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    Maplin Electronics Reviews

    Updated Oct 2, 2019

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    3.3
    50%
    Recommend to a Friend
    21%
    Approve of CEO
    Maplin Electronics CEO Oliver Meakin
    Oliver Meakin
    65 Ratings
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    1. "Sorry to Go"

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      Current Employee - Store Manager 

      I have been working at Maplin Electronics full-time

      Pros

      Great store staff Good Staff discount

      Cons

      Like for like sales targets not always achievable middle managers power hungry

      Maplin Electronics2019-08-02

    2. "Terrible company"

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      Current Employee - Sales Advisor in London, England

      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
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    3. "Great team, terrible upper management"

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      Former Employee - Customer Advisor in Southampton, England

      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.

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      Maplin Electronics2019-07-31

    4. "Ok as quick cash"

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      Former Employee - Sales Advisor 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Maplin Electronics part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Usually allow to choose hours

      Cons

      Managers seem to think their kings, too much power.

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      Maplin Electronics2019-08-02

    5. "Not a good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Sales Assistant 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I 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

    6. "Really good fun loving job for any techie"

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      Former Employee - Part-time Sales Advisor in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I 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

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      Maplin Electronics2019-06-28

    7. "Underpaid job, but enjoyable if you like technology and customers"

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      Former Employee - Sales Advisor in Glasgow, Scotland
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      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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      Maplin Electronics2019-07-10

    8. "Amazing Company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Store Manager in Birmingham, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      I was fortunate to have great Managers and Regional Managers throughout my time int he business. I really grew as a person and developed skills to a high calibre.

      Cons

      Rutland sank the company and purpose.

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      Maplin Electronics2019-06-24

    9. "Miss the people and the work environment"

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      Current Employee - Store Manager 
      Recommends
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Maplin Electronics full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      Great people, new tech, fantastic customer service.

      Cons

      Pay could have been better

      Maplin Electronics2019-06-07

    10. "Maplin pay"

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Maplin Electronics part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Fairly easy job to undertake whilst studying

      Cons

      pay-customers-price of products and many other things

      Maplin Electronics2019-07-09
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