Pros
Most non-management team members are great to work with. Some teams have great management and camaraderie (finance, supply chain) Monthly nail treatment.
Cons
Toxic work environment. - Founder will have full blown arguments with team members in front of the entire office. - Marketing management; particularly awful and most people in the office have witnessed multiple junior members of this team crying, you will regularly witness very personal attacks and gas-lighting in this area of the office. The entire marketing team has left within eight months of these new management changes. - Founder shows favouritism to those who agree and pander to her, meaning anyone who disagrees or speaks out is ignored or discriminated against. Low holiday allowance. - 23 days with 3 having to be taken over Christmas despite the office being closed. Lack of respect for holiday days, team members are regularly called/text and expected to answer emails whilst on holiday. Poor Pay. - All staff are underpaid by industry standards, and most team members are doing 5 jobs in one anyway. Founder is oblivious to this however and will expect staff at maximum capacity to do even more. Zero work/life balance or company culture. - No good benefits, no HR department, statutory maternity. Statutory sick pay means people will come into the office when sick because they genuinely can’t afford to be off. - Employees who leave on time or take a full hour for lunch are frowned upon, there is a general belief that if you aren’t working late and over your lunch, you aren’t working hard enough. - When office morale is down (which is often) management make a poor attempt to boost employees by buying everyone pizza. 3 month notice period for all staff - And expect to spend that entire three months having your decision to leave or new role openly bad mouthed by founder or management. Glassdoor bribery - It is common knowledge that team members have been offered payment in exchange for a positive reviews on Glass Door.