Quintessentially Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Quintessentially full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Networking, building experience, contacts and relationships

Cons – Evaluate salary structure, spend time maintaining staff so turn over is not so frequent.

Advice to Senior Management – Spend more time nurturing your talent!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Quintessentially full-time

Pros – Small office, flexible, travel opportunities

Cons – Disorganised, no career progression, boss rips you off your pay, super and commisions, high turnover rate - no one smart ever stays for long. Boss is a psychopath

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Quintessentially full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible, Communicative, Everyday Learning work profile

Cons – Career Graph is not clearly defined

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Quintessentially full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Might be good as a first time job for some experience, below average salary. I enjoyed the first few years but after that the company grew too fast and they did not support staff growth, they use many interns are used so that they can get free staff, there have be discussions about this online.

Cons – No structure, amateurish outfit, most offices are Franchises and not one big global 'family'
No normal benefits normally offered by proper companies such as Health Care, Pensions, Training or bonus schemes.
Staff even have to buy their own Milk for tea and coffee
Most staff have been treated badly and word has spread, suppliers and members also on to them.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in staff. Stop freeloading from suppliers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Quintessentially full-time for less than a year

Pros – Fast paced and fun work environment. It's great being in a place where everyone you work with is in the know!

Cons – Some of the offices are quite small and member base quite large so getting inundated happens too often to not take a toll...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Quintessentially full-time for more than a year

Pros – there are no pros i am afraid.

Cons – Lack of communication, under payed, lonng hours, no bonus, employees mistreated.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Quintessentially

Pros – - young company with a young team
- everyone is really helpful
- friendly athmosphere
- amazing office location (Marylebone)
- well know brands as clients
- global reach, interesting work
- management listens to the employees and taking pride of the building they work in therefore they keep it in good condition

Cons – - it grew too quickly therefore it was a bit chaotic sometimes
- not enough IT support
- instead of employing someone for little pay, they rely on unpaid inters, which doesn't help them becoming more organised

Advice to Senior Management – Invest into more staff where needed eg IT and try not to rely on so many interns. I think some areas need to be more organised if you want to keep on growing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Quintessentially

Pros – Through Quintessentially I was able to gain a work experience that allowed me to access many different industries. My co-workers and management were friendly and helpful when needed. There is room to advance within the company and offer new ideas for future company developments.

Cons – The pay is below average. And, one needs to be prepared to make there own work and bring in new projects. The management are time crunchers rather than performance based. They really want staff to always be signing up members including friends and family.

Advice to Senior Management – I think that it is important to have yearly and quarterly reviews. Salary should be based on targets reached and the position held rather than trying to get staff for as low as possible. Have a good code of ethics in the office.