Rexel Group reviews

3.6

73% would recommend to a friend

(823 total reviews)

Guillaume TEXIER

81% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Rexel Group has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 823 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rexel Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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823 reviews
1.0
Nov 13, 2023

Micromanagement Culture at every level and every function

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Can't think of any that is why I left!

Cons

Where to begin. I watched the culture over 5 years go from bad to worse, embedded from the top down. Saw many restructures, redundancies and lack of communication or respect for the people. I spoke to branch staff daily who were over worked, highly stressed, unappreciated and micromanaged, all whilst being told they were being looked after because the CEO had given them new toilets. A really weird obsession with toilets from all of the exec management team. I saw structural changes happen, fail, then go back to the old way, then get restructured again. I watched good people leave (and still seeing them leave) without any recognition for the number of years service (or in some cases their whole lives were given to Rexel). Usually they were frogmarched out of their roles and slagged off by everyone and HR because they had decided to leave. I watched people give their lives to a company, lose out on family time for nothing, at the end of the day you are nothing but a number and oh so easily replaced.....or not, it depends if you are allowed to recruit or if it is deemed a critical role. I've seen nonsense head office roles be created, to deliver absolutely nothing then get made redundant 12 months afterwards. I don't see any longevity in this company, it seems to be deskilling all of its staff, and turning everyone into Yes people. The company is actually a laughing stock in the industry.

1.0
Sep 1, 2018

Appalling company to work for, avoid.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You get paid, that's all, and not very well.

Cons

Lack of structure but above all a bullying environment from the top down with jobs given to the yes men over and above those with experience and talent.

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Rexel Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, clearly we are very concerned to hear of your experience. Rexel is committed to providing a working environment that is free from harassment and bullying and I encourage you to contact us to share more about your concerns. This can be done confidentially in a number of ways. You can contact our Rexel UK ethics correspondent - you will find their contact details here - http://www.rexel.com/en/ethic-contact/. You can alternatively use our confidential external hotline, Safecall, to tell us more about your concerns, which will allow us to investigate further. Safecall can be contacted on 0800 915 1571, email rexel@safecall.co.uk or go to www.safecall.co.uk/report. Thank you Matthew
3.0
Dec 11, 2017

Director Oil & Gas

Anonymous employee
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Pros

International so good opportunities in most countries. Large company with good resources. Professional reputation. Leading global distributor Strong accountability Flexible work practices

Cons

Has begun to divest assets and pull out of key markets. Slow decision making. Decentralised in strategy so different by banners and countries

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