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1.0
13 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some wonderful people who work at UNiDAYS, which really is the best thing about the company. You also get student discount on the brands.

Cons

It really is a boys club, I wouldn’t recommend unidays to any females. Meetings in strip clubs, half hearted efforts to start a ‘women in leadership’ programme, where there was only one meeting that the CEO attended and actually asked “do you not just think women aren’t as driven as men” and ridiculous inequality in pay. The CEO appears to be hiring more women at the moment in senior positions however these women will never been treated equal to their male counterparts. All the comments on here around it being like a dictatorship, are also fair. People have given up trying to make decisions based on their experience or knowledge, ultimately you have to do what you think the CEO wants you to do. It always amused me that staff would read the same business books as the CEO to be able to actually have a conversation with him, as he generally just regurgitates whatever business bumph he’s recently swallowed. It’s like he has business quote of the day toilet paper. Next business venture for UNiDAYS? Development and training here is pretty much nonexistent albeit some of the C level staff are good to their team members and will put you on a training course. As mentioned there is a massive disparity between gender pay, which is really unfortunate for women because the pay isn’t great for men either. I really would have a good think before taking a job here. If you do take a job, could you let me know what a ‘Student Affinty Network’ actually is please? I’ve been trying to figure that out for a while now...

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5.0
22 Nov 2021
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Pros

UNiDAYS is a company filled with enthusiastic and fun people. When we were in-office, I was always excited to come into work each day and spend time with my coworkers. Many of those coworkers are now friends, even after leaving the company.

Cons

For the NY office, the fact that almost all of the other employees are were in the UK sometimes made communication challenging. Everyone does try and do their best, though.

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UNiDAYS Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback about your time at UNiDAYS. I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed your time working here and made friendships that will continue past your employment. Communication is more important than ever now that we’re working remotely, so I appreciate your point around communication across different offices. We have already taken feedback on board and recently adopted Q&A sessions between the US team and the Leadership team to provide updates on our strategic goals as well as answer any local market questions. We’ve also introduced the UNiDAYS Mindful Charter, which has guidance around being conscious of time zones and methods of communication. We will continue to build on this to improve communication between the offices. We appreciate you providing your feedback and wish you the best in your next role.
1.0
31 Mar 2018
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Pros

Health health health health benefits

Cons

It is unbelievably difficult place to work if you want to do truly great creative work. The budget is very small and schedule for the projects tend to be irrational. Getting warnings for working overtime or being asked to lower standards is unbearable. Working with the office in a different time zone is a real pain and the difference in work ethic is pretty irritating. Also not a huge fan of the company culture making rules for everything and interrogate workers without accurately assessing the issues. They create process for the sake of process making it very hard to get the work done. They serve as a nest for territorial and uncooperative people too.

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