Pertemps Reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(533 total reviews)
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Steve West

80% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Pertemps has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 533 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pertemps employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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533 reviews
1.0
7 May 2020
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Pros

There are some genuinely good people in the business but regrettably none of them are running it... Customer focus and offer is good but only thanks to those that actually DO the job rather than those that direct.

Cons

Tim Watts needs to go, past his sell by date and whilst once the reason the business was a success is now the reason it is a poor place to work. To the left we have 2 MD's (don't ask why 2) who fancy themselves as a comedy double act, the bumbling fool and the one with verbal diarrhoea and then to the right waiting in the wings and 'secretly' being lined up as the future we have a pair of butt kissing wannabes who could not direct traffic let alone a business... All that said we are a Times Top 100 company which of course means the business is well run, free from discrimination and serves the people who actually contribute to it....oops sorry was daydreaming again. Besides when was the last time a man was awarded the Connie Watts accolade? Yep discrimination is alive and well... Having toiled for over 10 years and been overlooked, talked down to, patronised and pretty much brow beaten at every turn I have had enough and will be looking for a proper company to work for.....let the Meriden Mafia continue to look after themselves with nice cars and houses whilst the rest work hard to keep them in the style to which they have become lazily accustomed.

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Pertemps Response
6y
I am sorry to hear about your experiences whilst working for Pertemps. We would very much welcome the opportunity to speak with you in complete confidence. Please can you contact either Tracy Evans (HR Director), or Sylvia Moore (HR Manager), on 01676 525270 to discuss your experiences in more detail.
1.0
29 Sept 2019

Awful company

Recommend
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Pros

Convenient location in Meriden in beautiful surroundings.

Cons

Always worked in finance and found myself redundant. I was offered a role at Pertemps and it seemed perfect. However, bullying was rife. Whoever got up and left the room was the one who was slagged off. Made worse by the fact that team leaders never reigned it in, and joined in with the nastiness. Being female myself, I know that people can be two faced and spiteful, but this was a whole new level. One of the worse was an individual who everyone liked, yet spent the whole day reporting in to senior management with her tittle tattle. In the end I used to go in to work and not say a word as I didn’t want to be drawn in to nasty conversation. Unfortunately if you didn’t join the ‘nastiness gang’ and join in with the bullying, then your days were numbered. It made me ill it was so bad, and team leaders and managers let it go on and often joined in. The owner is Tim Watts. Always seemed pleasant. He often used to take his ‘special ladies’ out for champagne lunches and buy them expensive gifts. Who am I to question why he’d do this for just a select few?? However, this would cause jealousy and even more bullying for the individuals who were selected by Tim as his ‘special girls’. Honestly was a horrendous place to work, and I’d very often end up in the toilet crying which isn’t me at all.

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Pertemps Response
6y
I am sorry to hear about your experience whilst working for Pertemps. Our HR Manager would very much welcome the opportunity to speak with you further about your experience. Please, can you contact Sylvia on 01676 525270. The conversation will be in complete confidence.
1.0
15 Aug 2021

Dreadful

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Pros

I was only there a few weeks and didn’t see any

Cons

Racism, Homophobia, Covid Denial, Bullying, Toxic. I witnessed a lot of racist and homophobic comments made about candidates. I also witnessed comments made about people’s mental health. We were made to work in an office with no social distancing and no option to work from home. In my short time there I saw that there was a lot of bullying tactics used. I believe that the office has a very big turnover of staff and it’s clear why.

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Pertemps Response
4y
I am sorry to hear about your experience whilst working for Pertemps. Our HR Manager would very much welcome the opportunity to speak with you further about your experience. Please, can you contact Joanne Darlington on 01676 525270. The conversation will be in complete confidence.
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