Student Roost Reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(141 total reviews)

Nathan Goddard

77% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Student Roost has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Student Roost employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal consumer services industry (3.6 stars).

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141 reviews
1.0
9 Feb 2018

Great sector, bad company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Perkbox rewards scheme, decent pension scheme, get to interact with student's from different cultures and backgrounds

Cons

No progression, senior management hire their friends from IQ. HR don't actually deal with the issue, just try and push it under the carpet. Preferential treatment for senior management but lower level staff (e.g housekeeping, maintenance) ignored and don't follow correct HR procedures

1.0
1 June 2021

Toxic, Dangerous and a battlefield

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Extra day holiday for Birthday

Cons

•Extremely poor Management even at director level •Face fits - if you are a favourite you will win in Student Roost unfortunately the favourites have all been there for 3+ years •Judgemental, arrogant and rude staff members - feel so uncomfortable and spoken down to across the teams including those on site but mainly HQ teams •Disrespectful •No work ethic - very flowery and fluffy but when you push for results you and told to back off (deadlines missed l)

1.0
29 Mar 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Some good people remain but not many

Cons

*Its a club of former employees from another student accommodation company *Culture of fear *If you're friends with Directors or related then you'll be fine

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Student Roost Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to document your experience of working with us. Although it’s really disappointing to read this. We list ourselves on here for team members new and old, to be able to honestly share their experiences, we’re a little confused however as none of our Nottingham Managers have been in the business for as long as you say you have. The student accommodation sector is not centuries old, so it’s completely understood that a provider will naturally attract team members from other operators. It’s a fact we’re proud of and unapologetic for. That said, we’ve looked at the prior employment of all our HQ, Area and Operational Management Team (140 people) and can confirm that 7 of those people worked in the same business before they joined us. That of course excludes transferees from properties we acquired. We don’t think that 5% quite constitutes a ‘club’. Again, we’re sorry you had experiences here to cause you to write such a review and we wish you well.
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