Tech21 Reviews

2.1

27% would recommend to a friend

(89 total reviews)

Colin Woodward

37% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Tech21 has an employee rating of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 89 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Tech21 employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
8 Nov 2016

Could be something so much better than in reality

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Cool office location. Some really nice hardworking people. Genuinely impressive products. Huge potential to be a great place to work

Cons

I've never worked in office which tolerates such disrespectful behaviour from senior management to staff. I witnessed and received some shocking behaviour. Senior management team takes pride in making people fear for their job on a daily basis. The staff turnover is huge, they seem to believe all problems are the individual people and not a wider issue. I saw some people worked so hard they were in tears after work. I saw management openly belittle, body sham and have "banter" whilst never allowing anyone to answer back. The sense self importance of certain senior managers was incredible, they really believe they're captains of industry and know everything. The HR team and social committee do try to build a sense of play hard / work hard but so often each "incentive" had an underlying catch. It was very much "take part or face consequences" despite the normal protestation being you had work which needed to be done. The owner is the best thing about the company and the worst. He's a genuine charismatic man with a clear passion to make his company a success. It is just so very sad that he is being blinkered by the 5/6 people he is paying a huge amount of money to for advice. Everyone get 3 months or so honeymoon period with him before someone feeds frustrations to him and the blame game begins. HR are not HR. Personal problems are ignored. They promote a Tech21 family with values. Well if I was a child of this family, I'd call NSPC in a heart beat.

1.0
7 Jun 2017

Worst Experience in My Career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Location, many of the non-management staff and great individuals.

Cons

The Owner/CEO - runs the company with fear, creating anxiety through all the staff. Expect to work long hours with no support and certainly no thanks. Nothing that is done by the staff is ever good enough and if it is not to the owner's liking, you will know about it - fast.

1.0
24 Mar 2016

Great potential - poor strategy and leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Products have real user benefit and huge potential in branching out to other categories. Founded on innovation albeit slow and somewhat copycat. Recognised by and sold at Apple stores worldwide.

Cons

No strategy whatsoever - any attempt to agree a direction forward gets disposed off the next day. Shouting and very rude management. Complete lack of leadership, no communication of even basic stuff, secrecy about everything even need to know things to carry out job. Overpromising to customers by management resulting in long hours and lots of internal grief trying to deliver. Huge employee turnover.

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