Mecca Brands reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(855 total reviews)

Jo Horgan

82% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Mecca Brands has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 855 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mecca Brands employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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855 reviews
1.0
Dec 15, 2023

Awful horrible place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

40% discount and the office is nice but that’s it

Cons

Depression inducing, anxiety causing, bullying filled and nepotistic place. I saw nine people in my last six months quit without jobs to go to. They would prefer unemployment than being subjected to the awful bullying laden culture of MECCA. People get promoted who don’t know what they are doing and constantly throw others under the bus and when any HR/bullying complaints are made the bullies seem to get protected. If you are thinking of working here make sure you are prepared for the worst culture I have ever experienced in 18 years of my corporate career. I saw people crying after leaving meetings and then resign due to the bullying.

3.0
Jul 12, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Fair salary Free cosmetics Close to train station

Cons

CEO favourite saying "do what it takes" which translates into work longer until it's done Most people maintain a poor work/life balance and silently judge others who start/leave on time CEO doesn't care about staff, she said so in a monday morning meeting "I don't care about your issues, don't bring them to work". Poor progression, most people are given new titles with the same responsibilities

1.0
Aug 2, 2017

Toxic HQ culture - run the other way, not worth it!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

free product...until you realise it won't pay your bills How excited people get when you tell them you work at Mecca And pretty much nothing else

Cons

HQ tolerates the most unprofessional behaviour - aggresion, exclusion, intimidation, rudeness, sarcasm, condescending remarks, petty politics. The business talks about women empowering women but it's more like women tearing women down. Don't bother reporting it to your Manager or HR because you'll just be given "prevention tactics" You join and your career goes nowhere because succession planning doesn't exist and your manager has never been given the training to develop you properly. There is no autonomy and too much micro-management The dream role you sign on for ends up being junior, menial work. Once the significant pay cut you took to join the bright lights of Mecca hits, along with the 10+ hour days, impossible expectations and the realisation that you made a big career mistake and should have taken the other job offer, well it's clearly too late. You quickly discover that the level of skill and expertise at management level is not on par with industry and significantly lacking. This then has a detrimental flow on effect on direct reports Just the overall disappointment in how the business treats its people

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