Octopus Energy reviews

4.8

97% would recommend to a friend

(1,635 total reviews)

Giorgio Tomassetti

99% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Octopus Energy has an employee rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Octopus Energy employee rating is 36% above average for employers within the Energia, estrazione mineraria, servizi di pubblica utilità industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Sep 21, 2024

Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working from home. Make your own schedule. Flexitime

Cons

Working 37.5 hours half of these need to be afte 5pm. And need to work a min of 7.5 from Friday 5pm to Sunday. Work bank holiday. 3 hours Christmas Day, Christmas Eve or Boxing Day. Working NYE and NYD

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Octopus Energy Response
1y
Hi there, Thanks for giving your feedback, we really appreciate you taking the time to do this. From what you've said in your post I think that you are based in our Digiops site? As our 'out of hours' workforce Digiops are expected to work at least half of their hours outside of 9-5. But the trade-off for that is massive amounts of flexibility in the role in terms of when hours are worked on a week to week basis which generally people find really helpful when managing a family and other commitments outside of work. I really hope that we make that clear in our job specs etc. when we're advertising the role, as Digiops are an out of hours team and that does include Bank Holidays but please do reach out to me if you feel this wasn't made clear to you when applying for the role. Best wishes, Lynne Higgins Head of Operations
3.0
Sep 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Casual office attire acceptable Laid-back and sociable work culture A good company understanding of and policy on pastoral matters

Cons

No specific HR department Not paid for overtime and expected to work overtime if deadlines not met The role can be very stressful and demanding

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Octopus Energy Response
1y
Hi there, Thanks for giving your feedback, we really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I'm glad to hear there were lots of positives about your time with us and that you enjoyed our culture and how we take care of our people. For me this ties into the 'no specific HR department' so I wanted to relate the two aspects. We don't have a specific HR department, you are correct. We do have a team of 'peopleops' specialists who can advise us on HR matters but really we like our leadership team to look after these matters as they are the people who know their teams best and should be able to make good decisions that are in the best interests of their people without having to follow rigid rules or policies. We do run regular incentives across our operations teams where we expect people to commit some additional time to their teams, but they are rewarded with an incentive payment. We'd hope that if anyone feels their workload/role is too demanding or stressful they would feel ok about reaching out to their own leader or any other leader across the business for support. Best wishes, Lynne Higgins Head of Operations Octopus Energy
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