Original Factory Shop offers interviews to laid off Wilko staff

The Original Factory Shop has announced that it will guarantee an interview to anyone who is at risk of or has been laid off by Wilko or New Look.

It has also offered guaranteed interviews to people who have been affected by redundancies at Argos, B&Q, M&Co, Paperchase and TK Maxx.

The discount retailer has over 80 vacancies across its stores and has opened a recruitment hotline to enable anyone laid off to apply for a job, via a guaranteed telephone interview.

People can also email the company or apply online to get their phone interview.

Charlie Cuthbert, from The Original Factory Shop, said: “This pledge will hopefully mean more people remain employed while at the same time bringing their retail expertise and fantastic transferable skills to The Original Factory Shop. As a fellow retailer we have over 80 vacancies available including roles for sales colleagues, supervisors and management roles and want to step in to help.”

Wilko announced last week that it planned to cut 400 jobs as part of restructuring due to a fall in profits.

The Original Factory Shop has 185 stores and sells leading household brand names across a range of clothing, homewares, FMCG and beauty categories.