Simply Business reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(306 total reviews)
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David Summers

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Simply Business has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 306 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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306 reviews
3.0
May 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Nice company to work, work life balance is great

Cons

salaries are low compared to market

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Simply Business Response
3y
Hi, and thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on life at Simply Business. We’re pleased to hear you enjoyed your time with us. We’ve long believed in offering our people a level of work-life balance, so we’re encouraged to read your positive feedback on this. We regularly review salaries across SB using external market data, with an aim to ensure that we’re paying all our people fairly. As ever, we encourage our people to speak with their line managers if they feel their salary isn’t reflective of their performance – with a clear commitment to transparency. Thanks again for sharing your views and we wish you all the best in your future career.
1.0
Dec 12, 2022

Utterly terrible avoid at ALL COSTS

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

After thinking, none to give

Cons

Poor leadership Odd salaries Cringey culture Technically over-complicated Poor Office Vibe

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Simply Business Response
3y
Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts about life at Simply Business. Addressing your concerns directly – at Simply Business, salaries are benchmarked and reviewed annually to ensure that we’re paying our people competitively and fairly. We’re disappointed to learn your views on our culture and office experience. We’ve long believed our unique culture is at the heart of what makes Simply Business great. While we’re all adjusting to a ‘better normal’ following the pandemic – offering people choice and flexibility in terms of where they work – we’re focussed on encouraging a strong sense of community. Our dedicated connections committee is thinking hard on ways we can maintain – and build on – this while being careful not to “force fun”. We’re similarly disheartened to hear your views on management. We have a number of dedicated leadership development programs – including our ‘Leading inclusively’ series – which is designed to ensure our leaders are people-focussed. We were one of the first to develop a platform such as ours and we continue to improve the platform to the latest standards while maintaining a focus on having the best customer satisfaction score in our category. Thanks again for sharing your feedback, as tough as it is. We'd love to understand more about your experience at Simply Business and gather more detailed feedback and, should you be open to it, we'd be keen to hear this directly.
5.0
Oct 26, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, lovely people & care about staff

Cons

Nothing bad to say at all

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Simply Business Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to post a review, SB is very proud of our inclusive and collaborative culture and we are very pleased to hear this is reflected in your experience.
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