Pros
Met some great people, just a shame we had to bond over what we went through
Cons
Not usually one do reviews however I feel this company is an exception. SOL Retail thrives from belittling and intimidating its employees and this stems from the top. I have never felt so weak as i did when working for this company, there are clear favourites and if you are not one of them you are made a target by the CEO and COO. There is a serious problem with management saying inappropriate and massively hurtful things about you to other employees and playing you against one another creating an unpleasant and toxic environment in which you feel on edge and like you can’t speak to anyone. There is no one you can raise issues with as HR is under the COO. If you raise something with “HR” (COO) it is not confidential and is repeated willy nilly and turns into office gossip. The way staff are spoke to is completely disrespectful and unprofessional, you leave work everyday completely beat down. It is to the point where people put off handing in their notice for months and months because they are terrified of how they will be spoke to, belittled and made to feel like nothing for wanting to leave this hostile environment. The lack of care for staff is so obnoxiously clear as people are coming forward expressing how this company ruined their mental health, self esteem and faith in human nature and their feelings are continuing to be disregarded by the management with these recently added “5 starts reviews” claiming people are colluding and ganging up out of spite. I feel extremely sorry for current employees who are being manipulated into writing these 5 star reviews, I can safely say you will one day understand where we are all coming from.