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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 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Incredible opportunities to develop career. - Flexible working hours. - Lovely people. - Driving change. - Great benefits

Cons

- Occasional blips here and there, like any business, but Octopus Electric Vehicles listen to staff feedback and make changes when they get things wrong.

1.0
Feb 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Access to wide range of EVs to test drive - OK as a 1st job or to build experience

Cons

- You are just another number in a call centre focused on hitting a daily number - Targets are not achievable anymore, recruiters may tell you there are - but this is not the case anymore as the team has expanded so much but the offering and number of high quality leads has not kept u. (don't expect to earn more 25-50% of the advertised OTE) - low level of autonomy unless you are in a non client facing role - The Team is led by someone with no experience, knowledge or passion for EVs and offers little aside from trying to implement a script or set phrases into everyone's calls / asking people why they have not called unresponsive contacts 3 times in one day - Weekend working has previously been offered for people to catch up on targets, this has been unpaid (we were given a food voucher in lieu of payment), kind of sums up the culture. - Unofficial Promotions made without due process or opportunity, and then the playing field is not level as they are also given the chance for sales not offered to the average EV seller - Constantly having to deal with cancellations of orders, which could be months after taking the order - further adds to pressure and difficulty hitting targets

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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 so much for taking the time to leave this review. The most important part of my role is to to create an amazing culture in which people are able to thrive and enjoy working here. It sounds like this isn’t the case for yourself at the moment which is really disappointing, this is not how I want things to be. We’re a rapidly growing business which creates a really exciting space to work, it also means we definitely make mistakes along the way. Feedback like this is really valuable, we really encourage all feedback - we survey all team members once a week to find out how things are going and on a personal, less formal, basis I am always keen to make time to catch up and find out how things are going. In terms of some of the specifics in your review. 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 have a really flexible culture with unlimited holidays, flexible hours and full hybrid working to share some elements of how we work. No one has been asked to work weekends without pay, this is always fully optional. With unlimited holidays you are always able to take an additional day off if you do decide to work at a weekend. For many, I know. they really enjoy the EV expert sales role, it sounds like this isn’t how it is going for you. I’d love to find out more, please do reach out to me, I’d love to grab a coffee together and talk more. Ollie Boots Chief Commercial Office, Octopus EV
4.0
Feb 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic culture and very fast growing

Cons

Supportive culture but not a lot of policies in place.

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