Buyagift Reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(99 total reviews)
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Ronan Tighe

43% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Buyagift has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 99 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Buyagift employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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99 reviews
1.0
6 July 2024

Troubling environment for women

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Buyagift was a great place to work prior to its merger with Moonpig. Lovely, hardworking people and a great culture.

Cons

After the acquisition morale decreased until it was at an all time low. Long serving, loyal employees left or were pushed out and not replaced, and teams went through endless restructures (read: constant redundancies). Quite often management wouldn't even announce when someone had been let go and they'd just disappear one day. What's more troubling is that almost all of the redundancies on the last few years have been women who are already mothers, pregnant, or on maternity leave when they're made redundant. Buyagift has shown time and time again that it does not prioritize the well-being of its female staff and will discard them at the drop of a hat if they become inconvenient to their bottom line. To women applying for a job here: be wary. To the Moonpig group and Buyagift: do better. It's 2024.

2.0
15 Apr 2026

I would not recommend!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good for those who prefer a rigid, top-down instruction style and minimal autonomy.

Cons

The culture feels stuck in the early 20th century. There is a significant lack of modern resources and a total absence of long-term vision. Decision-making is bogged down by excessive layers of bureaucracy

2.0
24 Aug 2024

Good company to work for until the Moonpig Acquisition

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great work life balance and office perks very social and a fun office environment felt close knit and that there were shared goals

Cons

After the merger, redundancies and restructuring left, right and centre loss of morale and team spirit, it seems Moonpig are chipping off the entire buyagift team bit by bit. It's no surprise that the heads of Marketing and Finance departments made swift exits after the original CEO stepped down. Nickyl the Moonpig CEO spouted a presentation full of lies in his welcome meeting and within weeks, tore through the team and took everyones morale with him. Departments didn't work together or share goals to allow improvement, tech took over and the other departments were shunned away. The full branding team and customer service teams were made redundant alongside so many other employees. It's ironic to see the reasons for these notable redundancies haven't panned out and there are numerous complaints on LinkedIn and other websites echoing this. I would have given 4 stars if based on my initial experience of Buyagift, however based on the current CEO and Moonpig group, I feel this wouldn't be an honest representation of what they are now.

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