The worst working environment I've ever been subjected to. - Anonymous employee Everyman Employee Review

1.0
24 Jun 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Free cinema tickets. - Summer party.

Cons

- Managers are open and unashamed about their prejudice. I have been witness to racist, zionist, classist, transphobic, and ableist comments made in office, in meetings, and to senior management. HR does so little about this that you give up complaining. - Threadbare office. Depressing environment. The toilets and coffee machine break every other month. Ant and rat infestations all over the place. The London office administrator lives and works in NEWCASTLE, which shows you how much they care for the wellbeing of head office. - Employees are paid absolute minimum wage. For quite literally THE most expensive cinema chain in the UK (£20 a ticket for an adult) you would expect employees to be taken care of. Or at least, not work in squalor. - The whole place is run on nepotism and there is zero secret about that. Several managers/directors are directly related to members of the board and as a result are able to get away with never showing up to office, taking unplanned holiday, racking up literal thousands in company expenses, all whilst taking promotions others are much better suited for. - Sexual assault is worryingly common both in venue and in head office. An environment is created where higher ups feel as though they can do or say anything, with employees too afraid to tell HR because - once again - the place is ridden with nepotism.

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1.0
25 Oct 2025
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Pros

Flexible shifts during quiet periods. Some co-workers were nice.

Cons

Was on a 10 hour contract but often went weeks without shifts, always cancelled due to lack of guests. Minimum wage for essentially doing three jobs - waiter, cinema employee, and dishwasher. Closes sometimes went on for hours after they were scheduled due to busy films during the Christmas period. Co-workers and managers would openly gossip about others on the clock. Managers would pick favourites and let some team members get away with breaking rules while others are scolded. Got sick because I was on closes all the time and ended up lacking Vitamin D because of the late hours in winter. Do not recommend

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Everyman Response
6mo
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that parts of your experience didn't meet expectations. The employee experience is incredibly important to us and we would welcome the opportunity to understand this further. If you would feel comfortable in doing so, please reach out to us directly at peopleteam@everymangroup.com. Kind regards, Shannon Jelley, Head of People
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