Wowcher Reviews

Pros

Friendly people, relaxed office, lots of benefits, good company that cares for its staff

Cons

Salary can be a little low

Pros

The London office culture is great, I've met some of the best people and have made some life friends. I started at Wowcher around a year ago and my start wasn't as good as I hoped, new management came in and all that changed. I have learned so much over the past year, I now feel confident in my own ability, I am sure I have not only grown as a sales person but grown as an individual too. There are great... development opportunities, the company is continuing to grow, driving people to be the best they can be. Everyone is very friendly and always make time to help you when your in need.

Cons

London office can feel quite on top. Never any real private areas to have important calls with top end merchants

Advice to Management

Lots of companies are now doing unlimited holidays, maybe Wowcher could look into it?

Pros

Fantastic culture Innovative Strong leadership team

Cons

Could be more flexible to keep up with other London based companies

Pros

it's a sociable place to work

Cons

for myself, I worked hard with barely any help and did my best for a year, its a very stressful role but felt very undervalued and essentially disposable.

Advice to Management

notice the work your employees do, notice their contribution, their value to the company, a lot of people quit because of the way they are made to feel especially by management

Pros

Great staff, team and people. A lot to learn in short space of time but commission very achievable

Cons

Progression can be quick but role doesn't change much.

Pros

-Free coffee and tea -Ping pong table in office -Regular Friday socials with free drinks, breakfast on Fridays, summer conference, Christmas party -Good holiday allowance -The managers and colleagues within the Content team were lovely, hard-working people who managed to remain positive despite all the company's issues (see below)

Cons

-THE PAY. While sales people may make good money on commission, the analysis and content teams are NOT making anywhere near what they should for the amount of specialised work they do -Lack of diversity, both within the employees they hire and the company culture. I was once told by a long-time sales person to change my chosen stock photo of an Asian woman to a white woman because 'white people sell better'... (!!!!!) -Lack of work flexibility. With a job like this, it should be easy to have flexible start/end times or work-from-home days to improve work/life balance within the 45hr work week. This was not offered and suggestions to do this were immediately shut down -Very limited opportunity for career progression within the company -Content team is treated as an admin team rather than a creative team. Sales people were given more creative authority than the content team, which is ridiculous as that is what we were hired for! -Ideas to improve efficiency were ignored or not followed through on -CEO is extremely out of touch. He told an anecdote at the summer conference about how he bought a bike for €2000 and how that was 'such a steal' (while employees had to sit there and listen to it, knowing full well they're not getting paid what they should)

Advice to Management

-Pay the content and analysis teams a fair salary for the work they do (i.e. a couple grand more than what you're paying them now). The turnover rate within the company is awful and this is the number one reason -Hire sales managers/employees who aren't averse to ideas for positive change, and ask long-time employees to be open to change as well. The standard response of 'well we've always done it that way, just do... it that way again' is ridiculous in a tech environment and will be the death of this company -Give the content team more authority in creative control. They were literally hired for this -Sort out your HR department. Any issue I had took ages to get fixed, no matter how basic it was. They also simply 'forgot' to add me to a pension plan for the first five months of my employment

Pros

- Working in Content, you get to write for a wide variety of brands and your work is seen by a huge subscriber base -With the breadth and variety of content on-site, you definitely develop as a writer and editor - Great culture for recent graduates - In the 2+ years I was with Wowcher, I never had to work late or past my contracted hours -Breakfast on a Friday and regular team socials

Cons

- The role can become quite repetitive. The Content team work to daily deadlines, which means day-to-day there isn't much space to take on other projects. -Besides learning to use the CMS, there is no additional training. Your skills aren't nurtured and you won't be expected to learn anything new. -Internally hired managers aren't always given the right support. In some cases, they're expected to manage big teams... without being given the training to do so. -Progression is possible, but at times it feels like a waiting game until a more senior member leaves so that you can move up -The CMS is outdated and difficult to use – it kind of looks like a 1992 version of Microsoft Word (please Google for reference). Because of this, it also isn't possible to work from home #Why #Its2019People -(For some bizarre reason) Content are the port of call for every area of the businuss and blamed for anything that might go wrong (did somebody say codes?) -The CEO won't recognise your existence until the day of Black Friday. That's when you'll find him storming around the office like Lord Voldermort, ordering you to change the site in ways that literally aren't possible - the limescale in the kettles – I honestly can't even

Advice to Management

- Treat the Content team like a creative team, rather than an admin team - Check in on your managers – just because they're in a management position doesn't mean they won't need supporting

Pros

I joined Wowcher as a graduate and have now been here for 6 years +. The company is young and fun and you can put your own ideas in to practice. The company has changed and grown so much in just the last 6 years I have been here. I am shocked by some of the reviews written here and can only assume it's a bunch of new graduates expecting to land on their feet and not have to work hard to build a career. You can... be really creative with your role here and make what you want of it. You literally get out what you put in! Summer and christmas parties are great! I have learn and developed myself a lot since working here. Working in sales I have been able to earn consistently good money month on month 3-5k. Basic salaries could be improved but commission makes up for this. You can start earning money instantly unlike other sales jobs where you have to wait a year to build your structure

Cons

The current development plan is outdated Create better relationships between London, Derby, Manchester and Glasgow offices.

Advice to Management

Update current development plan in line with the current business structure