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    Updated 6 Dec 2019

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    4.2
    87%
    Recommend to a Friend
    94%
    Approve of CEO
    O2 CEO Mark Evans
    Mark Evans
    137 Ratings
    Top CEOs 2019
    Pros

    • "Great pension contributions & flexible working policy including home working" (in 61 reviews)

    • "The company is working hard to deliver on work life balance and they do it amazingly well" (in 35 reviews)

    Cons

    • "The business is very focused in Head Office, (Slough) meaning lots of early starts and very late finishes" (in 13 reviews)

    • "Senior management team are detached from reality" (in 10 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons
    1. Featured Review

      "Brilliant company to work for!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Resourcing Business Partner in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at O2 full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - O2 invest a lot of time and money into developing their people - Relationships are built on trust which gives you a lot of freedom as an employee - High levels of flexibility allow you to have a great work/life balance - Strong focus on keeping employee engagement and morale high - Great benefits and bonus packages

      Cons

      - Processes can sometimes take a long time to be put through/complete due to multiple levels of approval

      O22019-11-13
    2. Helpful (1)

      "Everyone's happy"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Social Media Lead in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at O2 full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      -Great benefits -Happy staff -Location and head office is ideal for me

      Cons

      -The board 'suger-coat' quaterly results

      O22019-11-21
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    3. "Fantastic Company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Sales Advisor in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at O2 part-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Very good training, great benefits and opportunity to enhance career are easily accessed

      Cons

      At times it can be stressful to maintain targets, however this is supplemented by additional training is requested

      O22019-11-05

    4. "v. good company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Sales Advisor in Oxford, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at O2 part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      - bonus: individual and store bonus if targets have been reached - training/ learning very helpful in getting an insight on how selling works and what to do to get a sale - very good pay as well - a lot of opportunities to progress int he company - easy to book holidays - great benefits as an employee and for friends and family

      Cons

      - sometimes there are difficult customers that needs to be dealt with, so you need to be a people person - shame there's no 0hr contracts :(

      O22019-11-05

    5. "Brilliant Company that promotes flexible working :)"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Graduate in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at O2 full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      - Flexible working practices are key to striving for a good work/life balance and O2 are brilliant at this. - Great management who really focus on getting the best out of you. - Opportunities to grow and develop within the Organisation. - 14 weeks Paternity Leave for new parents.

      Cons

      - None really I have come across, brilliant place to work!

      Advice to Management

      Overall great experience, thanks for everything!

      O22019-11-02

    6. "Used to be a great company to work for but has gone downhill rapidly"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Manager in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at O2 full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Decent, hard working colleagues. Some of which have worked for the company for over 20 years.

      Cons

      Senior management team are detached from reality. We just found out that we would lose the company car scheme, included life insurance and other benefits. To top it off they cancelled the annual bring your kids in Christmas event.

      Advice to Management

      Your employees are your most important asset in an increasingly competitive industry. The key to getting a edge over the competition is to treat your employees better not worse!

      O22019-12-06

    7. "Great company, cares about people"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Advisor in Bristol, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at O2 part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Flexible working Investment in staff Good pay considering the job

      Cons

      Sometimes you are pushed to sell things that may not be best for the customer e.g. business contracts

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the culture in o2!

      O22019-10-31

    8. "Great organisation to work for, very fast paced, and very rewarding, lovely people and very well looked after staff."

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at O2 full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Great People, look after staff extremely well

      Cons

      Working for a large Corporate comes with a lot Corporate politics

      Advice to Management

      Great job

      O22019-10-28

    9. "Sales advisor"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at O2 part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      first job, good pay, great people, fun environment to work in

      Cons

      Bonuses weren't great other than that none i can think off

      O22019-10-28

    10. "Great place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Analytics Manager in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at O2 full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Flexibility, Diversity, Positive Values, Customer focused

      Cons

      Slow career growth, Not very agile in every department

      O22019-11-02
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