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Debenhams Group Reviews

2.9

33% would recommend to a friend

(567 total reviews)
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John Lyttle

30% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Debenhams Group has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Debenhams Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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567 reviews
1.0
18 Jun 2020
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Pros

Give you lots of cheap free stuff like tote bags and notebooks to distract you from the fact that they don't pay you well at all.

Cons

Awful, greedy company that does not care one bit about their employees. Just wanted to confirm, like a lot of reviews have said below, that Boohoo used the furlough scheme to make a LOT of redundancies across the entire company. Cannot see the justification in a massive company like Boohoo making redundancies during a global pandemic. Meanwhile Boohoo is booming, they're making money off of coronavirus fashion face masks and other distasteful 'merchandise' and buying out companies that have gone into administration because of the current climate. It's just gross. It goes without saying that (unnecessarily) losing my job during a global pandemic has been beyond stressful and exhausting. To top it off, Boohoo has made everyone sign NDA's which stops us from talking about this to anyone except immediate family which is insane! I'm not allowed to discuss what happened with my former workmates which makes everything so awkward now. They just truly backed me into a corner and left me feeling really down during a time that is already overwhelming and stressful.

1.0
10 Jul 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-The actual team you work with are amazing (the ones who haven't left or been pushed out). -The buyers are great to work with and know what they are doing. -The shares scheme and bonus are worth it but this is what is held over you to try and stay and then leave after 3 years if you can stick it out. -The parties are nice but as I said before, you are a second-class citizen as a tech if you even attempt to join activities if they are during the day.

Cons

-You will not get anywhere unless you suck up to the middle management of the technical team and let go of all your morals regarding the working conditions of suppliers and workers in Boohoo's UK manufacturing base. -People are pushed out and fired with little to no reasoning; the only people who last are the ones who don't voice their opinions. - The tech team is treated differently to other departments, regarding parties and staff events the tech team is made to be at their desks and set an example (while all other departments aren't working), this is the technical managers fear that we will be seen as "under-performing). -You will fit 1-3 hours a day depending on covering other staff that are off (or not employed 'yet') you are then expected to measure and annotate a minimum of 15 workbooks per day or you are threatened with appearing to be underperforming. -All this work is logged in spreadsheets and has to be submitted every Friday. -This does not include time spent checking production and answering supplier queries. -Pay between staff is all over the place with some techs earning vastly different amounts with only a year or two between them in experience. - There are no values when coming to fitting the clothing, anything gets let through and you will not have job satisfaction if you care about the product you are putting out with your name on it.

1.0
2 Jun 2020

Stay away

Recommend
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Pros

Young and vibrant workplace. Flexible working hours.

Cons

Very very poor management which doesn't take into consideration employees. If you step on the wrong people's toes you will be gone, there's no humanity and I've seen people being fired overnight. The work itself is not too bad (not too exciting either) but it's definitely not worth it. The cherry on top: they used the furlough scheme to get rid of employees they didn't like (having them sign an NDA to shut them up) and then advertised for their job position to replace them.

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