Wesser reviews

3.4

64% would recommend to a friend

(123 total reviews)

Martin Wesser

84% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Wesser has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 123 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wesser employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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123 reviews
1.0
Jun 8, 2015
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Pros

Free 1st class Accomodation but only if you get 15 door stop signups per week .

Cons

Got to get 15 sign ups per week, by that it means getting peoples direct debit details and them to sign for monthly subscriptions . By cold calling and very persuasive means ! Very little goes to the charity as bulk of money pays for company car to get around and plush accomodation to stay in then the minimum wages if you get to earn any as you need to pay out for fuel for car and food monies to feed yourself in the first week , as you hit milestones after that you get tesco food vouchers , one day I got 5signups and was told Iwas top of the new recruits league table !! , if you dont get about 3 or more per day you will have to leave ! I was short of about 5 sign ups by Friday and so had to work saturday and Sunday to achieve the 15 ! Hours are long setting off about midday to work til about 9pm ! The following week started badly as was very tired and only achieved to get 7 by midweek , was told to up my game and get them by hook or by crook as could not work the following weekend as we could have this off as free time ! Dont think they wanted us to work 14 days solid ! Only got 10 signups by Friday but told have the weekend to recharge and go again better next week . Friday night meeting called , Any body that didnt get 15 would leave in the morning so packed and left =worked for 12 days saw no money , was told it would be sent in to my account at the end of month . New teams recruited every week by the sounds of it ! Came away out of pocket !

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Wesser Response
10y
Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that you feel you have had a poor experience fundraising with us and would welcome the opportunity to discuss the issues covered in more detail. The campaign support team are available on: 01462 704 860. As you will be aware, we support an outbound fundraising team in excess of 600 personnel per year and have very few complaints. It is therefore of the utmost importance that we are able to speak with any individual that believes their experience was not up to the standard they expected. In response to the points made in this review: We do not charge charity partners any fee up front for the work undertaken to raise funds for them. We simply receive a small percentage based on the quantity and quality of donations collected by fundraisers. As a result our fundraisers are provided with an hourly rate funded by ourselves with the addition of a bonus structure that incentivises ethical fundraising (OTE £1500 Per Month) Typically our fundraisers work 5 days per week (12:00 - 20:00). Fundraisers can opt to work additional hours in order to attain higher levels of donations; however, this is closely monitored to ensure team members take time to relax from this mentally and physically challenging role. On average our fundraisers achieve 15 - 20 donors signed up per week. As always we strive for more for the benefit of our charity partners however no fundraiser would be asked to leave if they continuously achieved 15 new donors per week. As a business regulated by the Fundraising Standards Board we guarantee that all fundraisers will be treated fairly and paid correctly. All fundraisers are paid monthly as is fairly common for most businesses. All bonuses and hourly earnings will be paid if a fundraiser choses to part company with us (It is therefore impossible to be "out of pocket"). With the above points considered we have reported this review to the Glassdoor moderation team for removal as it misrepresents the pay, ethics and working conditions of our fundraisers.
2.0
Oct 6, 2020
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Pros

Money. Some team members are nice.

Cons

No free time. Company controls every little thing you do. Managers are manipulative and underhanded. You have to pay for petrol in the company car to get to and from work. Unpaid training so the job is not really 35 hours as advertised.

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Wesser Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have not had a positive experience with us and would welcome the opportunity to discuss your concerns in more detail. Our Human Resources team are available by telephone on: 01462 704 878. Alternatively please feel free to email: enquiries@wesser.co.uk
1.0
Sep 20, 2018

awful

Recommend
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Pros

Absolutely nothing. I have really messed up my life doing this.

Cons

left us stranded in Scotland, the job seemed promising enough and too good to be true...... it was! I moved with my partner to Scotland for the job 400 miles away from home, my first day after driving for 4 hours I was straight into work, didn't have time to unpack for 3 days as the second we woke up it was training time and then out to work until 8. Team leader was way too positive so positive it left a negative effect. I did well on my first day but fundraising in Scotland is not a good idea, I was left close to tears after almost every door. The pressure that was put on me to meet the targets was too much. My partner got fired for not meeting the targets so I quit with him. After firing him we were left stranded 400 miles away from home with no way of getting home and no money. Worst experience of my life.

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Wesser Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have not had a positive fundraising experience. We employ over 500 fundraisers in the UK every year and feedback of this nature is very rare. Our fundraising administration team would welcome the opportunity to discuss the above noted issues to aid us in providing the highest quality of training and support for future fundraisers. The team are available by telephone on: 01462 704 860. Alternatively please feel free to email: enquiries@wesser.co.uk
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