Gone down hill once they started prioritising profit over workers - Fragrance Specialist Mecca Brands Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee discount - Free products - A lot of lovely team however many great people have been leaving due to cons listed below

Cons

- Toxic attitudes / cult mentality - Hour cuts / No accomodation for preferences in schedule unavailability unless you are studying but even then you are made to feel bad for taking study leave - Will happily let go 3-5 year employees if they can't do the absurd hours they demand or aren't willing - Poor accomodation for mental health / disability, - Out of touch upper management - Out of touch with cost of living / the wages they paying, encourage us to try / sell products that no one on our wage alone or many customers could possibly afford - Used to get a lot more training and products to try so we could recommend - Extremely high and unrealistic targets so bonus is basically non-existent - Disorganised, floor managers seem confused all the time, you never know who to ask when your unsure of something, always referred on to the next person and left waiting - Used to get a lot more free products so we could actually try them, now if we do they are all used products and we have no choice in them. Not complaining about free products but there is an expectation that we have tried products so we can recommend them yet it feels like they expect us to buy them ourselves - Massive cuts to training and education - Any trainings seem to drastically play favourites with certain teams e.g. make up artists getting paid for lunch and trips with free product where other members have a 5 hour talk in a warehouse

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4.0
Mar 7, 2025
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Pros

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Cons

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