Tails.com Reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(132 total reviews)

Richard Howatson

100% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Tails.com has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 132 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tails.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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132 reviews
1.0
21 Mar 2024

They have lost their way

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible hours, 9 day fortnight, medical insurance, office location, office dogs.

Cons

Where do I begin: - sexual harassment and grooming by senior leaders is tolerated, and covered up in some cases. - senior leaders are openly discriminatory against staff with protected characteristics (disability, race, gender etc) - favouritism and presenteesm - zero company strategy, everyone is walking around like headless chickens - poor and ineffective decision making - no succession planning. Senior leaders are not getting better at their jobs, in fact they deteriorate the higher up you go - no management training. Many people are promoted because they’ve put up with things they shouldn’t, not because they deserve it. Direct reports suffer. - poor communication. To the point where you think everything is a lie because of how ineffectively the most basic information is handled - profit over people, planet and pets. I do not feed my dog this food - culture has taken a nosedive since the appointment of the new CEO. Unsurprising when you meet him. James was great.

2.0
1 Jun 2024

Sad decline of a once great business

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Substantial benefits for parents (extended paid parental leave, 9-day fortnight, flexible working, lots of remote). - The business operates in a solid market. Therefore, it’s likely to be commercially reasonably successful despite the lack of experienced leadership. - For now, there are still loads of great people left who really care about the product and the customers, but they’re dropping like flies. - Communication has been a massive problem for years now, but in all fairness, it’s recently gotten to an average level of quality in some respects, which is nice.

Cons

Unfortunately, this section would have been relatively empty three years ago, but now… Many other reviews have already called out the main problems around here, and I can confirm all of them, but here’s “my selection”: - Leadership: Ever since the original founders left, there has been a stark decline in professionalism at the top. Nothing makes sense anymore. The chiefs are so far removed from the employees that they can’t see how many people are disgruntled, frustrated, and sad about the company’s state. - Performance management involves promotions for people who know how to talk, and below-inflation pay reviews for those who carry the company, not to mention prevalent nepotism. - Org chart: The reporting lines are random and a constant joke across various seniority levels throughout the business. - Consultants: tails.com loves to spend money on external consultants that provide absolutely zero value, some of which have a negative effect.

1.0
30 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Can bring your dog to work Shares after a certain amount of time Free breakfast and snacks Friday beers

Cons

Pay low compared to other start ups (who Tails constantly compare themselves and their customer service too, but refuse to match salaries) Bulling and favouritism by upper management rife Very strong bullying culture which is completely ignored and not addressed no matter how many complaints Discrimination against anyone with any kind of issue or illness Heavy blame culture Forced sense of fake 'culture' where you are penalised for not joining and have permanent marks left on your performance review if you choose not that join in 'optional' activities Total lack of regard for staff well-being Happy to let customers be racist, homophobic, xenophobic as long as they are 'happy' and company is making money Zero support of staff when it comes to abusive customers Lack of HR while i was there (although i believe this has now been addressed) No career progression unless you are friends with management or threaten to quit

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Tails.com Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. I’m genuinely upset to hear that this is how you feel about your time at tails.com. We are passionate about our “team spirited” value, and we’re proud to have low turnover and high Net Promoter Score (NPS, 75 across tails.com and 80 in Customer Experience team, Oct 2017). Weekly meetings with your manager and our open, flat structure should have helped you feel supported, able to thrive and develop. We try to make sure that feedback is given in a supportive way, along with advice on how to excel at tails.com. We value our employees as much as our customers which means that we don’t tolerate any abusive behaviour. I’m really sorry to hear that you didn’t feel that support. Our sickness policy is applied to all health issues, including mental health, that any of our team is unfortunate enough to experience. We try to be as flexible as possible when helping our employees recover from illness, often allowing flexible hours or home working if that is what is recommended by your doctor. We’d never want our teams to feel that events, socials and activities were an obligation rather than our commitment to team engagement or spontaneous friendly get togethers. Once again, thanks for your feedback. If you would like to share more, please feel free to reach out to me. Kind regards, Henrik Malmquist, Head of People at tails.com
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