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123 Internet Group Reviews

3.0

53% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Scott Jones

51% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

123 Internet Group has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 123 Internet Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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21 reviews
1.0
19 Jan 2024

Avoid at all costs

Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was lovely to work with and the team experienced some great benefits to begin with

Cons

So many cons. At first, 123 was a great company to work for but things started quickly going down hill and cracks began to show. Scott Jones repeatedly paid his team late with no explanation other than lies and excuses, coincidentally his favourite colleagues (there was a lot of favouritism within the company) were always the ones to get paid first or on time. Staff were also severely underpaid and often promised pay rises and promotions that never happened. Eventually Scott Jones liquidated the company, but it was clear this was only to avoid paying staff redundancy pay, as a mere few months later he relaunched the company again under the same name (123 internet / The Milk N Beans Agency) and re-hired his mates within the company. All while working there, the social team felt mocked and alienated from the rest of the team, at times there was clear proof of this during work hours with people messaging and making fun of the team at work. We also witnessed staff members hired, thrown into difficult tasks with little to no support from the rest of the team and then screamed at in the office and fired when the task wasn't completed. We also later learned that our clients weren't even informed of the liquidation and the company has continued to try and run their socials...without a social team. Avoid at all costs!

1.0
30 Jan 2023

Lies after lies

Recommend
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Pros

Excluding the CEO and certain members of management, people were lovely and was a good way to get my foot in the door in this industry.

Cons

Firstly pay was coming in late for 9 months, in some people’s cases up to 23 days late, leaving many people in trouble financially. When the CEO Scott Jones was asked why this was happening, the most we’d get is “oh it must have not cleared check again tomorrow” which then later turned into “it’s the bank’s fault I can’t do anything about it” even though he processed the payments manually himself so was it was obvious he was picking and choosing his favourites to be paid first. He also started blaming the pay being late on “issues in his personal life” which is totally irrelevant and shouldn’t affect you paying your staff. Secondly, in recent months management became very unapproachable and I felt like if I had an issue I could not go them as it would not have stayed confidential. There was no HR system in place hence why the pay issue went on for so long, and many inappropriate comments about other staff members was unable to be dealt with, leaving people feeling uncomfortable in the office. Lastly, Scott Jones called all staff into a meeting and told us the company was being liquidated and everyone is being made redundant. He still owes us six weeks pay, and we will now not see this money until at least 2 months time which is outrageous. Two days after this meeting he started running his new business under the same name and invited back certain staff members (his favourites of course). I believe many clients were not even told about the liquidation. If you are thinking of working here I strongly advise you reconsider. This is the second time he has liquidated the company and I’m sure he will do it again.

1.0
30 Jan 2023

Disappointed - DO NOT BE FOOLED!

Recommend
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Pros

In the end the best thing about the company ended up being the employees - amazing group of people!

Cons

Low paying roles with promised progression and salary increases that were never seen, with payment not being paid on time for majority of 2022 and very ambiguous language in our contract around pay date. Cheap tactics of paying for our socials as a team only to cover up the fact staff were never paid fairly within roles and within teams. No HR in place, so when cracks were showing there was no where to go other than internally where we were constantly told everything was okay only for the company to go into liquidation in the first few weeks of January. Favoritism within management whereby other staff members were given better opportunities than others. This is now seen with the 'NEW' 123 being started up again after liquidation with only a select few old staff members leaving the rest of the ex-employees behind. Poor management lead to loss of clients, plummeting staff moral, staff feeling inadequate and with really poor treatment of staff in the build up and after the liquidation process. ***Please avoid - there are plenty of agencies out there who will treat you the way you deserve.***

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