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    Regus Reviews

    Updated 22 August 2017
    1,103 reviews

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    Regus Chief Executive and Director Mark Dixon
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    607 Ratings

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    Pros

    • work/life balance is good atleast (in 39 reviews)

    • Safe work environment and everyone is very close (in 56 reviews)

    Cons

    • Upper management doesn't know what's going on in the center's because managers lie to them in order to look good (in 79 reviews)

    • Hard to provide good customer service when you are stretched so thin (in 44 reviews)

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    1. "Great company to work for"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Regus full-time

      Pros

      -Good hours
      - Great people to work with

      Cons

      - Sometimes staffing levels are low

    2. "Employees need more assistance"

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      Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative in Chertsey, England
      Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative in Chertsey, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It was easily accessible by public transport.Very good office space.

      Cons

      The level of training a little make shift and not well structured.

      Advice to Management

      Concentrate on employees a little more

    3. Helpful (1)

      "Please someone help us"

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      Current Employee - Community Manager
      Current Employee - Community Manager
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      No weekends and no evenings that is all.
      No one cares if you are dead or alive so easy to pretend you care too.

      Cons

      Please someone from UK Employment Law take a closer look in the centres. No staff, employees can't even get ill because there are no one to cover. Employees can't take their holidays for the same reason. We are alone. Staff in centres are suffering from depression and stress. Someone please audit this company, it is almost slavery and boderline illegal and anti-ecthical. Suprised it was the 10th worst company to work for in the UK. It should be the first.

      Advice to Management

      Please employ more staff. We are all very stressed and we can't keep the standards anymore. And no one cares anymore either.

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    4. "Senior developer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chertsey, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chertsey, England
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good fellow developers testers and BA's

      Cons

      Cleared down dev team ever 2 year

      Advice to Management

      Big turn over of dev's, poor pension scheme, long days with no rewards!

    5. Helpful (4)

      "Dreadful"

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

      I have been working at Regus full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      great bunch of colleagues, but all looking elsewhere

      Cons

      Worst Senior Management I have ever encountered.
      Dictatorial, don't encourage any feedback, don't listen to staff, micro management, lack of trust, no empowerment, total disregard for employees, terrible communication, make terrible decisions for customers, passing the buck, complete blame culture, and of course never endorse any fun !

      Advice to Management

      LEAVE

    6. "Customer Service Representative"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Regus full-time

      Pros

      Amazing management
      Great training
      Flexible working hours
      Always something to do or learn
      Lovely clientele

      Cons

      Strange requests from clients sometimes

      Advice to Management

      Update training videos

    7. Helpful (3)

      "One of the worst companies I have worked for with management"

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      Current Employee - Community Associate
      Current Employee - Community Associate
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Hours
      Only work weekdays
      Bank holidays
      Sometimes good colleagues
      Sometimes good systems

      Cons

      I worked for Regus for over a year and within that year realised how little most managers actually care about their employees.
      My manager would tell me one thing one day and completely change her mind and then blame it on me the next day. Managers only care about their personal progression and don't mind moving you to an entirely different centre even though it isn't agreed in your contract.

      I now have to travel 1 hour and 30 minutes to and from work each day because of poor decisions made by management. It costs me over and extra £100 per month in travel and I have had no compensation because of this.

      I haven't been trained correctly to do my job and always get told off for not knowing something that I wasn't told.

      I wish I could say that this was a one of occurrence just for me, but everyone within my cluster is looking at getting a new job because of the stress that comes with this one. We are pushed to the limit as it is and understaffed again because of poor management decisions. We are at the point where if one person goes on the sick then we have a centre with no cover.

      This seems to be the case all across the country as Manchester is also highly understaffed!

      I am happy to say that I have handed in my notice and I would not recommend anyone to work for Regus.

      Advice to Management

      Start valuing your employees. Don't treat them like rubbish and swear at them. Don't penalise them for doing more than what their actual job is. Think more than just your own personal development, a good leader develops leaders.

    8. Helpful (3)

      "Project Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      None really. It's not a good place to work.

      Cons

      Revolving door of managers that start optimistic that get overworked and unable to actual achieve anything.

    9. Helpful (2)

      "Used to be great"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Regus full-time

      Pros

      These pros are based on my employment as regus between 2007 and 2010

      When I first worked there for the first year every centre had a large team of staff (2 managers, a supervisor and 2 or 3 receptionists)
      Good mix of people
      Bonus scheme
      Opportunity to apply for promotions

      Cons

      These cons are based on my employment as regus between 2007 and 2010

      High turnover of staff
      Poor upper management support
      No back up
      Staff often left to lone work and were told they could not leave desks for comfort oŕ lunch breaks
      Receptionists often had to do the cleaning too
      Awful tech support

      Advice to Management

      Get involved. Listen to your front line staff. Don't oversell! Stop selling car parking spaces if there are none left!!

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Dodgy Sales Practices / Poor Comms / Weak Management"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER in Birmingham, England
      Former Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER in Birmingham, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Regus full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It creates great opportunities for networking.....that thankfully allow lots of opportunities for finding better opportunities than Regus can offer.

      Cons

      Having to lie to customers. Using misleading sales tactics to dupe customers. Trying to sell internet connections at £75 per head per month (outrageous!) and a plethora of outspoken but poorly skilled management.

      Advice to Management

      Offer better solutions to market before you become redundant. If you are complacent like the hoteliers were about how services like AirBnb will demolish your market share then I suggest you may be in for a nasty surprise (full disclosure - I now run an app dev company). I would also suggest that you knock the dodgy sales practices and misleading offers to customers on the head. Senior management should realise that retaining customers is always more profitable than seeking new ones. For example you run an offer stating "3 months free office space" which isn't strictly true when you just smear the same cost over fewer months and don't charge the first three. It also makes you lose customers when you try to renew at an uplift of this increased rate AND they lose the three months. Don't get me wrong, I get it. You figure they are tied in, their business is now located here and it's painful to move. But do you want to keep customers by force or because you have them over a barrel? This is exactly why when disruption hits this space you will be in the crosshairs. Modern business is different, stop playing games with clients, they are getting smarter than you think. For what it's worth, I also found this to be one of the most depressing jobs I have ever worked in. My advice to potential employees? Don't join Regus, it's where happiness goes to die.

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