Venatrix Reviews

4.5

87% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)
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Elaine Tyler

90% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Venatrix has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there.

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76 reviews
1.0
10 Mar 2019

Awful

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Pros

Dreadful experience from start to end.

Cons

Extremely disappointing and unprofessional experience. I was contacted via Venatrix for a pre-discussion call, in which I clearly outlined my experience, skills and salary expectations. I was encouraged heavily to attend their assessment day as I was informed a potential unicorn company would be in attendance looking to recruit new candidates. The assessment day was a shambles from start to end, less than 8 candidates present, the caliber was low, they appeared to be merely making up numbers with some candidates. The promise of a unicorn company making an appearance was false. After a group activity and presentation the candidates were whittled down to 4, of which 3 were obnoxious white men; all diversity was quickly eliminated. Questionable ethics. The one-on-one interview, Elaine was incredibly rude and criticized physical appearance. The entire day was a complete waste of time as the salary expectations I was told on the phone were false. They recruit mainly for salaries starting at £25,000. This should be made apparent earlier.

1.0
28 Aug 2017

Superficial

Recommend
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Pros

Apparently there is a lunch. If you make it past the first round

Cons

Having attended the assessment day I was really disgusted with the arrogance of the Venatrix team. They expect candidates to drop everything to attend their glorified assessment day. And the lack of diversity that is shown in the Venatrix "Talent Team" is also represented in the pool of candidates that they choose.

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Venatrix Response
8y
Hi - thanks for your review. We take all feedback very seriously & are keen to make sure all candidates who attend the assessment centre have a valuable experience both at the event and in the subsequent feedback conversations. Please can you call me directly as I would really like to discuss the issues you have raised. My number is 07535 636 698. Kind regards, Elaine Tyler
2.0
8 Feb 2018

Honest opinion, echoed by many!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I suppose the clients are great. They really are top tech companies where you would be working with state of the art products, and gain exposure to world leasing brands.

Cons

So the business model is a great idea, I believe personally. However, the execution is nothing short of terrible. The assessment day was one of the most patronising and condescending events I had ever been to. I’m a 22 year old graduate, who had to fight with other graduates to put our hands up to answer questions such as “why is drive important?”. It felt more like a Primary school than a company who has years of experience in placing grads into roles. The leaders of the day were very abrupt in the interviews in the afternoon also. The most telling thing I suppose was that the interviews failed to elicit any information that a half decent interviewer would have. It seemed like Venatrix had googled all their questions. Other than that, you are made to wait in a room doing nothing for long periods whilst the interviewers get their ego stroked.

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Venatrix Response
8y
Hi, Many thanks for this review. We welcome all feedback, positive or negative, and will do our best to take your comments on board. If you would like to talk about this further please give me a call on 0203 805 3350. Elaine Tyler
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