Obnoxious Director - Administrator Jolly Learning Employee Review

1.0
Oct 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Small team, Free parking, Kitchen on site

Cons

Obnoxious Owner/Director, Unorganised, Discriminatory business practices, Terrible pay.

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Jolly Learning Response
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As the Managing Director of Jolly Learning, and so the person referred to here, I am obviously sorry to see this review. Having talked with colleagues of mine, they do not feel this is representative of the company, nor, fortunately, of me. Clearly it had not worked out for this employee, which is a loss to us both. On the other hand we do have many long-standing employees, and an excellent team, who all enable us to make a huge difference.

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Cons

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