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Northern and Shell Reviews

2.8

27% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Stan Myerson & Martin Ellice

22% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Northern and Shell has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Northern and Shell employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
Oct 8, 2014

Absolutely Shocking!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Competitive salary, but don't expect a raise! You get lunch & travel money, subsidised gym. but that's where it ends.

Cons

I've been working here for 1 year and I've been completely mis-sold in the interview about various things, most of all bonus / commissions. While they used to offer generous payouts in previous years, sadly its all gone now. Everyone is micromanaged on time, performance & meetings, etc. which is absolutely ridiculous, like the MD wanting to know why you've come back so late from a client meeting! There's been redundancies,throughout the company even though they've turned a huge profit in 2013 - £37 million and sold their tv network for £450 million - staff has had pay freezes for the last 5 years while senior managers all collected big bonuses, in excess of £1.5 million each!! According to an article on the Guardian's website, the owner is the greediest billionaire in Britain!

1.0
Mar 17, 2014

Terrible working environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the people who work here are great, and the general feeling of helping each other survive the management culture lead to some great personal friendships.

Cons

The whole management of the company is like some bizarre 80s throwback. There is no respect for the staff by the senior management, who try to rule over their employees using fear. I've witnessed people having mugs thrown at them and being shouted at through a megaphone, and otherwise intimidated. I survived a year there and moved on.

1.0
Mar 22, 2016

Simply Terrible!!

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Pros

A nice terrace to get away from the horrors that surround you 'downstairs.'

Cons

This place is stuck in a time warp. A pervert sits at the top of the tree and wonders around touching up the girls. How have you not been sued? Sales have had to undergo 'Dignity' training to address their attitude toward those of different race and sex - astonishing!! Management are like a bunch of rabid dogs and are just vile. They're so, so far behind the rest of the market it's a joke. Flogging rags to the rest of the industry, it's only when you leave, you realise how disliked the company is from the outside.

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