Boden Reviews

3.0

47% would recommend to a friend

(361 total reviews)
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Johnnie Boden

69% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Boden has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 361 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Boden employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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361 reviews
1.0
15 Jul 2020

Needs to change.

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Pros

Nice toast, nice peers, lovely office.

Cons

I was actively discriminated here during my time at Boden. I raised a standard dyslexia support request, and felt it was used against me to ultimately push me out of the company. Destroyed moral and personal and professional confidence. Felt like a private girl's school, that if you didn't fit the mold you would be slowly pushed out, with discriminatory practices involving HR to ensure no liability. I thought perhaps it was personal, though have had three other colleagues experience this. Two fired, and one pushed out. A terrible culture of keeping up appearances and pressure to work late, without actually having any work to do. Approach with caution.

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Boden Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We’re really sorry to hear about your time with us – it’s absolutely not the kind of experience we want people to have at Boden. We’re going to look into the comments you raised and to help us understand the detail would appreciate you getting in touch with us by contacting Peopleteam.help@boden.co.uk to discuss the situation further.
1.0
26 Jul 2022

Toxic Culture, avoid to keep your self worth.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Staff allowance is nice to have

Cons

Very toxic culture and behaviour from management which unfortunately is trickling down and being learnt from junior employees. The Boden brand portrays itself as a fun, uplifting brand and yet all of my surrounding colleagues and myself feel downtrodden and completely stripped of the happiness we had before we started. Unfortunately many people have handed in their notice with no job to go into (many people - double figures) and yet no-one has come back to the team with an explanation nor improvement. Not sure if Johnnie knows of this behaviour in his brand but I am not sure he would want the public to know the truths of what goes on in his company - time to change Boden, stand for your brand pillars and stop telling people ‘it’s fashion’. Such bad behaviour, avoid if possible or you will doubt your self worth down the line.

1.0
22 Jul 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Little to promote, other than free toast

Cons

Someone needs to check the discriminatory practices within the HR team, restructuring of the function resulting in only the Asian team members being removed. There is favouritism across the team, leaders only want non coloured hr support. if you are in the gang then you’re looked after even when you’re a poor performer which many of them are. Poor management capability across the function, leadership not respected by the business and its people. They set the bar for the way people are treated is this business. Nothing works, everything is just flossed over.

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Boden Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to raise these concerns, we take comments like this extremely seriously at Boden. We were forced to reduce the size of the Boden House team and have had to say goodbye to some great team members across the business, including HR, as a result of the pandemic. These have been tough decisions to make and we deeply regret each and every one of the job losses. Many factors impacted those decisions, though race and ethnicity were absolutely never considered and the statement made ‘only Asian team members being removed’ is incorrect. We are saddened that this is your perception and this isn’t the sort of experience we want anyone to have at Boden, so would like to look into the other comments you raised around discrimination as a priority. To help us understand the detail we’d appreciate you getting in touch with us by contacting myself directly or Peopleteam.help@boden.co.uk to discuss the situation further. Paul O'Leary COO
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