a challenge at being correct at entering information on a database.
I learnt how to take pictures of items then put them on a computer.
Also rearrange books in different order.
My co workers were other volunteers that helped out with the shop.
The hardest part of the job was not making a mistake, of where I put books then logged – more... them on a computer.
Most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people. – less

I usually get put on the till. We don't have one certain job to do every day I work, it varies. 2 days of the week is really busy and one is really quiet. The hardest part is answering questions from customers that you can't answer as I have not been their long. The people are nice, I enjoy being behind the till because I learn more! I've learned loads – more... of new things I never knew before and hopefully they will help me find a payed job. – less

Oxfam Rathfarnham, where i work is a great place to work due to the way the manager looks after the volunteers, she works to everbodies strengths, the 4 hours i work there goes like 2 . i actually wish i could work more hours there but unusually because it's such a fun place to work in those who volunteer don't leave and therefore we have a glut of – more... people volunteering for us. – less

a typical day at work was to secure everybody and do tasks.
i learned how to communicate with people and organise.
management was very strict but good because of the work that got done.
co-workers were very good because they learned very quick.
the hardest prt of the shop was doing security because when there was trouble it was a big problem.
the most – more... enjoyble part was working with other people on tasks. – less

i liked working at oxfam as the people where wecoming and the customers where nice to me and welcome me with smile and always made me feel welcome when i offered them help

Oxfam was fantastic retail experience on a voluntary level and all levels of retal work were covered by it.

• Serving and advising customers.
• Dealing with customer enquiries and helping them to find goods they require.
• Steaming clothes
• Pricing goods.
• Putting Clothing on hangers and placing in shop for sale.

I have always enjoyed books and reading. Added to that, it made me feel as if I was helping people. It was also good to part of team in which everyone shared similar goals...

The hardest part of the job, for me, was getting used to the till; tills have changed a great deal, since the 1970s.

The most enjoyable part of the work was sorting and categorizing – more... 'new' books, as they came in. – less

A fun and rewarding volunteering experience. A very pleasant way to experience the live music industry first hand. It involves three 8-hour shifts doing various jobs stewarding the festival.