Don't be dooped!!! - Anonymous employee Balance Me Employee Review

1.0
15 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They do employ very intelligent & brilliant people.... however with 95% turn over it doesn't last -read below! Another pro has to be location of HQ & also the products actually (such a shame nothing else works)

Cons

Lots...... read below: The problem is - they are clueless who they are as a brand. One minute they want to be REN the next minute it's Clinique the next it's Philisophy. This causes confusion not only for them but from a customer perspective when they change their packaging regularly. They are 2 sisters who come across very sweet but I believe they micro managed very strongly & the office feels very tense especially as you know your on the hit list next when something else doesn't work. With zero budget it's virtually impossible to do any job they employed you to do. You leave a meeting with them confused deflated and quite frankly .... broken! Such a shame as for a "natural organic healthy" brand they are the polar opposite. Don't let the politeness fool you - they are infect quite harsh & vindictive . The rumours id heard are intact true - & a previous owner / director I believe was cut out through their awful ways. I have no personal disk like to them but they do need to change the way they run the company as quite frankly it's a sinking ship!

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1.0
21 Feb 2024
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Pros

The people who I worked with who are at the same level as me have been very wonderful. I felt part of the team early on because of them.

Cons

The role I was hired for was not as advertised. They advertised a junior role but in reality the business needed (or wanted) an executive or director level role. Trying to manage the 12+ accounts on my own without any support or guidance, with a boss who spoke to me (in front of others) in an underhanded, dismissive, and derogatory way caused self doubt in my abilities, which caused stress and overwork, which was quickly leading towards burnout within just four months of starting. When a family member passed away early on when I joined, I was not offered any bereavement leave. When I tried to book holiday, I was told to change my dates despite no communication from my boss before hand that she was planning to take time off at the same time -- even though there is a joint calendar for everyone to put in their holiday/time off in. We are not told until the day of when upper management is unavailable either due to holiday or business trips. The goal posts keep changing without proper communication from upper management and we are all expected to just adapt and help out without consulting us on what we have scope to take on. There are hardly any if at all acknowledgement of achievements accomplished and whatever is completely is not given the positive feedback one might expect from getting it done, even if helpful and constructive critiques could be made. 10/10 would not recommend working here. Hearing early on that the company has a high turnover should have been the first red flag, but after coming out from working at somewhere else where I had been overworked and underappreciated I could not see the signs until it was too late. Additionally, the people doing my interviews did not know or understand the full scope of what the role would need, which leant itself to the false promise of achievable workload vs. the businesses expectations.

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4.0
15 Feb 2024
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Pros

lots of hands on experience and fast paced environment, company cares about the planet

Cons

not a huge room for professional growth

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