The worst place I have ever worked at - Ride Host London Eye Employee Review

1.0
7 Apr 2025
Recommend
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Pros

All the London Eye teams were very diversity and equality-friendly.

Cons

This job was straight up subhuman, it is the worst company I have ever worked at by far. Breaking down some of the things me and my team went through: -We were constantly told to break safety rules by putting more than 28 people per capsule in order to sell as many tickets as possible. We even made it a competition to see who could fill the capsules the most. The record was 56 people inside a pod. You can imagine people were not happy about this. -We were constantly verbally abused by customers, even some of us got physically abused and customers got no consequences to their behaviour. My colleague and I got called the C-word once by a customer and management gave this customer and his family a private pod so "the customer wouldn't disturb other customers". The customer never apologised. -A customer who didn't speak English brought what seemed a weapon into the attraction and when security spotted it, they called the police and asked management to stop letting people into the attraction as a protection measure. They continued loading people into the attraction as usual, even without informing employees until two days later. They have no regards on their employees' safety at all. -Management forced employees to re-direct customers during storm Eunice and even DURING A BOMB THREAT. There are so many other things I could complain about this role and the management team (like playing favourites in internal hiring, forcing people to be in positions they were not comfortable in, actively stopping employees from filing sexual harassment complaints,...), and everyone that I know worked there could tell you all the horror stories. Do not work there and never visit! They deserve to be closed down.

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2.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The team are great people

Cons

The management is horrific and often there is little to no communication in regards to what is actually happening around the attraction. At one point during a busy summer season a ticket that directly impacted my team was launched without our knowledge or our consultation which lead to my team being rediculously overworked. Customers would often scream and shout at staff with no consequences from senior management, and they'd often just appease the guests and make them look stupid, despite the fact that you were following the rules that had very clearly been set out in training. On top of this the hospitality senior managers rarely if ever took sexism seriously. I was the only female tl at the time and had several of the women on the team come to me to complain about another tl in regards to sexism, and when I bought these concerns to the senior management they said that 'theyre just being dramatic' and 'they don't actually know what sexism looks like'. For reference, the two senior managers for the department were men. I would not recommend working here to anyone, unless you want to be underpaid, overworked and treated like dirt.

2.0
31 Aug 2025
Anonymous temporary employee
Recommend
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Pros

Massive and high volume of customer focused role....

Cons

“I worked as a temporary team member at the London Eye Gift Shop during the summer. The role itself was enjoyable — I gained valuable customer service experience in a fast-paced tourist environment, and my colleagues were supportive. However, I found that the management style in the retail department was inconsistent and at times discouraging. Some managers lacked transparency, favouritism and professionalism in their communication, which impacted morale. Overall, this was a useful short-term experience to build skills, but I believe a more supportive management approach would make the workplace much stronger for future staff.

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