Simply Business reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(305 total reviews)
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David Summers

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Simply Business has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 305 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Simply Business employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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305 reviews
1.0
May 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is good, at least for now

Cons

Engineering recently had the brilliant idea of using "commits per day" to measure developer productivity. For any experienced engineer, that pretty much speaks for itself. They also used to have consistent opportunities to submit for promotions/merit increases, but they have recently been significantly delaying it.

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Simply Business Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback and will make sure that it’s shared with Engineering Leadership. We recently launched new ways to help SBers be their best and make a meaningful impact on our customers and part of this was a commits per day measure. We believe that these new metrics balance our commitment to innovation and speed to market. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to success in Engineering, our intent is to strike a balance across a variety of goals to ensure our Engineers have the proper tools, support, and direction to continue to innovate and bring impactful technology solutions to market for our customers. Our mission is for SBers to grow more here than anywhere else. We’ve had a number of promotions at SB already this year, and we’ve recently been working hard to improve the opportunities for personal growth at SB. Your review has highlighted there is potential to improve the ways we communicate this across Engineering. Personal development can take many forms and paths. We encourage you to speak with your Engineering Manager or Shared Services Leadership if you have any questions on how to grow your career while at SB.
1.0
Mar 29, 2024

Stop firing people

Recommend
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Pros

Not sure anymore. The magic is gone since we got new leadership.

Cons

People getting let go constantly without transparency being given from the business as to why.

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Simply Business Response
2y
Thank you for leaving us a review and we’re sorry to hear your experience of working at SB is not going as well as it was previously. We value your feedback and take it seriously in our efforts to foster a fair and open culture here at SB. If you would like to discuss these points further, please reach out to your People Partner or direct manager - our door is always open.
2.0
Aug 3, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible, relatively laid-back, seemingly lacking any urgency in their business model, stable.

Cons

All of management are comprised of Yes men who could not make an executive decision to save their lives. Their only approach to any controversy or criticism(many that are well deserved) is to pull an AMA and then call it a day and hope it goes away. Benefits and compensation are well below market for anything above the entry-level engineering jobs. and it's the least technically savvy tech company i've ever seen.

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Simply Business Response
4y
We appreciate your feedback and take it very seriously. Simply Business is committed to making the best decisions for both the growth of the business and in support of its employees. As we continue to grow in the US, we strongly believe in exploring new opportunities and other ways to help set us apart from our competition. We regularly assess our benefits and compensation in order to remain competitive, while also supporting the growth, development and wellbeing of every employee. As always, we are here if you’d like to chat more about your feedback in person.
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