Koala reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(103 total reviews)

74% positive business outlook

Koala has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 103 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Koala employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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103 reviews
2.0
Aug 8, 2022

Too unstable and bad leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome colleagues, great brand and fun office environment

Cons

Leadership at the top are in it for themselves and don’t reflect how koala used to be. They have not won the trust of employees. Constant changing of decisions and directions and no job security

4.0
Apr 19, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- people - flexibility - opportunity to grow in the business and join other teams - great product - dogs in the office - pizza fridays

Cons

- burnout and lots of pressure on the team, they need more staff, more resources and mediations for burn out - p&c (excl recruitment) don’t take customer service team seriously - l&d sessions are a waste of time (barely learning anything)

3.0
Mar 6, 2022

Big goals but bigger burnout culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- incredibly talented team - involvement in exciting projects - good snacks - flexible working - good pay

Cons

- burnout is huge - under resourced to achieve their goals - people put on stress leave often - 1 year average turnover per staff - feedback from staff not actioned - lack of solid prioritisation structure - losing talented people - not much culture events etc - trying to do too much at once

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