Pink Boutique Reviews

You'll be sold the same old rags to riches story that the company "founder" plasters all over social media and even the newspapers, but a quick Google and common sense soon proves this somewhat miraculous birth of a multimillion pound company to be totally untrue. Once the penny drops, things start to unravel very quickly. Next comes the constant fear they feel the need to instil within their staff. During only my third week at PB, I was called to an emergency meeting with all of my colleagues, so the MD could tell us all how terrible we were and that it was OUR fault that warehouse staff were being cut. Oh, and that we’d be next. Unfortunately it was not an empty threat. A quick glance at Companies House tells you just how much dividends is taken from the company, yet the second sales drop, there just isn’t another option but to make people redundant? Just rubs salt into the wound, really. I found myself constantly baffled and somewhat perplexed by the fact the company would hire talented, experienced people, yet micro-manage them to the point where they gave up even trying to make a significant contribution. Management seem to take the view that they can do literally every member of staff’s job better than they can, despite there being glaring evidence to the contrary. This means life at PB is either one extreme or the other, so to speak, as you’re either bored out of your skull or up to your eyeballs in utter chaos thanks to senior management making irrational, ill-informed decisions without bothering to consult anyone first. Throw in the fact they control just about every aspect of your working day and the office is basically one giant pressure cooker full of irritated staff who resent the people they’re working for. With no bonuses (they’d never set reachable targets, obviously), no annual pay review, no progression opportunities and no real perks, you’ve got one toxic work environment and a very high staff turnover. Oh, and the number of times I had to listen to bigoted and just downright degrading language was disturbing. Bring up anything remotely negative in 1-2-1s and prepare to be shut down. If you dare to mention salary or career progression, you’ll basically (and unashamedly) be told where the door is. They delude themselves with this “2 year cycle” theory, which is just a cover up for the fact they can’t hold on to talented staff. If you have an ounce of ambition then this is not the place for you.

ALL OF IT! Do not accept a job here unless you want a real impact on your mental health and social life. This place will give you Sunday fear at Friday at 5pm.