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Arena Racing Company reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)

Martin Cruddace

90% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Arena Racing Company has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arena Racing Company employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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51 reviews
4.0
Aug 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great business model, with multiple revenue streams. Lots of room for expansion and growth. Good people to work with. Fun business to be in. Taps into the popularity of NASCAR racing, but targets the huge family-oriented market.

Cons

It is going to take a major investment in advertising & promotion to create the awareness needed for this business to take off.

1.0
Jul 22, 2017

Worst company I have ever worked for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some beautiful locations around the UK, but that's it. Nothing else I'm afraid as the company is shockingly run for front line staff and managers.

Cons

The HR function at this company is purely administrative. You have one and half full time HR employees to cover multiple racecourses and 100s of members of staff. It's a joke! I have never worked with such poorly trained and disengaged department heads. Senior management do not have the first understanding of the operations they oversee and manage solely from P&L spreadsheets. Staff turnover is ridiculous and the only people that stay long term are useless and uninterested.

1.0
Apr 24, 2017

Worst company I've worked for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice scenery at the Racecourses Friendly staff

Cons

No worthwhile career development unless you want to abide by the ARC guide to management (only care about making money for the company and telling your staff to deal with it). No pay for overtime, compensated as TOIL, although you don't get back the hours you work. (in the last 7 months at the company I was uncompensated for 70 hours overtime that was worked during approved days for overtime) Massively underpaying for similar jobs. HR/Senior management don't take into consideration salaries in the South need to be higher due to cost of living. No support from management both at Racecourse and Board Level. Poor IT Systems Next to no training offered when I commenced the role

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