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Simply Business

Acquired by Travelers

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When people write 1-3* reviews recruiters* write great ones to obscure them (*Talent Acquisition Partners) - Senior Software Engineer Simply Business Employee Review

1.0
14 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Overall company culture is positive

Cons

- Boring - Slow - Bullies tolerated - Product debt - Some tech leads refuse to have their teams improve things because they'd rather do more tutorials. - Architecture makes no sense

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Simply Business Response
5y
Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on your experience at Simply Business – we value all thoughts, both positive and otherwise, and use these to inform conversations on how we can make SB the best possible place to work. Firstly, it’s really pleasing to learn you have a positive view of our culture – it’s something we’ve worked hard to maintain as we scale during an ambitious period of growth, and all of our people can be proud to have supported this. With regards to your feedback on both pace and how exciting your work is, this is disappointing to learn. We want SB to be a place where people feel challenged and – given our record of growth, and the ambitious plans set out for the coming years – believe that is the case for most. It’s particularly alarming to read about your feedback on bullying – this is absolutely not tolerated across the business, and if you feel comfortable sharing more information on this, we’d welcome a private conversation so that we can understand more and look to address any issue. Thank you again for leaving this review – we’ll make sure this feedback reaches the right people.

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5.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, stable company, office easily navigatable

Cons

Room for growth can be limited

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Simply Business Response
1d
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. It’s great to hear that you enjoy working with our team, value the company's stability, and appreciate having an office that's easy to navigate!
2.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work life balance and vacation time....

Cons

Many internal issues and felt like this last round of layoffs was to protect inadequate leaders vs hardworking employees. I understand companies do layoffs but this just felt like Senior management trying to protect themselves because they aren't doing an effective job. I really think there are some issues with the leadership team and it probably needs an overhaul. There was never any strategy from product outside of one small area. The rest of the business was left without any guidance or support. I really think the US/UK shared services model does not work. The UK and US just are entirely different markets and the UK at the end of the day doesn't really care about the US nor move as quickly.

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Simply Business Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective on your experience. We understand that organizational changes and layoffs can create frustration and uncertainty, and we appreciate you taking the time to share with us the areas where you feel we can improve. Transparency, communication, and supporting our teams continue to be important areas of focus for us.
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