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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
Sep 19, 2023

Fantastic environment full of superb people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Disclaimer - this is a genuine, super positive review based on real experience so if you're looking for a negative you may wish to move on. Legitimately the warmest team I've ever been a part of. The interview process was super slick and all the people I met throughout that journey radiated what the culture would be like at OEV from the jump. Since being in the role, every person I have met so far has been a wonderful experience, particularly coming from an atypical sales background, where people being nice you question their motive. However, there is absolutely no agenda to any of these people except a willingness to pull together and help each other develop the best they can. All of the Sales Team Managers have been unbelievably willing to offer their time, the Head of Activation has been open, candid and welcoming throughout and the wider business too which only leads to an incredible experience. I've seen the odd poor reviews on here, I can assure you reading this, it is wholly the opposite to the experience I have seen. In all walks of life you come across people where everyone else is to blame for anything and everything... I get that vibe from the feedback compared to what my eyes have actually seen. I'm revelling in excitement for where this journey will take me and having confidence in the fact that this company does things for the right reason aligns with what I believe and you should too.

Cons

I'll let you know if something comes up.

5.0
May 8, 2023

A fast growing company!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work/life balance Interested in staff development Encourage autonomy

Cons

Target driven environments can be tough!

2.0
Mar 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Free drinks every once in a while. Would recommend Octopus as a wider group but most definitely not OEV.

Cons

Pay is too low. Commission scheme not paid for vehicles sold because too many people employed and too little leads to go around. Many middle managers bought in from accross the industry with old school management styles trying to fit into a fast developing forward thinking company.

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Octopus Electric Vehicles Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave this review. My name is Ollie and I lead all of the growth teams here at Octopus EV. 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. As a fast growing business we do definitely make mistakes along the way and we don’t get everything right. 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. For many, I know. they really enjoy the EV expert sales role and the reality is as good as it seems, 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
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