Gymshark reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(377 total reviews)

Ben Francis

75% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Gymshark has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 377 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gymshark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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377 reviews
4.0
Aug 12, 2020

Best job I’ve ever had but I’m happy to be leaving

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic people, facilities, benefits and support. The culture is great, there is a definitely a focus on the employee wellbeing with mental health, physical health and diversity within the workplace. I love going to work each day.

Cons

This may have been specific to my department but there’s a real lack of career progression, even to a senior executive role. There’s almost a reluctance to promote people, and to facilitate company growth, they would rather hire externally than recognise the effort and loyalty of junior employee who can do just as good a job. It’s quite demoralising being told you’re not good enough to be promoted yet you’re fulfilling the job description of the role you should be promoted to. With the fast growth, there’s frequent change to team structures (which isn’t a bad thing in itself) but in some cases means people are made redundant at short notice and appears quite cut-throat.

2.0
Oct 15, 2024

Good for the CV (and maternity benefits) but nothing else

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Nice lunches that are provided - Nice gym - Some fun events - “sexy” brand that looks good on your CV - Some teams have decent people, several others, not so much

Cons

- I absolutely wish that I had read all of the other negative reviews on glassdoor and taken them seriously before I joined gymshark, as unfortunately in my experience, they all stand true (even the ones that are 4-5 years old!) Nothing has changed! - There was a lack of process for almost everything in my experience - Definitely very cliquey, and I would love to say that is because of the boys club (of which there definitely is among senior managers), but the women are just as bad, if not worse! Many of the women are extremely competitive and have a horrible gossip culture; they will put you down just to raise themselves up. - Please take the other comments seriously when they talk about a lack of opportunity for growth, this was very much my experience, managers want to look busy and important; while I was there it felt like a fight every day to have decent work. One of my colleagues said I deserved to do the "sh*t work" because I was younger - Definitely comes across that promotions are given out to friends rather than based on actual talent - Some anonymous (and not too complimentary) 360 feedback undertaken by my whole department, my manager took guesses about who had said what and read parts of her feedback out loud, making everyone around her uncomfortable - Don't expect too much of the HR team either - it is a measure of the calibre of people that Gymshark employ that the person I dealt with when handing in my resignation failed to spell my very simple, very English, very common, name properly about five times, despite it being both in my email address, and sign off, in all of her correspondence to me. - Leaving is the best decision I ever made, if you want to put yourself through the stress of Gymshark and these comments don’t deter you, then my only advice is that you get in, get it on your CV, and then get out asap!

1.0
Mar 18, 2023

Poor culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Gym, food, discount and office

Cons

Nepotism and sexism. Poor salaries. Long hours.

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Gymshark Response
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Hi, thank you for sharing this review with us. It's disappointing for us to learn that we couldn't have made your time working at Gymshark better! The family-based culture we have created at Gymshark is something that we are very proud of, and we are sorry that you didn't experience this during your journey with us. However, we are heading into the future confident, especially with our new business plan being rolled out! We believe we have taken the necessary steps to ensure the direction of Gymshark is clear, and we have made it our aim to prioritise the personal and professional growth of everyone working at Gymshark. We know we aren't perfect, but we do always strive to be better, and we would love the opportunity to discuss the issues you have addressed, in your review, in further detail. If this sounds good, please drop an email to our People Team at glassdoorresponses@gymshark.com, and someone will be in touch. Thank you.
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