Unethical and culture of blame - Anonymous employee Pall-Ex Group Employee Review

1.0
18 Jul 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive salary. - Good levels of professional training available.

Cons

Quite possibly the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to work for. Some lowlights: - Furloughed a third of staff in 2020 and cancelled direct debits to stop paying suppliers to bolster their own profits. Suppliers threatened legal action. - Management team forced to take at least a 20% paycut on the understanding all managers would; this turned out to be a lie as 2 x warehouse managers did not. - Blame culture with tick box exercises only. Especially in finance and safety areas. - Top heavy Directorship with not enough support for people further down the chain. - Safety culture absolutely abysmal, if HSE ever got in there they would be shut down. - Long hours with the expectation of weekend availability despite not being contracted. - Production and workload always takes priority over people. - Husband and wife team run the show which essentially means the MD is a puppet with no power. - Outward projection of caring for staff, but inwardly they are seen as just a number. When your usefulness is deemed to be no more, redundancy looms. - Sexist, homophobic directorship from the 70s, especially the CEO. No BAME representation on the Board.

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1.0
1 Mar 2026
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Pros

Staff in general are great

Cons

Board members and senior managers are a joke, bullying and toxicity reign. MD is completely useless, COO is a bully and CEO is more interested in his MBE to wake up and see what is happening. This company brainwashes employees into thinking they're great but in reality they're just narcissistic nepotisic and toxic AVOID AT ALL COSTS

5.0
19 Dec 2025
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Pros

Established & growing company in a secure industry with job stability & career progression. Good people to work with, honest, hard working, transparent, supportive team members & management.

Cons

None that I have seen or found in my time here so far.

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