Pottermore Reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

Neil Blair

100% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
1.0
29 Feb 2016

Beware of fake reviews

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not many pros really other than the great people who work here (most of) Working for the Harry Potter brand (well at least telling other people you do)

Cons

Management team are a shambles and literally have no idea what they are doing Faux American corporate culture CEO bullying Zero career progression Terrible Pay HR determined to post fake positive reviews on here Lots of the talented staff have already been forced out

1.0
13 Feb 2015

Unsustainable business

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working here means you deal with a brand that was incredibly successful and has a special place in the hearts of those whose teenage years involved Harry Potter books and films. Also trendy wooden floors, free coffee and bread, plus offices in great location

Cons

The senior management can't devise a strategy for toffee, so have bought in an army of overpaid mercenary consultants, who are laughing all the way to the bank. However, whilst taking the money, none of them have come up with a plausible strategy as to how to revitalise an ageing brand (answer - you can't, the kids are over it). The minions at Pottermore by contrast are unhappy and ignored. Their views are not invited and would be rejected in favour of an external (and expensive) opinion by the untrusting senior management. you'd have thought this would be an excellent brand to have on your CV and a great place to work - but in fact it'll rob you of your confidence, and eventually break you.

1.0
3 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free coffee, great office/location, good laughs at the managements expense, if you want to learn how badly a place is run then this is the location, work/life balance is great as there isn't much to do.....the odd free doughnut Colleagues were the best thing there, that trench warfare mentality got us through the day.

Cons

I had no clue as to what the company focus was, no career ladder or clear objective setting, managers that can't manage people, phone calls on the toilet, not AGILE even though they hark on about it, high staff turnover - its a contractors heaven, its a culture of secrets and brain farts. I'd say av life expectancy is around one year, core product is out of date and no one at a snr level knows what to do with it, amazingly poor staff get togetherness unless you liked a book club discussing the latest womens hour book of the month. Despite being a 'Magical' brand it left me with a feeling of being on blackpool pier watching a washed up great suprendo on a wet rainy day.

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