Clowns running a circus - Anonymous employee Carbon Rewind Employee Review

1.0
20 Mar 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A business with lots of potential but being run into the ground by owners out of their depth and only looking to line their own pockets. The positives here are the colleagues who are almost all very supportive and great people who deserve to be treated with far more respect than is offered by the Directors. Due to the utter mismanagement of the business you can also gain a lot of exposure to new areas of work/business here but only if you are prepared to nod along compliantly with all that the Directors say.

Cons

The business is run by two Directors who only care about the bottom line and their own profits. Wages are extremely low for the work expected and customers are mistreated wherever and whenever the owners can get away with it. The standard rule is to do the bare minimum possible without getting caught, even when dealing with very vulnerable customers. The industry is compliance heavy because of people like these Directors - I’m unsure if clowns or cowboys is a better descriptor. The HR department is the worst you will ever experience. Personal relationships and incompetence cloud every decision and policy. My time here saw regular occurences of workplace bullying, sexual harassment of female staff, racial slurs and inappropriate comments. This came from senior figures within the company, including named Directors, and is ignored/laughed off by HR. The mental health of all employees is disregarded and members of staff breaking down in tears and suffering mental health crises is commonplace. In a vain attempt to combat this one Director hired his ex-wife as an ‘impartial’ presence in the department! This is a sinking ship and I would avoid it at all costs until a change of ownership occurs.

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4.0
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Pros

Good team but lots of new people that are all needing training

Cons

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2.0
15 Aug 2024
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Pros

Helpful colleagues and good location.

Cons

This is a very toxic and unhealthy workplace. This was in a fact one of my worst work experiences to date, I didn’t want to do this review but if it can save anyone else, it’s worth it. I think the company was started by two friends who saw an opportunity to make some money and nothing else. There’s absolutely no synchronicity in the office, it appears that no manager actually knows what they’re supposed to be doing. The training is abysmal, thankfully there are some genuinely lovely people in the office and you will rely on these people to learn your job. Your workload will endlessly grow but your wage, appreciation or hours in the day will not. The office is very small and they’ve just taken over half of the already small lunch space for ‘meeting rooms’. They love a meeting here, anything to waste time and feel important. It’s also a very unprofessional office where you can expect inappropriate sexual remarks and to be shouted at by ‘directors’, or my personal favourite, be taken on a walk to the park by a director so they can find out what music you like and ask you to a festival. I sometimes wonder had I pandered to this, if my experience here may have been different. They promote mental health in the workplace but the place is so stressful that you literally won’t go a week without consoling someone at work in tears. There’s no consistency with the tradesmen, you will find yourself constantly having to rebook customers due to tradesmen not showing up. You will also watch tradesmen continuously be given chances to disrespect the company, all whilst your office colleague has just had their probation extended for 4th time for genuinely no real reason. And that’s not an exaggeration. The customer experience here truly is awful. Managers have diary meeting where they will completely change bookings despite having never spoken to the customers or having any understanding of their situations. They also won’t always tell you what’s been moved which is super. The lack of low reviews on google or trustpilot is because they literally pay people with Amazon vouchers to take them down. I’d highly recommend avoiding this company, there are far many higher paying nicer companies, with perks I might add.

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