Guaranteed Irish Reviews

Mostly a re-iteration of what has been said before. Every 1 star review is accurate, while the 5-stars were written directly by, or on behalf of the CEO in a panic once they began noticing the bad reviews. CEO is very difficult and hates any sort of confrontation that she thinks threatens her position or her intelligence. She cares about nothing other than top end sales, and even at that, has a very biased view towards certain members. As a result she does nothing but milk dry the 500-odd members (not 2000 as she and the website claim) for sponsorships and additional injections of cash. Any ideas, plans, activations, or campaigns which she didn’t directly think of, she will shut down immediately. The irony being that if the team was allowed to flourish outside of her micromanagement and control, she would reap the benefits of more sales and members. As pointed out on Liveline: consumer awareness and trust in the G symbol is very very low becuase there has been next to no proper Brand Awarness pushes due to marketing being handcuffed at every turn. Benefits are a pipe dream too. On new job specs, phone and laptop are listed as “perks” despite them being essential requirements to do your job, because nothing else is offered. No overtime, no time in lieu, no bonuses, no benefits of any kind, and base pay is laughably low. There’s also no structure or consistency to salaries. People with the same title are regularly paid wildly different salaries. “Executives” earn anywhere from €25-40,000, with no rhyme or reason as to why. As a result of all of this, staff turnover is absolutely disgracefully high! Irish average turnover rate is about 18%. In Guaranteed Irish it’s close to 90%! In a single 12 month period 10 people left the company - on average the company only employs 12 people at a time (including the CEO)! And reading the reviews below, it’s not hard to see the common cause of the turnover!

Where does one begin? There's a reason, I've named this "If you don't laugh, you'll cry", because that is a phrase thrown around by the staff on the daily. It's hard to believe how messy things are. As we all know, there are 3 parts to any business: Marketing, Sales and Fulfilment. Their is essentially no marketing or fulfilment as once someone becomes a member, they receive virtually no benefits except a little bit of ego stroking and a "feeling" of "I'm doing the right thing because I have a green G on my packaging". This is hell for the fulfilment team as they're constantly fire-fighting trying to stop members from cancelling, which ironically is unsustainable. Another phrase thrown around is: "If you think of it like a scam, it makes sense".... When I heard that, the business model suddenly made a whole lot more sense. It almost feels like a get-rich quick scheme as sales are the only thing that matter. Want to genuinely help people and businesses? You won't be able to. Regarding Marketing, there is zero control over what you can do. Inject a bit of creativity into your content or have a unique idea? Prepare to get a rude, misspelt and gramatically unforgivable email (lol) from the CEO immediately questioning your decisions. If you want to make positive change at this company, you simply can't. You will be instantly shut down as this place does not value skillsets. It simply hires people to tick boxes, which would be fine for a lot of people looking for jobs, but even if you play it incredibly safe, prepare to be bullied by management for your incompetence. So if you're a "Yes Man" and like being walked all over, this is the place for you. However, if you're someone who wants to enjoy their work, help people and actually have a fulfilling career, do not come here. You will find zero fulfilment and there is no career progression. This explains why there is an unholy turnover rate. Ultimately, I could write a whole book on the cons of working here, but I'll leave you with this. You see those 5 star reviews? They were written by management and the CEO in attempt to curb the genuine reviews on this site.