4 May 2022
Anonymous employee
Croner-i Response
4yHello, it's David Surridge here, Associated Director of sales. There is very little about your review that is constructive (it really does just seem to be spiteful and vindictive) but I wanted to reply out of courtesy. There are a number of factually incorrect statements as follows: 1. We don't post fake reviews - we really don't have the time! 2. There is no ticking of 'the diversity box', that is simply a lie. We recruit based on personality, hunger, ambition and potential - regardless of the diversity of someone's race, gender, sexuality, etc. In fact we are extremely proud of our zero tolerance approach to discrimination of any kind. 3. You mention that our sales people earn around 20% less than the 'average' market salary for similar roles. All I can imagine is that you didn't manage to earn commission in your short time here because, again, this simply isn't true. We are completely transparent with our Sales salaries and show all candidates the Career Pathway, before they start, highlighting the different opportunities to increase their basic salary. Having said that, the vast majority of any good sales person's salary will come from commission and, based on this, we know that we pay way above market averages. 4. My next point is more on a personal level - it seems to me, based on you admitting to having cruel nicknames for some of our Managers, that you attempted to contribute to, and/or create, an environment of bullying while you were here. I'm therefore extremely glad that you no longer work for us as this is the kind of behaviour that really can create a toxic working environment. We have a zero tolerance approach to bullying so I hope that these childish nicknames left our building the same day that you did. 5. You state that you are a current employee with 10 years tenure - these are both obviously incorrect as you talk about leaving PLUS we have only been trading for 4 years!! 6. I am going to vehemently defend our Team Leaders and Sales Managers - they all work extremely hard and focus on supporting all sales people every day. We could not have grown our business from 8 to 70 in the sales department, over 4 years and throughout the pandemic, if we didn't support our staff properly. Thanks again for the review, I hope everything works out for you in the future.