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What are the working conditions at Gratis? How can I get a job at Gratis? How much are free employee salaries? In this article, I will give general information about working conditions, salaries and other social rights in Gratis stores.

This will be a summary article about Gtaris working conditions.

Gratis, as you know, is a company operating in the cosmetics industry. It is one of the leading cosmetic companies in our country with more than 81 stores and more than 650 employees in 6.000 provinces of Turkey.

It is understood that there are predominantly female employees in Gratis stores. However, there is no rule that men cannot work.

According to the information provided by Gratis on its website, 87 percent of the total number of employees is female.

Gratis human resources policy

The employee policy of the Gratis brand is as follows on their website:

To create human resources that will add value to our rapidly growing and developing company with their knowledge, skills and abilities, to lead development and change, to develop systems that will ensure the continuous development, happiness and management of existing human resources, to develop individual and team performance with processes and systems that continuously improve service quality. It is our main policy to fully support the creation of professional development opportunities and to contribute to the performance of the targets set in line with the vision and mission of the Company, with an understanding that is fully in line with legal processes. 

Our mission: To increase the quality of life of its customers in the field of personal care and beauty products with the best trained professional sales team in Turkey.

Our vision: Our customers in personal care and beauty products, 
To be the most attractive sales channel for our employees and suppliers.

Gratis in Women's Employment

According to November 2017 TUIK data, the female labor force participation rate in Turkey is 32,5%. The unemployment rate for young women is 23,7%. The rate of female managers is only 16,7%. The culture we adopt as Gratis is for women to participate in working life.

As of today, we provide direct employment to more than 5.000 people. 87% of this number is made up of women. Our female employment rate in our stores is 100%. Our female manager rate, including the Headquarters, is 94%. In addition to having the highest female employment rate in the sector, Gratis is a leader with the highest female manager ratio.

What are the freelance employee trainings like?

Gratis company also contributes to the training of its employees, and the information on this subject on their website is as follows:

Each of our colleagues who will work within Gratis is included in the training programs specially prepared for the position they will be assigned to. The training and development journey that starts with the orientation program continues with training programs structured according to the competencies of the position and operational knowledge-skills.

In addition to in-class training, we make the digital learning journey more enjoyable with our online interactive, animation and video content, thanks to the distance education opportunity. In this way, we provide our employees with the opportunity to gain continuous improvement experience regardless of time and place.

Our Major Trainings

• Orientation Training
• Skin and Color Cosmetics Training
• Operations Trainings
• Legal Trainings
• Beauty Process Trainings
• Product Trainings
• Sales Trainings
• Customer Relations Trainings
• Project Management Training
• Store Executive Camps
• Kaizen Trainings
• Excel etc. Technical Trainings
• Cyber ​​Security Precautions Training
• KVKK Information Training
• Gender Equality Education
• Personal Development Trainings
• Coaching and Feedback Trainings
• Sales Game – Mobile Application
• Quiz Game
• Animation Tutorials
• Video Tutorials
• Interactive Trainings

Distance Education System

While our merchandising trainings are in-class, a distance education system is also used in order to provide training opportunities to all our shop colleagues all over Turkey. Continuous improvement is aimed with the trainings given over the distance education system and renewed according to the changing needs and the exams applied after each training.

What are the working conditions at Gratis?

Gratis company provides its employees with rights and opportunities that are not available in many companies. Some of the working conditions and opportunities provided to employees at Gratis are as follows. Here are some good reasons to work at Gratis:

• Gratis gives performance bonuses to its employees.
• Gratis welcomes its newly recruited employees with a welcome package.
• Gratis employees shop at stores at least once a year with a XNUMX% discount.
• The food needs of the employees are met with the sodexo card.
• Within the scope of loyalty awards, special bonuses are paid to the personnel in the 5th and 10th years.
• Gratis provides its personnel with private health insurance.
• Gratis provides special services to its personnel, and the personnel can come and go to work with the shuttle vehicles allocated for them.
• Gratis stands by its staff on special occasions such as birth, wedding and death.
• Gratis provides training support to its personnel.
• Gratis provides special sodexo supplementary spending support for the iftar and sahur expenses of its personnel every Ramadan.
• Child education support is provided.
• Free psychological counseling services are also available for every Gratis employee.
• Additional support such as free attorneyship and legal consultancy services and personal development support are among the opportunities offered to Gratis employees.

There are dozens of good reasons to work at Gratis. These are listed above. In addition to these, motivation-enhancing events and various special organizations organized at certain periods are some of the opportunities offered to Gratis employees.

What are the career opportunities in Gratis stores?

If you ask what are the career opportunities in Gratis Stores, the information on the company's website is as follows:

We provide service in 79 provinces of Turkey, at more than 650 points in shopping malls and streets, with more than 5000 personnel. All of our newly recruited personnel go through many trainings such as orientation, product, occupational health and hygiene training and attend trainings periodically from the moment they start working. Our staff who have been promoted to work begin to work in the store, ready for this duty, by receiving special trainings for the task they are promoted to. Our promotion system is performance and seniority oriented.

• As of today, 60% of our Regional Managers, 68% of our Store Managers and 84% of our Assistant Store Managers have been promoted from within the company. (quote: Free)

What can I work as in Gratis?

Gratiste career opportunities include the following titles: (Taken from the Gratis website)

Store manager

Store manager; are the most authorized personnel in charge of the store. There is one Store Manager in each of our stores. It oversees the high level of service to customers by all employees in the store.

store assistant manager

It provides the necessary assistance in cases where the store personnel is missing. Assistant Store Manager; is the second most authorized personnel in the store after the Store Manager and is responsible for deputizing for the Store Manager's duties in his absence. It provides the necessary support and assistance in providing a high level of service to customers by all employees in the store.

sales consultant

It is the personnel who have primary contact with customers in the store. Its primary purpose is to leave every customer entering the store with a high level of satisfaction. As a store employee, he works collaboratively with his colleagues to provide a high level of service to customers.

personal care coach

They are people who take part in store sales and operational processes and have knowledge about skin care and make-up. It provides applied "on-the-job training" to the store personnel in its region in order to provide proficiency in product knowledge for the highest level of satisfaction of its customers and, when necessary, participates in product trainings and transfers the trainings received to the store personnel in the region.

In addition, you can work in Gratis logistics center under various titles such as shipping staff, warehouse staff, floor operations manager, stock control staff, machinery supervisor.

How can I get a job at Gratis?

Job postings at Gratis are available both on the official website of Gratis and on job sites published in our country. If you wish, you can apply from the official website of Gratis, or you can apply to work at Gratis through sites such as Linkedin, Kariyer.net, emre.net.

The explanation on this subject on the Gratis website is as follows: “For our Store, Headquarters and Warehouse positions, you can apply for jobs on the Open Positions page under the Career at Gratis heading and through career websites. You can also apply for a job by filling out the job application form from our stores for our store positions.”

How is training provided to employees at Gratis?

The explanation about Gratis employee trainings on their website is as follows: “Our newly recruited colleagues are included in various trainings according to the places they work (Store, Warehouse, Headquarters). Trainings common to all locations are Orientation Training, Occupational Health and Safety Training. The duration and details of the trainings vary according to the place of work, for example, our colleagues who will work at the Warehouse receive more detailed Occupational Health and Safety training. Various personalized trainings are also regularly offered to our staff.”

How much are free employee salaries?

Gratis is a brand that truly values ​​its employees and has a lot of social rights. You benefit from many opportunities such as travel, food, other facilities, private insurance and compulsory insurance.

It is shared that a new employee at Gratis is paid more than the minimum wage. As of today, the net minimum wage applied in our country is already 5.500 TL. Gratis employees, on the other hand, are paid more than that.

Of course, the salary received varies depending on the position and title in the company. Employees in higher positions, store managers, and head office employees, of course, earn much more than the minimum wage. Considering the other benefits, meal fees, bonuses and performance payments, I can say that the employees of Gratis company reach a very good and sufficient income.

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