Octopus Energy reviews

4.9

99% would recommend to a friend

(1,572 total reviews)

Roberto Giner

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Octopus Energy has an employee rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,572 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Octopus Energy employee rating is 34% above average for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Aug 26, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

They have a lot of free stuff- good coffee, different kinds of milk, fruit and alcohol for Friday's. There's a 'family dinner' where Greg gives company updates and being an employee you get shares which you can sell off periodically which I guess is a nice boost to the salary.

Cons

Management does not care about the people on the phone unless they like to drink, take drugs and essentially are cool. They only promote their friends and with no HR department or union, bullying and discrimination is rife. They don't pay energy specialists very well really, considering how much they love throwing money about, and ES making up most of the staff because it's a very bottom heavy structure. They have an expectation for everyone to work themselves into the ground, evenings and weekends, for no extra pay and no promise that hard work will be recognised in anyway except Amazon vouchers so the company can avoid the tax and doesn't truly compensate for the amount of work being done. They have no holiday limit which just means everyone who is friends with management can take as much time as they want off and everyone that doesn't conform can just pick up the slack- basically be ready to be so far up your managers backside in order to just get a thank you. They promote young people to be team leaders and ops managers which on the surface seems great but they don't train anyone so all the managers are immature and I'll equipt to actually manage anyone so it's hard to trust them if you are actually a hard worker. I spent more time crying working in this place and I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. Thank God I got out

2.0
Sep 1, 2025

Toxic.

Recommend
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Pros

- Rachel and Sapphire the office managers work to create such a great environment including free food, massages, extra curricular activities and many more events! Nice central location.

Cons

- Cult like. - Sexual harassment is so prevalent yet gets ignored (including from sales managers), I was inappropriately touched and had comments made throughout my time. No action was taken. - Male dominated environment and they really do not care for women’s right (including your health) - Favouritism is huge! They pick out people based on how much they suck up and then help them do well. - Bullying from managers, they talk behind everyone’s back and think staff do not know. Then you are too scared to tell them anything as they will gossip about it. - Drinking culture. - No work progression, they work you like a dog and never actually give you a promotion (seen it happen so many times) - Unrealistic targets. - Watched good sales people suddenly get let go after one bad month. - Managers will give away your leads for no reason so you lose money (they “own” your leads) - They do not tell you what is going on or give you updates on what’s happening behind the scenes (they don’t know what’s going on themselves)

2.0
Sep 13, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are incredible people Inclusive of all people

Cons

Pay is below average. Expected to work 50-60 hours/week despite the contract being 37.5 hours/week. No overtime pay for it either. Try to be inclusive of neurodiverse, but miss the mark. You are disciplined for talking about salary. After progressing, taking on more responsibilities, taking on more work etc. no pay increase. No HR - no one to talk to when there's a problem. I had issues with my managers, but as there's no HR, I could only talk to my managers about it. This didn't fix anything. Had no one else to talk to. Very cult-ish. If you aren't a part of the cult, you won't get anywhere.

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