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Athena Innovations Reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)
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Huw Roberts-Harry

53% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Athena Innovations has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Athena Innovations employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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30 reviews
1.0
21 Jun 2017

Please read and avoid at all costs!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If there were any pros at all that outweighed the cons then I would be working there now

Cons

Lie to current and potential employees, no starting salary, no proper training given just want to see what they can get out of you to make money for themselves, unprofessional, con artists, make everything sound glamourous yet it is all lies

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Athena Innovations Response
8y
Thanks for giving us some feedback about your time with the company. It's a shame that you seem to have had a negative experience with us. We are extremely clear during our interview process about the nature of the work. That is one of the many reasons that our interviews are a day long training process so that we can make sure people know what the job entails. We would love to hear more from you about what information you feel you weren't given. Please do get in touch.
1.0
14 Jul 2017
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Pros

The people that worked there seemed nice and friendly (rather deluded though) other than this I don't believe there were any.

Cons

Was there for less than a week before realising it was a waste of time and money. They call it customer service and sales in events when really it's like door to door sales except in the middle of the street. Advertise 18k-23k a year and £350 a week however this is all commission based in the first 2 interviews you are not advised of this and they take you out to show you the job and nobody will tell you about the salary on the field only the dream 'success stories'. No actual training given- waste of time brought in over a few days to get training when instead they talked to you about nonsense and showed you videos of previous award/recognition for the company. Also expect you to travel everyday but if you don't hit the required sales you have to pay for it and they do not cover expenses so paying out of your pocket. (Basically should be classed as self employed). Would not waste a second on this company unless you are willing to lose time and money for a long shot at the so called 'glamorous lifestyle'

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Athena Innovations Response
8y
Thank you for taking your time to post your review. We are very proud of our success and maybe we do like to talk about it a little too much for some, but we are looking for candidates who are as excited about our company as we are. We take our training program very seriously and always invest our all into the candidate's training, we apologize if you felt like this was unfulfilling for you. We would have been under the impression that you had grasped our business model and the travel aspect of our business before joining our firm. Nonetheless, we hope you were able to take away some valuable skills from your time spent training with us. All the best.
1.0
7 Feb 2018
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Pros

None whatsoever, please don't waste your time with this company

Cons

- Advertise in the first two interviews that you earn £400 a week and do everything they can to hide the fact it is commission only, and when you find out you have already wasted a lot of time/money on it. - Managers talk so much BS to you about this 'dream lifestyle' but never anything about the job, you are just thrown in at the deep end and offered minimal support - You are tricked into thinking you are working in a marketing role when actually you just stand on a god damn street corner all day trying to stop people to sell them a cutback app that is a complete scam with hidden fees - Managers just sit in the office all day earning a % of your commission for doing nothing - You are told the hours are 8:00 - 5:30 Mon - Fri, but are actually 7:30 - 6:30 Mon - Sat

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