Halewood Reviews

2.5

21% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)
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Andrew Smallman

23% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Halewood has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Halewood employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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68 reviews
1.0
17 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As an employee it's hard really to give any pros although if you're interested in the brands that Halewood International own then you might find that the staff shop slightly cheaper than supermarkets - slightly**

Cons

Very much a hierarchical structure, absolutely everything and anything rolls downhill. Everything needs to be done and it needs to be done now. There is a very high level of bullying from senior members of staff. It feels like the team I was in was setup to fail. No processes in place and expected to work til late and weekends without pay. Work life balance is non existent

1.0
25 Jun 2023

Dreadful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good brands and that’s about it.

Cons

A family business which seemingly turns a blind eye to how badly the business is run by the CEO and Board. The company is complete and utter chaos. There is no operating strategy between departments, employees, brands or customers. The business has been struggling for several years driven by the CEO and his squandering of money on bars, distilleries and large sums owed to HMRC. Long lunches don’t help his decision-making or ability to act in the right manner - clearly out his depth. The company strategy changes by the day meaning staff are simply paralysed on what to do and are scared to challenge back. Staff receive emails with threats of redundancy and inability to pay salaries that month and “heads will roll” “can’t beat a public flogging”. Emails come in day, night and weekends. Heaven forbid if you don’t take your phone on holiday! At the same time, the little money the business has is squandered on high end electric cars that nobody asked for. The company is running on methane with inadequate staffing levels across Depts. Morale is low with no employee welfare whilst the multi millionaire simply doesn’t care. Lots of companies stopped trading with Russia since the war started. This business takes it as an opportunity to increase sales to Russia. Swerve this business. There is no long term future here.

1.0
12 Mar 2019

Quality

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

The place is an absolute mess. Resigned within 4 weeks

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