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3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

47% positive business outlook

Buttercups Training has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Buttercups Training employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
5 Dec 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Clean office and half-decent Christmas party

Cons

I would not recommend working here to anyone. The business is managed terribly: low pay, stupidly high expectations and complete lack of empathy for employees. Never have I worked so hard for such little reward. Never in 20 years have I felt so low in my self esteem. The workers have not received a pay rise for how many years before I even got there? Buttercups are constantly overwhelmed by the number of their apprentices, but they employ staff like they are allergic to them. One month I was there, 19 people left after working their 4 weeks notice and 3 people were hired. Their way of dealing with low staff levels is to take responsibility for certain tasks away from one department and lump them onto another department to deal with. I have worked with them for a little over a year. I really tried to make it work but the stressful workload and the behaviour of those above forced me out. I had to make a stand and decide what was more important: that terrible job or my mental health, so I walked out of the job. I've never done anything like that before and I have a really solid work ethic. So, yeah, it was pretty bad. I've worked for the NHS, MOJ and Welfare Rights. All these places were and still are under huge pressures and facing cuts from the government and they still manage to care for and treat their staff better than Buttercups. Do not be fooled by the pleasant name. Steer away. Work or study somewhere you'll be appreciated.

2.0
4 Feb 2020

Poor treatment of staff

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people working at the same level as you or below are lovely, warm and friendly.

Cons

You get no sick pay and the minimum holiday allowance, no cost of living allowance has been given for some time now. Working caseloads are unachievable meaning you will never meet your targets.

2.0
2 Jul 2024

Decent Company, Terrible Job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice people, clean environment, birthday is given as an additional holiday.

Cons

Some genuinely nice people but overall an uninviting 'family business'; where long timers just chat all day and pretend you aren't there. The pay is atrocious for the amount they expect from you. Back stabbing, half-witted training (if you can even call it that) which sets you up for success in the first two months then plummets you to failure right before the end of probation (how convenient). Staff are overworked, but this shouldn't excuse the constantly changing goalposts which make you feel insane. An endless supply of useless emails and monotonous work. An insulting, 'we're all a big family', pseudo-liberal mantra; which is as much a fallacy as the (non-existent) training. This company seems nice on the surface, but upon arrival you will realise that it's just a corporate hoax with a insufferable amount of twee. Stay way clear and don't be daft. Your face will either fit or it won't.

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