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Paddy Power Betfair reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,433 total reviews)
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Peter Jackson

71% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Paddy Power Betfair has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,433 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paddy Power Betfair employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Artes y entretenimiento industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
May 13, 2015

Mainly good but times changing?

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Originally a great place to work, with well integrated teams and a good convivial atmosphere leading to motivated employees and good delivery rates. Went downhill somewhat when the head office moved building with divides created between departments and a more "corporate" atmosphere. Industry pay generally good and PP was above average within it.

Cons

Slow tech progress due to legacy systems, and less motivated workforce recently. Many talented employees left the business in recent years with not enough done to progress them and keep them involved. Betfair did well out of that though...

1.0
Apr 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Chances to learn new technologies and work with Kanban. Office building is quite modern with their own canteen and cafeteria. I heard that there are some teams at PaddyPower people enjoy working in.

Cons

Management is full with people showing their incompetence at any stage of product life cycle. They are constantly unable to communicate goals, making decisions and requirements inconsistent and contrary at times. Major decisions do not usually have good business reasons at all. Managers prove that the only way they know to motive team is to use stick. So you may expect every day be demotivated by constant threats that the contract can be ceased at any time. Any discussions that could save a lot of unnecessary work and cost are strongly discouraged in favour of copy/paste like work blindly following wrong patterns at wrong places. Team leading is done in authoritarian way and code review is completely chaotic and unprofessional. Within last 3 weeks two senior software developers who were hired a couple of months ago left my team and possibly more to follow this trend. Other problem is with the overcrowded and noisy open space areas. Plus long working hours and unclear policies around taking lunch or other short breaks.

1.0
Jul 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary was better than some places. The colleagues were the ones that kept me sane enough to come back to work each day.

Cons

Extreme unsocial hours. The management structure was too top heavy. Needed to go through four different people to get help. Treatment of employees was poor. High turnover of staff because of people leaving due to bad working conditions and because the training bonus rewarded to management. Customers were allowed to speak to employees with foul language and management allowed it. Work morale at a low.

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