CLUELESS LEADERSHIP DO NOT JOIN - Business Development Manager Deliveroo Employee Review

1.0
Jul 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The BDM team was good.

Cons

I was a BDM at Deliveroo for a while. The regional director for the greater london team is absolutely clueless. He has no idea what he is talking about, never has any compassion for anyone, never appreciates anyone, and absolutely no one likes him. I feel bad for the regional managers who have to suffer with him every day. Management claim they don't micro manage you but towards the end of my time there they began implementing north korea style tactics on us. You get the most unrealistic targets ever. You get shouted at for doing your job better than everyone else but miss out on 1 small metric which is impossible to achieve. There is 0 career progression available. Ive seen people deserve promotions and be completely ignored by the company. Nearly every single BDM has left the greater london team and its all because of how the director runs this team into the ground. Nothing the BDMs say gets acknowledged and its a horrible place to work. Do yourself a favour and never join as a BDM in the greater london team. The BDMs and AMs you work with are amazing but everything else is a complete mess.

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Pros

The company is presented as a young and dynamic environment, at least from an external communication point of view.

Cons

Unfortunately, the internal reality is very different. Career progression mainly favors people who are close to management or who know how to please the right individuals, while meritocracy clearly comes second. Losing valuable employees does not seem to concern upper management at all. Many department heads lack experience and competence, which leads to constant issues, misunderstandings, and organizational problems that directly impact daily work and team morale. The company promotes itself as “young and dynamic,” yet hires employees over 60 whose experience does not appear to be properly assessed or effectively leveraged, creating a strong inconsistency between image and reality. Salaries are not competitive compared to the market. Salary increases and bonuses are very low and demotivating. Benefits are either almost non-existent or purely symbolic.

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