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The Cheeky Panda Reviews

3.0

55% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

63% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
1.0
14 Mar 2022

Toxic work culture, especially for women

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible & hybrid working Growing start-up

Cons

Horrible place to work at. It came with the ups and downs of a start-up (which isn’t for everyone). Wages are below average. What really made it toxic, though, were the many inappropriate comments female colleagues and colleagues with disabilities were subjected to by one of the CEOs.

2.0
5 Jan 2023

We all wished they were better

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid work setting, free samples, discount on products, decent annual leave, and bank holidays off

Cons

They don't allow people to grow within the company, and don't really follow their ethos. This is a "vegan" company where the owners (and directors) are heavy meat eaters and don't really believe in their ideals of sustainability. We all wished they were as nice and good as they portray themselves to be. They preach female empowerment and diversity, but rarely hire or promote women and people of colour.

1.0
28 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Only two office days per week gives some breathing room. * There are genuinely decent people on the wider team doing their best - often despite leadership, not because of it.

Cons

* The company hides behind a “vegan” and “ethical” label, but these are just marketing buzzwords. Internally, there’s no alignment with those values. Ethical treatment of staff is not a priority. * Favouritism is rampant. Who you know matters more than what you do. Some people get a green pass, even after serious misconduct, while others get punished for doing the right thing or setting boundaries. * Leadership communication is vague, contradictory, and full of empty promises. There’s a lot of talk and very little action. If it’s not in writing, don’t count on it (especially when it comes to money). There's a high turnover of staff and people disappear for no apparent reason. * Pay is below market, and they’ll do whatever they can to avoid giving raises or bonuses, even when they’ve already been promised. * Some of the senior people are obsessed with AI. People are viewed as replaceable. Most company-wide emails now feel like they were written by ChatGPT. Spoiler alert: they probably were.

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