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Octopus Electric Vehicles

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Octopus Electric Vehicles reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(84 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 84 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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84 reviews
5.0
Feb 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Busy sales environment where you can really make some ££££ Get a great EV on the scheme. Great colleagues and wider team are supportive. Managers and Head of department are really on hand to help and make great changes.

Cons

Wifi in the building can be a mare and slow down me making any deals

5.0
Feb 11, 2024

I love my job.. no joke

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Helping customers choose their EV, Amazing company perks. Salary is good for the role but OTE is uncapped (you get what you put in) Work from home balance is great for my growing family and hobbies. Get to drive some amazing EV’s and go to events including international ones

Cons

The traffic near the office, but i don’t live locally

2.0
Jan 31, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get car allowance to get a vehicle on the salary sacrifice scheme. Pool and ping pong table with a fridge for soft drinks and snacks.

Cons

Kept hiring people and kept increasing sales expectations and targets with less leads to go around. Head of sales said it was nice to meet me twice in the space of a week! Shows how invested she is in the team. I put the allowance as a pro - but it doesn't cover a single car available and needs topping up to get ANYTHING let alone something half decent. Was promised a payrise after 6 months, at 6 months was told to work harder and sell more cars to get paid more. Commission structure was all over the place, not many people knew what was happening. the longer you stay the more cancellations you get from customers you have sold to 4/5 months ago and haven't received their car so you have clawback and have to get even more sales to get over the line. I would avoid.

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Octopus Electric Vehicles Response
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My name is Ollie and I lead all of the growth teams here at Octopus EV. Thanks for taking the time to leave this review. We’re a rapidly growing business which creates a really exciting space to work, it also means things change at pace and can often make team members feel that messaging is mixed. We are always working to be better but we do make mistakes from time to time. I really appreciate this feedback. Fiona, (CEO), Alys (Chief of Staff) and I caught up about your feedback recently and it really helps us see where we can improve. We take all feedback seriously as it helps us make changes where they are needed. We have had some tough months where not everyone has hit their full target and earnt full commission, there are people who are consistently achieving this though. We are always working with the Sales managers and teams on how to support our EV experts hit target and their full commission. I know many of the team do love their role as an EV expert, but it sounds like this was not the case for you, again thank you for the feedback and we will take this moving forward when we hire into these teams. Ollie Boots Chief Commercial Officer, Octopus EV
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