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Paddy Power Betfair reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)
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Peter Jackson

71% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Paddy Power Betfair has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,432 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
1.0
Apr 29, 2015

Poor strategy, lots of pressure and lack of focus

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay is good, benefits are decent and the Hammersmith building is by the water, so if you ever get the time you can take a stroll down the Thames. There's also a ping pong table and beer Fridays which are great. Oh, and there's also a subsidized canteen where you can get a decent meal on the cheap.

Cons

The company lacks strategy and has poor leadership and middle management. Because of that everybody's pulling in different directions and one team has no idea what the others are doing or they don't care. The company lacks focus. They want to do too many things at once and because of this projects advance very slowly have lots of dependencies and a lot of times they end up half baked or abandoned. So next person who touches that will most likely break something because there are no processes in place and nothing gets documented. There is a very high turnover, and even people at the top leave very fast or disappear over night ;) This causes major knowledge and ownership issues, and it's one of the main reasons why middle management is so poor. There is high pressure to deliver and because of this people pass the buck over email all the time just to give the impression that they've done something. You end up with tens and hundreds of emails in your inbox every day but 99% of them are just noise or deflecting problems, with no real desire to take ownership or actually fix something that's broken. The company does performance reviews every 3 months, which can get political and have very little to do with what you've delivered in the past period. Instead of helping people get better at their job and creating achievable goals, the reviews put useless pressure on employees and allow the managers to be manipulative and perform subjective reviews. I would say don't get a job here unless you're one of the people who just like to pass the buck and then complain about things not getting done :)

1.0
Apr 24, 2015
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Pros

Handy if you are a student looking for part time hours. A lot of young people work here. Treble pay on bank holiday. Bonus system.

Cons

Instead of an hour lunch you get 4 x 15 min breaks. When I worked there you couldn't eat at your desk or use a mobile phone. Have to work compulsory dates such as Christmas, Cheltenham, Puchestown etc. absolutely no time off given during the numerous compulsory dates. On a 40 hour contract you are entitled to book 7 Saturday's off a year. Working until 2am. Random shifts. No progression. A lot of gossiping and intimidation from senior staff. Favoritism. Dead end job. You're just a number. extremely abusive customers. Do not work here if you are sensitive and cannot take being roared and cursed at down the phone on a daily basis. Working every weekend. No routine. No hot food in canteen. Cold packaged sandwiches out of a vending machine are your food options.

5.0
Apr 23, 2015

A place where things get done

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Betfair is a place where people don't just get to talk about implementing new technologies and solutions but they actually put the good ideas and innovation of their staff into practice.

Cons

It is a supportive but fast moving and demanding environment. If you don't like to innovate, work with the latest technologies and produce results it may not be the place for you.

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