Description A.S. Watson (ASW) is the retail and manufacturing arm of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa. Like its powerful parent company, ASW is a giant in its industries, with operations in some 35 markets throughout Asia and Europe. Its businesses include supermarkets (Park'N Shop), health and beauty stores (Watson's, Drogas, Trekpleister, and Kruidvat), Fortress consumer electronics and appliance stores in Hong Kong and Macau, soft drink and water bottling operations, and wine retailing (Watson's Wine Cellar). In all, ASW operates 25-plus retail chains with more than 12,000 stores including the UK's Superdrug and Savers chains. ASW also has a joint venture with German discount health and beauty chain Rossmann.
A.S. Watson Group has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 507 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The A.S. Watson Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 58% of employees would recommend working at A.S. Watson Group to a friend. This is based on 592 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
54% of job seekers rate their interview experience at A.S. Watson Group as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at A.S. Watson Group.