Great people and culture - Anonymous employee Hoxton Farms Employee Review

Incredible time to join, there's so much to do and so much impact to be had. It feels like we're on the precipice of something truly amazing. Everyone genuinely cares about the success of their colleagues, it's a very supportive environment. We all work really hard and have fun doing it. The office is brilliant and Hoxton Farms has created a space that's really welcoming and collaborative not to mention the state of the art lab's onsite in the middle of London!

So far there's not that many! With all start ups at this stage there's change and this can happen quite quickly but it's always implemented with the best possible outcomes for the business and the team.

- a lot of company paid for social events (could be a con if you don't enjoy this) - free coffee/tea/cereals and food on Friday evenings - private healthcare/dentist. Standard annual leave and pension scheme - overall quite high intelligent workforce and people are nice - good for those early in their career - Team leads are a mixed bag - some are good and others still too inexperienced. But generally good people. - Handful of people, mainly the C-suite, hold majority of power to make decisions. All nice and willing to listen but can be slow to take action.

- work hours are 9-6pm not 9-5pm - Company claims to only measure quality/quantity of work not hours put in but a lot of extra hours have to be put in to match workload. - no overtime pay - company fundamentals needs work - weekend work only paid or time recouped at standard 1:1 rate, little to no real flexibility & no work from home even for staff who work at desks, weak career progression for most - no inflationary raises as 'you will be rewarded for your work only' to encourage people to try harder to get a 'raise' - 'work for each other' company value is used as a way to encourage staff to take on other people's work which is fine if occasionally but its quite frequent - high staff turnover - this can reduce continuity/rapport. This all means members of different teams are being shifted around a lot to cover gaps in workforce during re-hiring. Expect scope of job role to shift from initial job description. - offers options (not shares) as a company perk - lot of tasks for scientist role which is should fall into a technician's job. - feels as if you always have to be 'available' on slack