Maplin Electronics Reviews
Updated 12 Feb 2020
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Oliver Meakin
68 Ratings
Pros
"Staff discount was more than adequate" (in 24 reviews)
"Work with great people sometimes" (in 14 reviews)
Cons
"Paid minimum wage for hard work" (in 40 reviews)
"Head office don't know what they are doing" (in 16 reviews)
"Really good fun loving job for any techie"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics part-time for more than a year
Pros
Before coming to Maplin I wanted to pass my technology knowledge on to others and Maplin gave me the best platform to do that. The best thing was having a team that had individual specialities that you could learn off to better yourself and that is one of the best things about it.
Cons
Repititve music in the store almost always but O can live with that bit
Continue readingMaplin Electronics2019-06-28"Old"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 8 years
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Great people working for what once was a great company
Cons
bad management with dumb ideas and an ability to spend money like water
Continue readingMaplin Electronics2020-02-12"Absolute joke of a company..."
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Brilliant team (that are no longer showing up for work!)
Cons
Haven't been paid in over a year now, stock isn't coming in anymore, customers think we've closed down!?
Continue readingMaplin Electronics2020-01-27"Shame they went under"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics part-time for more than 5 years
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Great friendly coworkers. Low pressure sales
Cons
Out of touch with consumers Organisational nightmare
Maplin Electronics2019-12-19"Terrible company"
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I have been working at Maplin Electronics part-time for less than a year
Pros
You have a job which pays you
Cons
management and everything else hence why its closed down
Maplin Electronics2019-10-02"Sorry to Go"
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Pros
Great store staff Good Staff discount
Cons
Like for like sales targets not always achievable middle managers power hungry
Maplin Electronics2019-08-02"Great team, terrible upper management"
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I worked at Maplin Electronics full-time for less than a year
Pros
I absolutely loved my time at Maplin because of my team. Everyone got along and became friends including managers.
Cons
Upper management (CEO, directors etc) drove the company to the ground with their bad business decisions.
Continue readingMaplin Electronics2019-07-31"Ok as quick cash"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics part-time for less than a year
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Usually allow to choose hours
Cons
Managers seem to think their kings, too much power.
Continue readingMaplin Electronics2019-08-02"Not a good place to work"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics part-time for less than a year
Pros
Being around tech was nice
Cons
Not a good work life balance Poorly ran, constantly shoving targets down your throat Minimum wage (would probably pay you less if they could)
Maplin Electronics2019-08-13"Underpaid job, but enjoyable if you like technology and customers"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 3 years
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Maplin attracted a wide variety of people, so it was good working with others. Quite regular hours, started a 09:00 and finished at 18:00, with one hour break. Getting to learn and use the latest equipment that was coming out was fun.
Cons
Underpaid for the level of customer service and technical knowledge that was required. Had to do unpaid overtime when we didn't sort the store out before we shut. Had to deal with a lot of difficult customers.
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