Red Box Reviews

Awful management, unrealistic targets and a terrible working atmosphere. I cannot sum up just how bad this place has become and the direction it's headed. If you take one thing from this review just please, please avoid. Management have stooped so low that they have resorted to posting ficticious positive reviews, and sending emails out to staff actively encouraging this behaviour. There is huge change at the moment due to a new CEO, but it is a volatile time and things are not improving. Do not let them persuade you any different, they talk good spiel just to get you in the door.

Senior management are the core issue, but this stems from the blinded approach where revenue is the only focus. A completely wrong approach to almost every aspect of making a company a great place to work. Regularly subjected to demands from senior management, including forced overtime and sudden changes in KPI's. There is a very strong blame culture and general lack of respect for staff. Annual leave is left unauthorised for extended periods of time, quizzed about medical appointments and inflexible over childcare arrangements. The business is very disjointed as everyone is so pressured that people are unwilling to help because this distracts from their own unrealistic targets. Particular employees get preferable treatment, way too much passing the book and some departments in particular bare the brunt of all issues. During my first few months at the company, at one point one employee per week was being sacked. There is no progression available within the business, zero training provided and only a handful of employees have been there over 12 months now. The company needs a complete overhaul, preferably a buy out by a big corporation. There needs to be processes put in place, a positive culture introduced and rewards or incentives provided. I cannot think of any benefits to working at Red Box, besides the few great people left working there. I hope they get out!