Avoid - Administrative FitFlop Employee Review

2.0
May 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working, snacks, free shoes, nice people, good office space and facilities

Cons

Terrible management on all levels across all departments. If a manager has been here for longer than 3 years, they call rank and claim to know what the 'founder likes and doesn't like'. They take full advantage of flexi working and finish at 4 (and earlier). New team members are required across multiple departments but unless you have worked for a luxury fashion house or brand, they openly admit (hiring managers not HR) they will not consider you for the role as they would like someone 'cool'. Managers like to use the phrase 'just do it' during briefings and meetings, something that has been adapted from the founder and past department heads. The turn over of staff is very high which is worrying. It also allows for some managers to hide behind junior members of their team as they are unable to do their job correctly (unable to use key software / hardware etc) but this is not picked up as department heads do not last more than 12/18 months. Prejudice comments are often aired within my department about people of colour, their sexual preference, looks and fashion sense.

avatar
FitFlop Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are disappointed to hear about some of your experiences working at FitFlop. In particular, we take your concerns about prejudicial comments extremely seriously. We would encourage you to speak to someone in the People team, in confidence, so that we can investigate this as soon as possible. FitFlop is proud to be a female-founded business and we are always evolving to better serve our customers and employees. We are committed to being a great place to work and have recently launched a number of initiatives around learning and development, wellbeing, and diversity and inclusion. We welcome feedback from employees in all of these areas, so that we can continue to improve.

Explore other reviews about FitFlop

5.0
May 27, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sharing ideas, building a career, work life balance

Cons

communication could be better from management downward

avatar
FitFlop Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, it's great to hear you've had a positive experience. Thank you for sharing feedback on our communications - it's something we've been working really hard on and we're now doing monthly Flash meetings and quarterly updates, led by our Senior Leadership Team and CEO which have been received very well.
1.0
Mar 25, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

NONE. I wish I never worked here.

Cons

This is the clickiest place I have ever worked. This was made even worse by the daily bullying, including by management. One group of employees would frequently and openly make fun of those who were not part of their clique to the point of harassment. If there was a concern with an employee's work they would be reprimanded in the middle of the open office environment. It was also common in my department to hire for one position but then make employees work in other areas as well with no additional pay. The level of disrespect here is astonishing. I got out of there as soon as I possibly could.

5
avatar
FitFlop Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review, and we're truly sorry that you didn't enjoy your time working with us. Although you have already left FitFlop, please do feel welcome to reach out to a member of our People Team to discuss your time here. We wish you the best in the future.
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All