deVOL Kitchens Reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)
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Robin McLellan

60% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

deVOL Kitchens has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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32 reviews
1.0
21 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Easy and Some nice people

Cons

Boring, monotonous, mind numbing, depressing, unsafe, demoralising, pressured, undervalued, underpaid, overworked, short breaks, no perks, late appraisals, no parity in pay, no loyalty bonus unless your friends with the directors

1.0
12 May 2022

If you value your mental health, don't work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Genuinely made some lifelong friends here and most of the employees are absolutely lovely. -Cute cats.

Cons

-Just a warning, most of the positive staff reviews are close friends of the managers/directors or even family that work there. -It is not a positive working environment and staff members feel like they're treading on eggshells. -People don't trust one another due to the environment created by managers and directors. Expect to get stabbed in the back by someone else trying to make themselves look good. -The directors and managers will not progress you if they feel you are good at your current job, which doesn't make much sense. -They will push you in a direction you don't want to go in as it's suits them. - If you're not a favourite, it is unlikely you will like it here. -The directors sit amongst their employees making the environment tense and talk openly and negatively about staff members in front of everyone.

3.0
23 Nov 2020

Mismanaged company selling nice products

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Well designed products, good company brand image, frequent appraisals, virtually unlimited overtime, plenty to learn about bespoke furniture and traditional manufacturing methods, hire graduates heavily so a good place to work for a short time after university

Cons

Highly cliquey atmosphere, at the detriment of those who do not fit into the unofficial mould of the company. Highly preferential treatment given to certain employees, quite obviously not based on performance. Total lack of any kind of HR department or grievance procedures. Renumeration definitely at the lower end, below national averages for similar positions. No bonus structure at all (for salaried employees) while the directors take home 6 or 7 figure amounts per annum - read the publicly available company accounts for proof. Upper management suffers from "big fish in a small pond" syndrome, running this large company like a small family business, with a single, patriarchal type figurehead at the helm.

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