A company full of potential, eclipsed by cliquey senior management and a toxic culture
Pros
- Great office - Good company perks (free delivery on all orders, and free Friday lunch, pension, L&D) - A bunch of seriously talented people in middle management and alot of bright young things - I did see some career progression while at the company, despite the poor way the company manages development and reward
Cons
- Senior management and strategy is built around whoever is the CEOs flavour of the month. (And this does change monthly). The personal feuds that develop between the CEO and his exec team as a result of his short-lived favouritism are well known across the business and always result in a very public and embarrassing firing. The CEO tries to conceal his shortcomings through giving humorous company all-hands which impress the inexperienced or those in his favour. - The company operates a culture of protecting legacy hires rather than tackling poor performance and proven bullying. It's a boys club in which you'll only succeed if you are in with the right crowd. - Men are shown preference when it comes to promotion and salary adjustments, and women are forced to fight their way toward any recognition. The female leadership that does exist is non-supportive and made up of women who see subordinates successes as a threat rather than a credit to their team. There is no training for senior and exec level management, and as such the people management at Deliveroo is atrocious and HR are snowed under with complaints from staff about unfair treatment. - Salary is below average, and internal progression is not rewarded with higher renumeration. They throw money at new hires though - so be warned - the package will look great but it'll stay that way for your entire time at Deliveroo.
