ERDEM Reviews

Although the team within the head office is relatively small, there is no real effort to properly introduce new starters, making it difficult to form relationships amongst your peers. There is also a severe lack of effective communication across departments, which results in frequent unpleasant interactions and a constant blame culture. A few departments are missing people with real leadership experience and those who currently in these positions are clearly only there by default, having managed to survive the longest in this toxic working environment. In regards to the pay, it is far below the average across most roles, especially when you consider how much each person is expected to contribute to the company.

I was so excited and really looking forward to joining the company so I feel gutted writing this, because it was the opposite of exciting. Very soon after starting, I realised that it was your ‘typical’ fashion company with everyone severely overworked and underpaid. The management team are highly unprofessional by badmouthing colleagues as well as other management, there is a big hierarchy issue, and the turnover is one of the worst I have experienced in such a small team The high turnover results in unmanageable workloads so people become stressed and speak to others with no respect. Emotions are constantly running high, and all people seem to talk about is leaving and how unhappy they are There is minimal care for your mental health, social life and personal happiness Progression is promised, which I’m sure in 1 or 2 departments it may be possible, but overall there isn’t much. There is clear and open favouritism which may have affected this No attempt to mix departments making it hard to meet anyone new