Does Octopus pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Octopus employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Octopus. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Octopus?

51% of Octopus employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Octopus 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Octopus?

Business Development Manager (12) , Sales (10) , Manager (8) , Customer Service Representative (6) , Director (6) , Energy Specialist (6) , Investment Associate (6) , Investment Director (6) , Investment Manager (6) , Account Manager (5) , Marketing (5) , Operations (5) , Sales BDM (5) , Software Developer (5) , Analyst (4)

What are the pros of working at Octopus according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and talented" ((in 59 reviews)); "The culture here is great" ((in 46 reviews)); "Helpful and great colleagues" ((in 17 reviews)); "Great team" ((in 13 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Octopus according to real employee reviews?

"Poor pay unless you are willing to kick and scream about it." ((in 16 reviews)); "Long hours and lack of flexibility." ((in 10 reviews)); "Senior management are both egotistical and inexperienced resulting in a company that now has to have a hiring freeze to save costs given how unprofitable their product offering is, as multiple reviews on this site have already highlighted." ((in 10 reviews)); "Of course having egotistical bullies in management doesn't help create a particular enjoyable environment (despite the "fun" activities that people are forced to attend)." ((in 8 reviews)); "Certain managers are just straight up rude and inconsiderate with no interpersonal skills." ((in 8 reviews))

Octopus Reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(350 total reviews)

Simon Rogerson

78% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture and values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Senior management

Octopus has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 350 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Octopus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

350 reviews

3.0

17 Jan 2021

Bad company culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Cant think any good stuff

Cons

Bad company culture and unreasonable resource

Octopus Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. Based on your location though, it seems as though you've got the wrong company - we don't have any employees in Hong Kong at the moment.

4.0

10 Aug 2025

fairly good company

Project coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

working level people are good and nice

Cons

management level is not down the earth

Octopus Response

4mo

Thanks for the feedback. Great to hear you value the team spirit. We recognize the importance of strong leadership so take your comments seriously, they are however vague. Please contact us at HRBusinessPartners@octopusinvestments.com for a confidential conversation.

1.0

7 Mar 2015

My worst career move

Portfolio director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues. Fun to hang around with. I am sure that I will stay in touch with a few of them once I am gone. Most are like me, looking elsewhere.

Cons

CEO keeps telling us that Apple is his aspiration. The way things are going, Blackberry is a more appropriate comparison Induction course feels like indoctrination HR department calls itself "Organisation Development". Pompous name = pompous attitude Many senior executives are in the wrong jobs, only there because they are close to the CEO Some comments posted on this site sound a bit too positive to have been written by employees, let alone my Octopus colleagues. They read like they were dictated or commissioned by the "Org Dev" crowd. The Soviets' Politburo would not have done better propaganda

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