Octopus Energy reviews

4.8

95% would recommend to a friend

(1,613 total reviews)

Roberto Giner

100% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Octopus Energy has an employee rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,613 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Octopus Energy employee rating is 32% above average for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Sep 30, 2025

Meh, more words than substance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice atmosphere sometimes, it's dynamic and young

Cons

The management is very "favourable" towards people they like more. Nepotism also already found it's way inside

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Octopus Energy Response
7mo
Lieber Kollege, liebe Kollegin, Hey, danke dir, dass du dir die Zeit genommen hast, so offen Feedback zu geben 💚 Wir wissen es sehr zu schätzen, dass du unsere dynamische und junge Atmosphäre wahrnimmst – genau das ist ein wichtiger Teil unserer DNA. Gleichzeitig nehmen wir deine Kritik sehr ernst. Themen wie Fairness, Transparenz und respektvoller Umgang – auch in schwierigen Situationen wenn sich Wege trennen – sind uns extrem wichtig. Wir sind ein Unternehmen im Wachstum, und das bringt manchmal auch Herausforderungen mit sich. Umso mehr setzen wir darauf, aus solchen Rückmeldungen zu lernen und unsere Strukturen so weiterzuentwickeln, dass sich alle Octos fair behandelt und wertgeschätzt fühlen. Danke, dass du uns mit deiner Perspektive dabei hilfst, besser zu werden 🐙 Love & Power⚡️ Florian
3.0
Sep 3, 2025

It's okay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People they really make it a special place to work

Cons

Senior leaders - practice what you preach

2.0
Jun 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are very flexible Most of the staff are amazing

Cons

The company believes in no departments, every competent member of staff knows this is stupid. Managers get employed almost entirely on nepotism alone, it's who you know not what you know No HR means individuals can get promotions despite multiple grievances raised against them. If you want to advance in this company be prepared to suck up as much as you can bare

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Octopus Energy Response
1y
Hello, thanks for leaving your feedback. We really do appreciate you taking the time to write this. Thank you for sharing that you’ve had good experiences around management being flexible and that our staff are great to work alongside. We really do believe in a culture where your personality isn’t left at the door and this then allows people to want to be able to be themselves at work and hopefully enjoy it. In regards to your comments around recruiting management, we hold a formal process for all positions. Through this discovery day whether that be for a Team Leader or Operations Manager, all candidates are interviewed and scored in a process by non-biased managers who manage in other offices or sites. I want to be very honest and transparent here in stating we absolutely do have HR here at Octopus, each and every manager is your HR team. We believe having your management team as your HR means they know more about you and can support you in a more personal way, opposed to a team that doesn't see your day to day and understand the impact you have on the business, making high level decisions for you. In regards to your specific comment around grievances raised against members, without further context or information this is really hard for me to understand the situation. I would like a chance to speak about this situation in more detail to understand fully what this means to you. I am really sorry you feel like you are not heard, we really do value feedback and we can’t make changes or improvements without it. We would like a chance to change this, please do reach out to myself or Sam either on slack or by email at Fay.Olner@octoenergy.com / Sam.Winter@octoenergy.com or if you don’t feel comfortable coming to either of us, you can speak to any TL/OM or Head of Operations and they will be able to discuss how we can support. Kind regards, Fay Olner, Head of Operations
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