Great, challenging place to work - Anonymous employee Simply Business Employee Review

4.0
Jun 30, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Transparency - Culture - Work types - People - Freedom/Empowerment for personal development

Cons

- Too much work ongoing at a time - Mistakes are often repeated when setting up new projects - Decisions on projects are often made for you higher up the chain

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Simply Business Response
8y
It is great to see that after working for us for over 5 years you've chosen to add some comments to Glassdoor. We work hard to be a transparent organisation, putting the culture, customers and people are the heart of what we do. Your feedback on getting closer to the people doing the work is really helpful and we're already taking bigger steps in that direction through a higher level of people engagement, at all levels. I hope you continue to enjoy working at Simply Business and please continue to share your feedback.

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Cons

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Simply Business Response
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Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us! Thank you for being a part of our journey for over five years, and we wish you nothing but the absolute best in your next chapter.
2.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance and vacation time....

Cons

Many internal issues and felt like this last round of layoffs was to protect inadequate leaders vs hardworking employees. I understand companies do layoffs but this just felt like Senior management trying to protect themselves because they aren't doing an effective job. I really think there are some issues with the leadership team and it probably needs an overhaul. There was never any strategy from product outside of one small area. The rest of the business was left without any guidance or support. I really think the US/UK shared services model does not work. The UK and US just are entirely different markets and the UK at the end of the day doesn't really care about the US nor move as quickly.

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Simply Business Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective on your experience. We understand that organizational changes and layoffs can create frustration and uncertainty, and we appreciate you taking the time to share with us the areas where you feel we can improve. Transparency, communication, and supporting our teams continue to be important areas of focus for us.
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