Quarriers Reviews

3.3

59% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Robert Ross

69% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Quarriers has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Quarriers employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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49 reviews
1.0
8 Sept 2019
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Pros

Some brilliant clients and families of clients to work with.

Cons

Management won't listen to ground level staff, won't investigate complaints against their own. There is bullying among 'cliques' who suck up to service managers for the best shifts, free food to take home, and when there's been a fundraiser, the first thing to buy on their priority list are new office chairs for themselves. Creates resentment and staff turnover is through the roof. They charge clients and councils over £50 an hour per carer for outreach services when the hourly rate paid to the carer was only £7.40 in 2016. Why is this company given charity status when it is so clearly a corporate business with no ethics?

1.0
1 Apr 2019

Support Worker

Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people we support are nice.

Cons

Arrogant, dishonest and rude team leaders, total lack of respect for staff. Considering the nature of the business, it is staggering to witness just how bad communications are. Meetings/supervisions cancelled with no notice, no apology and no explanation . Management should be required to complete a similar barrage of daily forms that the support have to for each shift. Might make them more consistent and better organised. Promised training and further qualifications have failed to materialise. Don't believe their website and job interview claims. Staff turnover is very high; it'll only take you a few weeks working there to understand why. Relief staff are paid less than contracted staff despite them doing exactly the same job as, and covering for, contract staff when absent. Timesheets that you submit will be adjusted by team leaders before submitted for payment without any warning or explanation = less income than expected. So make sure you take copies. Disorganised and entirely unprofessional. Quarriers charge the people supported in excess of £20 an hour yet they pay staff doing the work a fraction of this. It is disgusting. The administrative support is dreadfully unreliable too. The amount of time you will be expected to work unpaid is ridiculous. Everything is designed to benefit Quarriers, never the staff. For those submitting monthly timesheets, be prepared to have those honest hours you spent in the office discussing work, completing documentation/paperwork, following the online compulsory courses etc denied payment. It's laughable. Office staff are on salary; lowly relief staff are only paid when on shift. Even the mandatory elements of the role - the core online courses you must follow - can be denied payment despite being a requirement of the job. The place is badly run and unwelcoming. Avoid this employer if you can.

1.0
26 Oct 2021

Awful place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Working with the young people was the only pro

Cons

Staff team talk about everyone behind their back including the management. HR and Heads of Service don't really know how to deliver the project, totally unrealistic expectations. Lied to and treated badly. No training and no induction.

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