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Octopus Electric Vehicles

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Octopus Electric Vehicles reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Gurjeet Grewal

100% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Octopus Electric Vehicles has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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86 reviews
1.0
Oct 18, 2022

Gaslighting and quiet firing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company Environmental goals Future proof - great funding and pay

Cons

Many higher management got recruited from manager roles - do not have the knowledge or expertise Unclear and constant shifting goals Role description only suggestion - a lot of admin and PA’ing expected Hire specialists and expensive agencies but do not understand or action advice Around the clock work expected - but not what you were hired for When issues are raised or suggestions are made on how to make work more efficient employees are called out to make up lies, not understanding startup culture or simply should quit NO HR

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Octopus Electric Vehicles Response
3y
Hi there, Thanks so much for taking the time to leave this review. It's really helpful in allowing us to understand the depth of your experience, which obviously wasn't good. My name is Olivia and I am Head of Talent Acquisition for OE Group. I am taking away a lot of learnings from your review, and will speak to the EV team about how we can do better. We really don't intend for anybody in our EV team to be expected to work excessive hours and we do work really hard to accommodate the uniqueness of each of our team members situations. It's valuable feedback for us, that this was not your experience and we are sorry about this. However, we do work very differently to most businesses and sometimes we know that with some people, things just simply don't work out, and we're not the right employer for everybody . Things ending this way isn't great and we wish it could have gone differently for you as well. If you would like to talk, you can reach me anytime on olivia.brown@octoenergy.com Thanks Olivia
5.0
Oct 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very friendly, approachable teammates and management

Cons

Starting salary isn’t a London living wage, making it particularly hard for those joining in late 2022 during the cost of living crisis who don’t live at home

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