Lunch Actually Reviews

4.1

72% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)
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Violet Lim

98% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Lunch Actually has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lunch Actually employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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81 reviews
2.0
25 Aug 2019

Not justified for its high rating. Not a place for long term growth

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Flexi working time, 10 to 7pm - Friendly and helpful colleagues - Quarterly townhall - Open to try new softwares - No politicking among colleagues - Allow employees to bring kids to workplace

Cons

- Too number driven and likes to measure many things, driving sales team to high level of stress, low morale and becoming more selfish because not hitting personal daily target leads to close monitoring and questioning by managers - Management decision changes very quickly, causing disruptions to workflow and long term planning - Dissemination of information is very poor; top management A won't know about information X that top management B says which is supposed to be known to the management - High employee turnover in finance, sales, marketing departments - Key personnel and senior employees in terms of rank and years of working in the company left - Resignations not openly communicated to the team so that enough time is catered for handover - CEO always looking to do new things, initiatives and projects especially those that she can receive a lot of publicity and limelight, but rarely stick to them until the completion - CEO does not care about projects that are not interesting anymore by withdrawing herself from managing them and swiping on mobile phones during discussions - Firing occurred very suddenly and untimely, eg, during festive season, and still distribute work to the employees and get them involved in committee discussion on the very same day of firing, pretending things were as per normal - Expects results but give insufficient time for people to learn and prove their abilities, this also leads to quick firing within days of hiring (which ironically took place after rounds of prudent interview with teammates, team lead and top management) - Low morale, insecurity because of the bad business performance, the uncertainty about company's future and cost-cutting measures - Not transparent and did not acknowledge that the management was responsible for the sentiments and deteriorating culture and gave politically correct response that did little help - Lower than market pay - No bonus for many years, no 13th month bonus too - OT common for sales team, especially if sales target not met

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Lunch Actually Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback. I thank you for acknowledging the flexi working time given, the friendly and helpful colleagues, the company is open to trying new softwares, no politicking among colleagues and the flexibility of allowing employees to bring kids to workplace. I am sorry to hear about the negative views/perspectives that you have of me and some of our colleagues. I wish that you would have shared your feelings and your thoughts with me when you were still with the company and we would definitely work with you to make our organisation an even better workplace for everybody. I am not perfect, neither are we as an organisation. We still have a long way to go and we are constantly learning and growing. Once again, thank you for taking time to give us your feedback. I wish you well wherever you are.
1.0
2 May 2021

red flag dont join

Anonymous employee
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Pros

staff consider very nice and helpful...

Cons

money comes first...dam bad , employee treated like machine only , ceo violet dont care , how come everyday got more work no incentives , fake company image , high turn over speaks volume , feel bad for human resource

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Lunch Actually Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback which we appreciate. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed working with the associates in Lunch Actually as culture is one of the most important factor to all of us. It is sad to hear that you feel this way as our associates has always been the core and our focus since establishing Lunch Actually in 2004. We offer various welfare such as flexi hours and benefits, and the recent vaccination leave as the safety and well-being of our associates are our top priority. We are not perfect, and we have been constantly trying our best to do better. Hence, we have recently rolled out the LA Associates Engagement Survey, on top of our various communication channels to reach out and hear honest feedback from everyone, maintaining a steady open communication path as we continuously learn and grow together to greater heights. We value each and single feedback given and you can always reach out to myself or Violet personally at anytime through our Slack platform as we would love to hear more from you. We appreciate all the efforts that every associate in Lunch Actually have put in. I look forward to hearing from you. Denise Xu Group HR Associate
1.0
14 Sept 2021

Hypocritical

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Pros

Are there really any, actually?

Cons

Why even preach about work life balance when you talk about damn KPIs, have to work OT, and on weekends? What a damn joke. Disappointing.

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Lunch Actually Response
4y
Dear Former Employee, Thank you for your many reviews on Glassdoor. As you have spent time to write multiple reviews about us, something must have happened during your employment with us that have hurt you deeply for you to be so angry and upset. If you have indeed worked with us, you would know that we run exit interviews. And whenever possible, I would do the exit interviews personally. If I did not manage to meet you for your exit interview, please reach out to me through my email/contact number, I would like to hear from you personally. Like any other companies or businesses, for us to survive and grow and to be able to pay our associates their salary, pay rental and all the other bills that come with running business - business metrics and KPIs have to be met. We have always been as transparent as we can with regards to operational costs and what it takes for the company to be profitable so that we can share the profits in the form of bonus with our associates. It is not clear in your review what your job scope in our company was. Being in a semi-retail industry where we have to cater our service to when our clients are free, there are certain roles in our company that requires our associates to work during the weekends. This would have been shared upfront during the interview should the role includes working during the weekends. If your role is not one of these client-facing roles, working OT and working on weekends is not encouraged and also not expected unless there are any last minute emergencies. We are definitely not perfect. Truth is, no company is perfect. Even multi-national companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon that offer so much more in terms of salary, perks and benefits have their own share of haters on Glassdoor. Nevertheless, I am a strong believer that there is always room for improvement. At our quarterly management retreats, one of the points for discussion is how we can continuously make things better for our associates. I am sorry to hear that things have not worked out well during your employment with us. Nevertheless, I wish you all the best in your new company and new position. And my offer stands. Instead of continuously posting on an anonymous portal, please reach out to us if your intention is indeed to provide feedback to improve the well-being of the associates. Thank you, and am looking forward to hear from you. Take care and all the best! Sincerely, Violet
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