Oliver Bonas Reviews
Updated Jun 16, 2022
Clear All
Full-time, Part-time
English
Job Function
- Administrative
- Arts & Design
- Business
- Consulting
- Customer Services & Support
- Education
- Engineering
- Finance & Accounting
- Healthcare
- Personnel/Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Legal
- Marketing
- Media & Communications
- Military & Protective Services
- Operations
- Other
- Product & Project Management
- Research & Science
- Retail & Food Services
- Sales
- Skilled Labour & Manufacturing
- Transportation
Job Status (2)
- Current Employees
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Freelance
- Contract
- Intern
Select a location...
- Worldwide
- United Kingdom - All Cities
- - England
- - Northern Ireland
- - Scotland
- - Wales
- - Remote
- Germany - All Cities
- - Baden-Wurttemberg
- - Bavaria
- - Bremen
- - Hamburg
- - Hesse
- - Lower Saxony
- - North Rhine-Westphalia
- - Rhineland-Palatinate
- - Saarland
- - Schleswig-Holstein
- - Brandenburg
- - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- - Saxony
- - Saxony-Anhalt
- - Thuringia
- - Berlin
- - Heimarbeit
- India - All Cities
- - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- - Andhra Pradesh
- - Assam
- - Chandigarh
- - Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- - Delhi
- - Gujarat
- - Haryana
- - Himachal Pradesh
- - Jammu and Kashmir
- - Kerala
- - Lakshadweep
- - Maharashtra
- - Manipur
- - Meghalaya
- - Karnataka
- - Nagaland
- - Orissa
- - Pondicherry
- - Punjab
- - Rajasthan
- - Tamil Nadu
- - Tripura
- - West Bengal
- - Sikkim
- - Arunachal Pradesh
- - Mizoram
- - Daman and Diu
- - Goa
- - Bihar
- - Madhya Pradesh
- - Uttar Pradesh
- - Chhattisgarh
- - Jharkhand
- - Uttaranchal
- - Telangana
- - Remote
- Ireland - All Cities
- - Carlow
- - Cavan
- - Clare
- - Cork
- - Donegal
- - Dublin
- - Galway
- - Kerry
- - Kildare
- - Kilkenny
- - Leitrim
- - Laois
- - Limerick
- - Longford
- - Louth
- - Mayo
- - Meath
- - Monaghan
- - Offaly
- - Roscommon
- - Sligo
- - Tipperary
- - Waterford
- - Westmeath
- - Wexford
- - Wicklow
- - Connaught
- - Munster
- - Leinster
- - Remote
- Philippines - All Cities
- - Abra
- - Agusan del Norte
- - Agusan del Sur
- - Aklan
- - Albay
- - Antique
- - Bataan
- - Batanes
- - Province of Batangas
- - Benguet
- - Bohol
- - Bukidnon
- - Bulacan
- - Cagayan
- - Camarines Norte
- - Camarines Sur
- - Camiguin
- - Capiz
- - Catanduanes
- - Province of Cavite
- - Province of Cebu
- - Basilan
- - Eastern Samar
- - Davao del Norte
- - Davao del Sur
- - Davao Oriental
- - Ifugao
- - Ilocos Norte
- - Ilocos Sur
- - Province of Iloilo
- - Isabela
- - Kalinga-Apayao
- - Laguna
- - Lanao del Norte
- - Lanao del Sur
- - La Union
- - Leyte
- - Marinduque
- - Masbate
- - Mindoro Occidental
- - Mindoro Oriental
- - Misamis Occidental
- - Misamis Oriental
- - Mountain
- - Negros Oriental
- - Nueva Ecija
- - Nueva Vizcaya
- - Palawan
- - Pampanga
- - Pangasinan
- - Rizal
- - Romblon
- - Samar
- - Maguindanao
- - North Cotabato
- - Sorsogon
- - Southern Leyte
- - Sulu
- - Surigao del Norte
- - Surigao del Sur
- - Tarlac
- - Zambales
- - Zamboanga del Norte
- - Zamboanga del Sur
- - Northern Samar
- - Quirino
- - Siquijor
- - South Cotabato
- - Sultan Kudarat
- - Tawi-Tawi
- - Angeles
- - Bacolod
- - Bago
- - Baguio
- - Bais
- - Batangas City
- - Butuan
- - Cabanatuan
- - Cadiz
- - Cagayan de Oro
- - Calbayog
- - Caloocan
- - Canlaon
- - Cavite City
- - Cebu City
- - Cotabato
- - Dagupan
- - Danao
- - Dapitan
- - Davao
- - Dipolog
- - Dumaguete
- - General Santos
- - Gingoog
- - Iligan
- - Iloilo City
- - Iriga
- - La Carlota
- - Laoag
- - Lapu-Lapu
- - Legaspi
- - Lipa
- - Lucena
- - Mandaue
- - Manila
- - Marawi
- - Naga
- - Olongapo
- - Ormoc
- - Oroquieta
- - Ozamis
- - Pagadian
- - Palayan
- - Pasay
- - Puerto Princesa
- - Quezon City
- - Roxas
- - San Carlos City
- - San Jose
- - San Pablo
- - Silay
- - Surigao
- - Tacloban
- - Tagaytay
- - Tagbilaran
- - Tangub
- - Toledo
- - Trece Martires
- - Zamboanga
- - Aurora
- - Province of Quezon
- - Negros Occidental
- - National Capital Region
- - Remote
- South Africa - All Cities
- - KwaZulu-Natal
- - Free State
- - Eastern Cape
- - Gauteng
- - Mpumalanga
- - Northern Cape
- - Limpopo
- - North-West
- - Western Cape
- - Remote
- Switzerland - All Cities
- - Argovia
- - Outer Rhodes
- - Basel-Country
- - Basel-City
- - Bern
- - Fribourg
- - Geneva
- - Glarus
- - Grisons
- - Inner Rhodes
- - Lucerne
- - Neuchâtel
- - Nidwald
- - Obwald
- - St. Gall
- - Schaffhausen
- - Schwyz
- - Solothurn
- - Thurgovia
- - Ticino
- - Uri
- - Valais
- - Vaud
- - Zug
- - Zürich
- - Jura
- - Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- - Heimarbeit
- United Arab Emirates - All Cities
- - Abu Dhabi
- - Ajman
- - Dubai
- - Fujairah
- - Ras al-Khaimah
- - Sharjah
- - Umm al-Quwain
- - Remote
English
- English
- French
- German
- Dutch
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Italian
Found 309 of over 338 reviews
Popular
- Popular
- Highest Rating
- Lowest Rating
- Most Recent
- Oldest first
Pros
"Loved the staff discount that was available" (in 33 reviews)
"Good pay for a sales assistant job" (in 23 reviews)
Cons
"When the London living wage went up, OB pulled out of the" (in 13 reviews)
"The place where the head office is is isolated" (in 12 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good work enviroment, pay higher than minimum wage
Cons
Higher up management not keen to let you progress
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Career opportunities - Managers are always willing to help you progress and make sure you're on the right track - Great perks such as sample sale, discounts and Bonas Bus - Family feel - Can be yourself
Cons
- Training could have been better in some departments.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Lovely place to work, surrounded by lovely products. Great staff discount. The company made you feel included.
Cons
When I worked they removed the living wage once they grew which they were very proud of previously.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review. It’s great to hear about your positive experiences with us, creating an environment where everyone feels included and that they can be themselves is so important to us and we are glad that this is what you have found. While we have moved away from paying the Living Wage Foundation rates, we are still proud of our pay rates and they are well above the living wage rates set by the Government.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Fair pay, great discount, lovely team
Cons
Would be nice to earn more money on bank holidays
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thank you for your review, we're so pleased to see the positive comments you have shared about your team and the pay and benefits. Regarding the bank holiday pay, we include bank holidays within everyone’s holiday balance as we know that the bank holidays dates are not always important to everyone, this gives people the flexibility to take time off when it would mean the most to them.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Easy work and good collegues
Cons
Location isn't ideal unless you drive
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thanks for your review, we are pleased to hear your positive feedback on our teams. We are aware that some of our teams don’t drive and have our Bonas Bus which provides a shuttle service to and from the local train station to ease the journey.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Super nice management/ team, its fun to work at Oliver Bonas :)
Cons
Everything is super nice, no cons.
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback. We are pleased to hear you are experiencing our work hard, play hard and be kind values and having fun at work this is so important to us.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, friendly team, advocate for mental health
Cons
Less flexible around christmas period
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thanks so much for your review. We really value the wellbeing of our teams and are pleased to hear your feedback on the support provided for our teams, we well as your positive feedback on our teams and pay rates. We appreciate your feedback on having less flexibility around Christmas, as I am sure you recognise this is our busiest trading period and we try to take a fair approach to authorising time-off amongst the team.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-great pay -great staff discount -friendly, easy going managers with lots of patience -great work environment - they do care bout the peooe that work for them.
Cons
-standing all day ( but hey - that is reail for you)
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback. It's great to see the positives you have mentioned around our pay, benefits, management teams and environment. We appreciate your feedback on the physicality’s of the role, we recognise that it is the nature of the role but it can be a challenging and we appreciate the hard work that goes into it.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Staff discounts (OB Rewards scheme) - Multicultural - Career Growth - Solid Mental Health supports - Job security - Strong customer-centric approach
Cons
- Flexible contracts - High Employee Turnover - Incompatible Company Values - Poor Management Styles (well known but ignored for years) - Toxic work environments (some stores) - Sense of Boredom and Unhappiness during slow days
Continue readingOliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. It’ great to hear the positives you experienced, our teams wellbeing and career development is really important to us. Thank you also for sharing your thoughts on our contracts and turnover, this is something we do monitor and have carried out a survey to understand our teams feedback on this so we can review and improve in this area. I am sorry to hear your feedback on your experience with some of our management team, if you would like to share further information on this with our People team we would be happy to review this further, please do get in touch at people@oliverbonas.com
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- Very friendly and welcoming working environment, I felt very comfortable and content working there. As I was able to build trust that led to me taking on further responsibilities such as covering as store manager for the day, being visual merchandiser and head of jewellery. - Felt like a family - Never a dull day! - Great store discounts - Great pay
Cons
- Tired and sore legs as the job requires to be standing all day
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback. We are pleased that you felt able to be yourself and we recognise the importance in investing in our team’s development. We appreciate your feedback on the physicality’s of the role, we recognise that it can be a challenging role and appreciate the hard work that goes into it, as well as the importance of a well-timed break.
Join the Oliver Bonas team
Oliver Bonas Reviews FAQs
Oliver Bonas has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 338 reviews left anonymously by employees. 89% of employees would recommend working at Oliver Bonas to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.
89% of Oliver Bonas employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Oliver Bonas 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
Popular Careers with Oliver Bonas Job Seekers
Work at Oliver Bonas? Share Your Experiences

Oliver Bonas
Click to Rate
Oliver Bonas Response
Recruitment Advisor