Pros
Twinkl has been an amazing experience in the few months I have been there. The folks are amazing and it is a great work environment in all respects. Opportunities for PD are there if you take the initiative. Colleagues are not just friendly but very supportive, accommodating and wants one to succeed. Twinkl has more female employees than anywhere I have worked at - about 75%. Coming from a matrilineal culture I find this very comfortable and get about well with all my colleagues and bosses. I wonder if this could be one reason why negative reviewers found things a bit hard, not insinuating but putting forward a proposition. I have found that folks who come from a patriarchy background struggle to cope with women in power. I have found ample instances of this when people are surprised that my wife does not have my name attached to hers and my daughter's surname has my name hyphenated with my wife's. So this could possibly be one reason, and this is my sociology background coming to the fore. The CEO is pretty cool. In my few interactions with him I have found him to be someone who wants his staff to do well and listens to ideas and suggestions. Never has he been unprofessional or come across as arrogant. Same goes for my immediate supervisors, top class. Now, I hear the critics saying that I am probably trying to suck up to the leadership but here is my answer - during the interview I made it clear that I will be pursuing my higher studies in the near future, my time at Twinkl is limited and would not like to be considered for a promotion or a leadership role. So all I can say at this point is rather than cribbing let us try and find a solution together, if there is a problem, and make things better. In my experience, a conducive work environment trumps many other factors and if we are honest and transparent about it, there is nothing that is stopping us from creating those desired conditions. Finally, my sole reason for writing this review is - when I shared with my sister about where I am working she sent me the links to the reviews here and said it doesn't seem to be a great place. As a Twinkl employee & ambassador, and someone who is spending my valuable time committed to what I am doing I couldn't let this slide without doing my bit to let future colleagues know that it is not what it appears to be like. Anyone can write an anonymous online review. Yes! even this review :)
Cons
The coffee is a tad distasteful. I bought my own bottle of an instant mix and found that it got used up a couple of days into the week. Since it is an open floor plan the noise level can be a bit challenging. You may have to get noise cancelling headphones to focus, if like me ,you have trouble concentrating amidst the hustle and bustle.