Employee centric - Underwriter Simply Business Employee Review

4.0
10 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Very flexible and employee and customer focused

Cons

No salary increment every year

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Simply Business Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re pleased to see that you’re enjoying the flexibility we offer, along with our employee and customer focus. You should now have an email from our CEO, Alan Thomas, regarding a company wide incremental pay increase for 2024, which we also did in 2023. It could be that when you started back in 2022 missed out on the pay increase due to our internal deadline we have in place meaning you wouldn’t have been eligible for the uplift. Making sure our team is paid fairly is very important to us which is why we’re part of the Living Wage Foundation.

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5.0
29 June 2026
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Pros

Great people, stable company, office easily navigatable

Cons

Room for growth can be limited

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Simply Business Response
5d
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. It’s great to hear that you enjoy working with our team, value the company's stability, and appreciate having an office that's easy to navigate!
2.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance and vacation time....

Cons

Many internal issues and felt like this last round of layoffs was to protect inadequate leaders vs hardworking employees. I understand companies do layoffs but this just felt like Senior management trying to protect themselves because they aren't doing an effective job. I really think there are some issues with the leadership team and it probably needs an overhaul. There was never any strategy from product outside of one small area. The rest of the business was left without any guidance or support. I really think the US/UK shared services model does not work. The UK and US just are entirely different markets and the UK at the end of the day doesn't really care about the US nor move as quickly.

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Simply Business Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective on your experience. We understand that organizational changes and layoffs can create frustration and uncertainty, and we appreciate you taking the time to share with us the areas where you feel we can improve. Transparency, communication, and supporting our teams continue to be important areas of focus for us.
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