Don't be fooled by the lies - Business Development Manager DVV Solutions Employee Review

1.0
6 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Since the companies inception to the point I left, the majority of the staff are good and honest people. The commission is above the market rate of 20% of gross margin.

Cons

Unfortunately there are far more cons than pros. From the interview you will be told whole bunch of lies such as strong vendor relationships (which for most part don't exist), strong customer base (any customer that you acquire will be then taken on by management therefore no scope to earn further, any previous relationships will not be given to you under any circumstance, as well as this the customer base is limited to transactional business), 20% commission on gross profit (management will do as much as possible to avoid paying this). In terms of personal development, there is very little to no scope in this happening for two reasons; the first is that the company is extremely small (varies from 4 employees to 10) so there is no room for promotion or pay rises. The second reason is that the managment have no desire to develop their employees other than satisfy the companies demand to make a quick buck from a potential customer without adding real value to either the customer or associated vendor. The office environment when management are around is hugely controlling. You won't be allowed to express yourself professionally and the preference is that you are controlled.

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1.0
19 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A very functional office in Stockport with the train station close by for an easy commute and nice food places nearby as well as very friendly shared office building neighbours

Cons

I didn't do my research deeply enough here prior to agreeing to joining DVV Solutions. If I had found the previous employees via LinkedIn then I would have saved myself from the toxic management and manipulative lies dressed as a happy family environment. The management has truly done some atrocious things to their previous employees with bullying tactics and undermining. I found myself victim of this too which made working there unbearable. There is no proper strategy to align in giving customer value but for the company to find a market wave that is then aligned with to then extract as much from customer and vendor partnerships as possible both in terms of money and resource. Sadly these practices are reflective of the high attrition rates of the customers and if you also spoke to the aligned vendors, you will also find their lack of desire to invest wholly as a partner.

1.0
1 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stockport is such an easy commute! The offices are not too far away from the motorway and there is very little traffic going towards that direction

Cons

Where do I start? I should have come here before accepting my role at DVV Solutions and I should have messaged the handful of former employees that can easily be found on LinkedIn. The positive reviews are from company directors masquerading as employees. It's true the management are extremely controlling and have this toxic environment where they will treat employees as if they are owned by them. I subsequently messaged some of the former employees to find out that I was one of the lucky ones who wasn't treated as badly but there was a common theme where management continued to hide the truth with lies and not taking accountability for previous attitudes and horrible treatment. The sad truth is the leadership have jumped from a "shiney" new technology as bandwagon from one to the next, got lucky with a very small handful but there is no real strategy apart from extract as much money aligning to a vendor whilst providing zero value to both vendor and customer. Customers do not benefit at all which is the sad truth whilst employees suffer from the desperation from leadership to grasp onto any resource that can be forced into unethical behaviour. Both customers and potentially new employees need to speak to previous employees before getting into any kind of dialogue with this organisation.

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