Doesn't live up to its values - not the great place you see all over social media - Anonymous employee Gymshark Employee Review

1.0
17 Jun 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company benefits e.g free lunch, gym and PMI

Cons

Perks don't pay bills and pay across a number of different teams is below industry standard. Also lots of inconsistencies between grades and salaries across the business - some execs in the same team with nearly a £20k difference in salary! Same at other levels and grades too. Poor management of hiring process, mass hiring spree over the past 2 years which is now resulting in a lot of those people being made redundant and Gymshark not proposing to pay those people with less than 2 years service any redundancy pay - The package for those with over 2 years was merely uncapped statutory - not reflective of the 'give a sh*t, family first' values they talk so openly about. Complete lack of clarity and clear business direction. A lot of ego and lack of respect and understanding for some functions and parts of the business and particularly unreceptive to feedback on anything that doesn't validate the opinions of a small group of people - typical boys club culture and success depends very much on who you are friends with.

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Gymshark Response
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Hey, thanks for being completely honest with us about how you're feeling right now. We appreciate all feedback, good and bad and are always listening so that we can improve on how we do things. We know we don't always get it right first time but, we do care a lot about everyone's views and see them all as valid. We'd like the opportunity to unpack some of your comments a little more, if you're feeling up for it, please get in touch with your People Partner/Advisor to chat more about how you're feeling and what we can do to help.

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